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?
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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.
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hey sorry guys, I just fixed the rendering, the package went outdated, you can read it now.
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.