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PDF hosted anywhere? Dropbox for instance, or github.
by LordIllidan 12y ago
PDF hosted anywhere?
Dropbox for instance, or github.
- psychometry 12y agoNow imagine I know very little about computers and just want to upload and share a PDF file, i.e. click "upload" and get a link--an imgur for PDFs. I don't know of a solution like that.
- LordIllidan 12y agoAgain, this is why I love Dropbox - I don't even need to upload, just rightlick and get a link. As mentioned, it's not suitable for large audiences - but it's perfect for other stuff.
- euank 12y agoDropbox is a bad option if you intend to share it with too many people; pdfs are often large enough you'll get the "This account is generating too much traffic! Try back later" pretty quickly. Dropbox is great for sharing with the family or a small email list, but not for linking to the general internet.
- gwern 12y agoDropbox doesn't expose your PDFs to search engines, so it doesn't work as a public reference dump. (Github does, I think, but it's not so easy to use - can you imagine ordinary people trying to use git to expose documents to the world?)
- LordIllidan 12y agoAye, if I wanted to publish my pdfs, Dropbox would be a bad choice. Sharing to a select group of people (e.g. a link in a mailing list, or on a small online community - it's perfectly valid in my opinion.