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Re:The Last Evolution, by John W Campbell Jr. (1932) on Wednesday June 10, 2026 @09:10PM (#48485042)
Really fascinating read. I ended up typesetting it in Typst. You can grab the PDF or check out the source code here:

PDF: https://aaron.beago-cirius.ts.net/media/typst/campbell_last_...

Source (.typ): https://aaron.beago-cirius.ts.net/media/typst/campbell_last_...

Re:Kafka is Fast – I'll use Postgres on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:09PM (#45748818)
Just dropping this here casually:

  sup {
      position: relative;
      top: -0.4em;
      line-height: 0;
      vertical-align: baseline;
  }
I've attached the pdf if you're curious
That's weird, I can view using incognito :(
You restored the license to GPL v3: https://github.com/pickle-com/glass/commit/5c462179acface889...

You won't be forgiven unless you credited sohzm and state that cheating-daddy is a direct inspiration

You won’t be forgiven unless you restore the license to GPL v3.
Re:My favourite fonts to use with LaTeX (2022) on Wednesday May 21, 2025 @01:23AM (#44048523)
I swear I was looking for exactly what FakeBold did years ago. Thanks for sharing that!
Pretty cool. I can see how commentary could make even Pong more interesting. Maybe there’s room for a pro Pong competition, kind of like what Tetris has.
Re:The unbearable slowness of being: Why do we live at 10 bits/s? on Wednesday December 18, 2024 @07:02AM (#42449804)
Interesting summary, where can I get the full text?
Re:Loranthus – A new handwritten-style font on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @11:33PM (#42073427)
I read it as "It looks a bit like Comic Sans put on a shirt and die."
Re:A Plaintext WordPress Theme on Thursday May 09, 2024 @03:07PM (#40311840)
Neat! Any sample website we can visit to see this in action? Or did I missed it in the page above?