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		vonneumannstan 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: So you want to parse a PDF? So what you're saying is: the solution to PDF parsing is make a new file format altogether lol. Very helpful.

gcanyon 14 days ago [–]

Not at all. PDFs support embedded content, and JSON (or similar) is a fine way to store that content. So is plain text if it comes to it.

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