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WCDT strips 4301-4305 (6th July to 10 July 2020)
pwhodges:
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--- Quote from: alc40 on 08 Jul 2020, 19:44 ---Wait, I thought that Roko's user manual was a PDF?
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It doesn't say so specifically
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The original linked comic also doesn't say it in-universe, but Jeph's title says it. The question now is whether what Jeph says outside the bounding lines of the comic is or is not canon...
jwhouk:
The main reason why I save files as PDF's is for readability and portability.
Tova:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 09 Jul 2020, 04:31 ---The original linked comic also doesn't say it in-universe, but Jeph's title says it. The question now is whether what Jeph says outside the bounding lines of the comic is or is not canon...
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Honestly, I don't think it's worth putting too much stock on the fact that two one-off jokes that Jeph has made, both apparently motivated by his dislike of PDFs, seem to contradict each other in-universe. It's hard enough for him to keep track of all his minor characters' names*, let alone every little joke he's made in the margins of his comics.
* That came off sounding critical, but I genuinely think that would be difficult to keep track of all these little details.
dutchrvl:
I don't see the problem with PDFs myself. Is it perfect, hell no. But for ease and portability (not to mention keep size limited), it easily beats other formats.
Word docs are a nightmare to me compared to PDFs.
I do wonder what format Jeph likes then, and wonder if his dislike of PDFs is at least in part due to issues creating PDFs of his comics(?)
hedgie:
I have no problem with pdfs at all, at least in their creation. Then again, I use LaTeX, and everything is perfectly formatted and typeset. Of course, editing them later is an exercise in endless frustration.
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