xworld21

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by xworld21 7d ago
I appreciate the sentiment, especially after the escalation of the last few weeks. But I am hoping this story can become an example of why mathematicians are still very much needed and LLMs are still severely lacking when it comes to displa
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by xworld21 8d ago
Vincenzo (Mantova) here: yes, I have been reading bits and pieces of the proof and I can say for sure that the method is sound, at least for the first half (power series with real exponents). I haven't even tried reading the part that
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by xworld21 5mo ago
> On a related note: is mathML more accessible than an AI generated text of how a human would read the mathematical or chemical formula? Yes, screen readers would typically allow you to navigate the formulas in ways that are more sophist
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by xworld21 5mo ago
True, my knee jerk reaction came from seeing this run in the browser... but that does not change the question. RaTeX advertises itself as a renderer for native apps, but how are those apps supposed to implement accessible controls? Does RaT
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by xworld21 5mo ago
I suppose somebody has to ask (and most likely complain) about this: what does RaTeX do for accessibility? I gather that it produces images. I checked the demo, and there's not even an alternative text or an ARIA label, so this seems c
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by xworld21 10mo ago
Indeed, LaTeXML (the software used by arXiv) converts LaTeX to a semantic XML document which is turned to HTML using primarily XSLT!
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by xworld21 10mo ago
I believe dginev's Docker image https://github.com/dginev/ar5ivist is very close to what runs on arXiv and can be run locally. It uses a recent LaTeXML snapshot from September.
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Reform UK's former Wales leader jailed for taking bribes for pro-Russia speeches(theguardian.com)
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FDA approves new Covid-19 vaccines in US but limits who can get them(theguardian.com)
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What's New in MathJax v4.0(docs.mathjax.org)
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by xworld21 1y ago
I posted this in another thread > Even the official Adobe's example of reflowing you posted before is quite bad: > https://helpx.adobe.com/uk/acrobat/using/reading-pdfs-reflow... > The reflowed
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by xworld21 1y ago
Even after properly tagging your PDF and using Acrobat Reader to reflow the text, you cannot achieve this level of flexibility: https://forallx.openlogicproject.org/html/ Note how Richard's book adapts to any scre
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by xworld21 1y ago
> Compile to DVI then use dvipng or dvisvgm, which will produce scalable images. However, images are even worse than PDF in terms of accessibility, which is what the article is talking about.
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by xworld21 1y ago
> Just like a lecturer won't suddenly switch to a German accent when saying words like "schadenfreude" or names like "Friedrich Nietzsche" Is there a middle ground? Whenever I check my content with a screen reade
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by xworld21 1y ago
I agree, and the article talks about working with LaTeX and converting directly to HTML. This is more about replacing the final PDF with HTML.
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by xworld21 1y ago
The article talks about converting LaTeX to HTML, which is feasible today, if only buggy and fragile. This is the textbook the author talks about, which is written in LaTeX (but compiled with LaTeXML instead of pdflatex): https:/&#x2F
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by xworld21 1y ago
The accessibility and reflowability of HTML content, not to mention the ability to customize color schemes, fonts, line spacing, and similar are not possible with PDF, even using Adobe software. Even using the latest PDF 2.0 standard, you a
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by xworld21 2y ago
The developers seem aware and "are working on a solution" https://consentomatic.au.dk/
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by xworld21 2y ago
> A 50-page PDF loads a lot faster and shows a lot smoother than an HTML of equal textual length. Very true! Although they are now comparable, if you rely on the browser native MathML instead of MathJax/LaTeX. (You can test this on
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by xworld21 2y ago
The tagging work is still highly experimental. A major missing element is equation tagging: for now, you need to produce an 'associated MathML' file externally, for instance using LaTeXML. Even then, PDF readers do not support the
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Show HN: BookML – LaTeX to Bookdown-Style HTML and Scorm (Via LaTeXML)(vlmantova.github.io)
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by xworld21 3y ago
Cool! Would you consider adding a web font with the proper OpenType features to render the MathML content? The Igalia work in Chrome is quite decent when the font is good, but for now it needs to be set via CSS (presumably Chrome does not f
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Show HN: BookML – a bookdown flavoured GitBook port for LaTeXML(vlmantova.github.io)
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The Oxford vaccine: the trials and tribulations of a world-saving jab(theguardian.com)
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NHS Covid jab booking site leaks people's vaccine status(theguardian.com)
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MasterCard to increase fees for UK purchases from EU(ft.com)
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NHS Covid app does not log test results from hospitals or PHE labs in England(theguardian.com)
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Show HN: OneBoard – minimal hack to use OneNote as a double whiteboard(xworld21.github.io)
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by xworld21 11y ago
Funnily enough, the traditional formal definition of product is due to Peano and it would say 5x3=5+5+5: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peano_axioms#Multiplication