Re: OT: central limit theorem

In article <v0jhmd$h25f$3@dont-email.me>,
Don Y  <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:

On 4/27/2024 3:15 AM, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:

I eventually scanned everything with a Perfect Binding and now fit those
same books on a single microSD card (in a Nook; PDFs on a 12" tablet).

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PDFs are a dreadful format! Maybe there's a high-end e-ink that
processes them effectively but they look like shit on the cheaper ones
like most of the Kindles with e-ink displays.

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PDF's are fearful. It is under control of one company, Adobe.
It is changed without notice. I regret the change away from PostScript
that at least was defined.

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How is this any different than other file formats "controlled" by their
originators?  MS can't even access THEIR older versions of THEIR format.
I have PCB layout tools that can't read THEIR earlier (one version)
files, etc.

PDF is better that WORD. See my other response.

You could always render your document to a TIFF (and then encapsulate it
in a PDF!), losing the textual nature in the process...

What? That is stupid. I don't go for the looks.
OTOH convert a pdf document into UTF8 rather than a graphical
format.

I'm writing a program to read TIFF's in behalf of ocr.
In TIFF there are several compression schemes that are possible, e.g.
one of those is the black and white Fax machines. TIFF is worse than
PDF, and you couldn't search it for text content.

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