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Re:Show HN: PDFLayoutTextStripper – Converts PDF to text whi... by cozzyd on Friday February 24, 2017 @11:10PM (#13729990)
You can use the SHA-1 of the PDF's to avoid serving the same pdf twice.
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Re:Show HN: PDFLayoutTextStripper – Converts PDF to text whi... by coulix on Saturday February 25, 2017 @01:53AM (#13730447)
SHA-256 ;)
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Re:Show HN: PDFLayoutTextStripper – Converts PDF to text whi... by vgb2k11 on Saturday February 25, 2017 @05:19AM (#13730937)
You've been away from HN a few days? The SHA-1 collision example uses PDFs in its demo. Hence other commenter saying SHA 256
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Re:Show HN: PDFLayoutTextStripper – Converts PDF to text whi... by jhlgkhkhil on Saturday February 25, 2017 @09:22AM (#13731687)
The OP was almost certainly being sarcastic.
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Re:Show HN: PDFLayoutTextStripper – Converts PDF to text whi... by logicallee on Saturday February 25, 2017 @09:53AM (#13731787)
For clarity can you edit your comment to add cozzyd (the OP you mention) - I am sometimes sarcastic but not in this case. I'll then delete this comment.
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