Re:What's so hard about PDF text extraction?
by wpietri on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @12:09PM
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And I'm going add it's really weird that your answer ("No, No, Zero") is exactly the same as what the library author said [1] two hours before you posted. But you do that again without acknowledging the author, and with just enough format difference that it's not a copy-paste. It's extremely hard for me to imagine you didn't read what he said before writing that; it's just too similar.
Re:What's so hard about PDF text extraction?
by saradhi on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @12:41PM
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I understand how the whole thing interpreted as, and I agree with you. I'll do a note as suggested. Thanks for guiding and the link too.
I would like to get the author's comment on "tried to contact you and was ignored", as I was the one who emailed yesterday.
It may be that you didn't realize that people would see your appropriation as wrong, although I have a hard time believing that as well given that the author tried to contact you and was ignored. As they say, "The wicked flee when no man pursueth."
So what I see here is somebody knowingly doing something dodgy and then panicking when getting caught. If you'd really like to make amends, I'd start with some serious introspection on what you actually did, and an honest conversation with the original author that hopefully includes a proper [1] apology.
[1] Meaning it includes an explicit recognition of your error and the harms done, a clear expression of regret, and a sincere offer to make amends. E.g., https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/the_three_part...