OK, help me out here. Is there some aspect of human society that I'm not understanding, where information is considered more official/trustworthy if it's presented as a PDF report and not as a web page?
Today's frustration is this report from npub1n702fwc8fhzsuff296qxsywjpxw2g84x5j7dahk9utjgthage7pqd2qpfe (npub1n70…qpfe) about Delayed Open Source Publication - a fascinating document, but why is it a PDF?
https://opensource.org/delayed-open-source-publication
Simon Willison /
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2024-10-09 15:54:52
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