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Re:A PDF that changes based on how its read by woodrowbarlow on Friday June 12, 2026 @03:38PM (#48508561)
why do most of the paragraphs in this post stop mid-sentence? why are there 3 dozen comments and nobody has mentioned this? any humans still here?
Re:A PDF that changes based on how its read by blevinstein on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:09PM (#48508892)
Idk what they're using for serving, but it's truncated in the raw HTML, not just the presentation layer. So probably a bug on the backend somewhere? The linked github repo doesn't seem to have the contents of the post.
Re:A PDF that changes based on how its read by jcul on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:03PM (#48508829)
Yeah it's quite strange. I was tapping trying to expand it. Tried landscape but it truncates at the same point (Firefox android).
Re:A PDF that changes based on how its read by degenerate on Friday June 12, 2026 @03:49PM (#48508670)
The majority of people only skim content before making a post.

The truncated paragraphs are very odd - definitely a mistake.

Re:A PDF that changes based on how its read by dr_kiszonka on Friday June 12, 2026 @03:50PM (#48508690)
Maybe it only occurs in certain browsers? It does in my Chrome for Android [...]
Re:A PDF that changes based on how its read by jerlendds on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:01PM (#48508811)
Yeah idk, this is weird as hell
Re:A PDF that changes based on how its read by leephillips on Friday June 12, 2026 @03:51PM (#48508704)
Yeah, I’m interested in the subject but didn’t read this because of that.
Re:A PDF that changes based on how its read by projektfu on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:19PM (#48509007)
I guess it matches my reading style because I didn't notice it. Scary.
Re:A PDF that changes based on how its read by hiccuphippo on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:30PM (#48509108)
Maybe humans can't see it but if you request the page with an LLM you get the full text.
Re:A PDF that changes based on how its read by SarthakGaud on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:41PM (#48509206)
hey sorry guys, I just fixed the rendering, the package went outdated, you can read it now.
Re:A PDF that changes based on how its read by gpvos on Friday June 12, 2026 @04:43PM (#48509218)
Interesting, earlier today the page didn't truncate the paragraphs, a minute a go it did, and now it doesn't again, all in the same browser. I haven't found a pattern yet.

Edit: looks like the author just fixed it while I was looking.