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by jasomill 3y ago
qpdf[1], and, in particular, libqpdf, is possibly the most useful PDF tool I've ever used, because it was the first library I found that works at the proper level of abstraction for dealing with the PDF file format on its own terms. In
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Not that I'd recommend browsing on an older, unpatched OS, but the modification in question is easy, and IMO worth the extra single click or keypress it introduces in exchange for eliminating "drive-by downloads" from questio
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I haven't noticed any perceptible latency from any active DP → HDMI I've used, and I'd honestly be surprised to see any inexpensive active DP → HDMI adapter introducing latency, if only because doing so would require a fram
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At least a few active DP → HDMI 2.0 are okay at 4kp60. For example, these[1][2] do 4:4:4/RGB 4kp60 fine, though they're limited by HDMI 2.0 to 8 bits per color channel at 4kp60 (higher bit depths work fine at lower resolutions and
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As weather conditions are roughly cyclical with a period of a year, this doesn't strike me as a particularly unusual thing for a weatherperson to mention in passing. Though you're correct in that year-over-year weather changes and
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curl -sL -H "Accept: text/roff" https://jamesg.blog/2024/02/28/programming-projects/ | mandoc -a works on macOS (and should also work on (Free|Net|Open)BSD, which ship similar man to
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eARC is important not only because cable management and CEC, but because it's the only high bitrate digital audio output on most TVs: the only other commonly available digital audio output, TOSLINK, is limited to two-channel PCM[1], AC
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Given how well Preview.app and Safari work for viewing >99% of PDFs I actually encounter in the wild, this article makes Apple's engineering decisions look good. It also confirms many suspicions I've had over the years that hav
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That's not even close: the first XKCD was published closer to Intel's release of the 386SX than today. 18 years before XKCD, a 386-based PC capable of running Doom would have set you back $6,000–$10,000. Imagine a game released to
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by jasomill 3y ago
I know you're talking about GUI editing, but I've found libqpdf[1] incredibly useful for making programmatic PDF edits with minimal (typically no) structural disturbance. [1] https://qpdf.sourceforge.io
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by jasomill 3y ago
Using JavaScript, it's easy to create a standards-compliant PDF with inconsistent behavior in popular viewers. For example, https://jasomill.at/HelloGoodbye.pdf contains JavaScript that, per the spec, should displ
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Require resets to be initiated and authorized by the F&I department, whose security and KYC processes should already be substantially similar to those of other institutions that regularly approve $50,000+ loans.
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by jasomill 3y ago
At least on my LG TV, basic non-"smart" controls are available directly via both RS-232[1] and IR remote without recourse to menus. The IR remote, in particular, might be a solution for your in-laws' TV, as LG-compatible IR r
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by jasomill 3y ago
On macOS, I typically run it from an .app bundle containing a one-line shell script that execs the following script with the "-monitor vc" option (to enable access to the QEMU monitor via a menu command in the Cocoa GUI; when acti
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by jasomill 3y ago
Yes, but the current OpenType San Francisco fonts use "SF" in their (display and internal) names, so no naming conflict exists with the original "ransom note" bitmap font. Also, as far as I know, of the original Mac font
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by jasomill 3y ago
Good question. I saved the original document as RTF and extracted what I believe is the raw PICT binary data, but quickly decided on the Acrobat route when I realized I didn't know of any software that could easily convert PICT to a mo
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While I agree — my first exposure to PostScript as a programming language was playing around with examples from the Adobe "blue book"[1] over a bidirectional serial connection to a LaserWriter sometime in the '80s — nothing i
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As I've discovered while playing with this document and reading this thread: Current Word for Mac blocks opening the file under discussion, with no obvious workarounds. Current Word for Windows will only open the file with non-default
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by jasomill 3y ago
Give QEMU a try — current versions do a great job emulating a Power Mac, able to run the most recent PowerPC versions of both classic Mac OS (9.2.2) and Mac OS X (10.5).
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by jasomill 3y ago
This is probably because the (internal) name of Palatino Linotype is "PalatinoLinotype" (for the version shipped with Windows) or "PalatinoLTStd" (for the Adobe OpenType version). In the absence of a hard-coded special c
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by jasomill 3y ago
As an aside, MacClippy 98 knew the score: https://jasomill.at/Clippy.png
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by jasomill 3y ago
For anyone interested, here's the document in modern Word format, with all vector artwork and fonts intact: https://jasomill.at/proposal.docx To convert it, I first opened and re-saved using Word 98[1] running on a QEM
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Ah yes, the Arc de Triomphe, notable for its location in one of the great roundabouts of the world. Speaking as someone with a predilection for photographing fire hydrants and manhole covers, this seems like an entirely reasonable perspecti
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No. In the US, at least, copyright law applies as soon as an author fixes the work in a tangible form of expression. Per the Copyright Office[1]: A work is fixed when it is captured (either by or under the authority of an author) in a suff
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Cursory search suggests prices ranging from $400 to $1,800,000 per round for what I assume are wildly different types of 155mm ammunition, though I'm willing to bet the $1,800,000 figure is the total cost of a canceled production progr
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by jasomill 3y ago
While the American Dream of howitzer ownership may be alive and well among the 0.01%, it's getting harder and harder for the rest of us to maintain our $4,000/round artillery habits. A modest proposal: the US Army should offer obs
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Outside areas with dedicated parking enforcement patrols, do police actually issue tickets for parking within distance of thing ? I ask because, here in Indianapolis, on my heavily-trafficked mixed residential/commercial street, dri
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According to that page, Frozen merchandise alone has grossed nearly as much in ten years as the entire Star Trek franchise in almost sixty. Presumably not adjusted for inflation, but still impressive.
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Like a stack trace? jtm@socrates ~ $ dotnet new -o foo console >/dev/null 2>&1 && cd foo && cat > Program.cs && dotnet build >/dev/null 2>&1 && dotnet run Stri
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While I strongly oppose the tactic of threatening legal action against someone aggregating legally acquired information, I don't think it'd be unreasonable for Swift and others to lobby for an aircraft registration system that imp

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