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bazmatazable

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  • Am I the only one who hates these fake PDFs?

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  • Where you able to convert the form into an open format and also preserve all the original functionality? If this is true then there is absolutely no excuse for these forms not being offered in alternative formats. There are some tools that will let you 'flatten' an XFA form to a static PDF but this destroys all the dynamic parts of the original.

  • Am I the only one who hates these fake PDFs?

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  • Feels very hostile right? I assume that all these smart XFA forms still have an online legacy dumb equivalent that is far less easy to use (both for the user and the government)

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  • Adobe does sell licences for other companies to use the XFA format but even the software you linked has a free reader that pushes you to the paid full version. Also not FOSS.

  • Am I the only one who hates these fake PDFs?

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  • I'm glad that not everyone is oblivious to my suffering! Thanks for the validation!

  • Am I the only one who hates these fake PDFs?

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  • Also to your point about not having an issue with Firefox, I read that Firefox recently implemented an XFA reader in their browser but the issue is that most of the javascript is not supported so the functionality of the form is not guaranteed to work.

  • Am I the only one who hates these fake PDFs?

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  • https://travel.gc.ca/docs/child/consent-letter-2123.pdf I was exactly in your position before I had to use this document! I was confident that a government form would not be this complicated but a big part of my frustration was that I was trying to solve the issue as if it was a PDF problem but PDF is an open standard and there are plenty of excellent FOSS tools and programs that can do anything you can imagine with a PDF. This form is an imposter!

  • Am I the only one who hates these fake PDFs?

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  • Very disappointed that the Canadian government uses them so much. I'm open to changing my mind if there is an explanation as to why this format is irreplaceable. Like maybe it offers some security feature or the like?

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    Search engines compared

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  • +1 for Kagi

  • Is there a arch linux installation guide that teaches all aspects of the system during the guided installation?

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  • If you don't mind me asking what is so important about privacy?

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  • This might not be the most exciting reason but its the only one anybody should need! It a shame that we think we need to justify being left in peace.

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    Linux Desktop Share keeps increasing, 3.13% now. Narrowing the gap to ChromeOs 3.24%

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  • Gooble-gobble, gooble-gobble!

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    Linux Desktop Share keeps increasing, 3.13% now. Narrowing the gap to ChromeOs 3.24%

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  • Please share that article! 5% feels like just around the corner!

  • How Stuff Works replaced writers with GPT-generated content and laid off editors

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  • When I read the OP I thought "oh yeah I used to use that all the time, I wonder what its like now?". Seems to have changed a lot......

  • Sam Altman’s Worldcoin token to launch Monday

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  • I guess this is the endgame for tracking every user in the world but they added "universal basic income" in the title so that its not so obvious what they are up to?

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  • This sentiment would only apply to fictional people in fairytales. I.e. criminals break laws because they are themselves bad and good honest people would never require being imprisoned in the first place. In this hypothetical good/evil then maximum punishment for the evil makes sense. The problem is that real people are more complex than that and so the punishment you are proposing is not proportional to the crimes committed. I know its easier to not have to consider all the variables in every case and just proclaim "to hell with them all!" and call it a day but I hope that we are all not so desperate that we can't take the time to think about the issues and make a balanced (but more complex) opinion.

  • [image] light rail, bike/pedestrian path and cablecar in Mannheim

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  • But but but where are the cars? How does anyone get anywhere?

  • Why is Linux so frustrating for some people?

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  • If you want a fair comparison between Windows, MacOS and Linux then I think its wrong to compare distros that don't come pre-installed when you buy your device.

    Not one single MacBook owner had to install their OS and configure drivers etc. None of my family, friends or coworkers had to install Windows on any of their PCs (I know that some people do but not in any of my social circles).

    Consider Pop_OS from System76 or Tuxedo OS from Tuxedo Computers, they have identical user experiences as Mac or PC:

    Step 1: Buy computer Step 2: Turn on Step 3: Answer some one time setup questions Step 4: Get on with your life

    If you have the opportunity to build your own PC and fresh install an OS from scratch then when you come across a problem that you don't have experience with you will be understandably frustrated.

    Specifically Windows has the advantage that hardware manufactures always make drivers for Windows. If your hardware is supported then the Linux OS installation is not very different, but when the hardware is not plug-and-play then configuring Linux becomes its own kind of frustration torture.

    TL;DR Get your computer with the OS already installed, then Linux is no more frustrating than a Mac or PC. Install Linux yourself and your mileage may vary.

  • Self-hosted Password Manager Recommendation?

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  • Doing pretty much the same thing but using the android app from AuthPass with backup to my Nextcloud. (It uses kdbx to store the passwords)

  • Audio server recommendation?

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  • Another vote for Navidrome.

  • preach

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  • I think the better analogy would be to ask if it is morally objectionable to pirate the software in the car that you own in order not to pay a subscription to the manufacturer: https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/23/23474969/mercedes-car-subscription-faster-acceleration-feature-price I think this kind of profit maximizing behaviour is a better example for debate because the product (in this case the extra engine power) could only ever be used by the car owner and if the owner pirated the software then they are not depriving anyone else of anything. The only wronged party are the investors who were trying to extract additional profit from the owner of the car.