Trying to parse through the PDFs has highlighted for me, how much knowledge is effectively trapped in that most-confining format. It forces all data into a strict corset and people are using massive servers running complex AI models to extract that information, on demand, for human consumption. Or they highlight or copy-paste little snippets, which means you need to display the entire PDF page and then the snippets, as well. How big is your monitor, bro?
They do this, leaving the data in PDFs, because PDFs print out precisely the same on all A4-sized paper. But who even owns a printer? I own one, but it isn't hooked up. It's been offline, for months, and nobody misses it.
Who even owns a PC or laptop? Almost everyone owns a smart phone, tho. The information needs to be formatted for reading and commenting on smart phones, and then reformatted to a printer version _when and if you go to print it_.
We're just going to extract it all, at once, for human consumption on any monitor on any machine. And then you don't need a fancy computer or a subscription, to get to the data. The data is then on the relays -- or even, on _your_ relay, on _your_ phone -- and it's written in plain text.
You can then just believe your own lying eyes.
Laeserin
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