Gotta burn ’em all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9miTfCnyrpw&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260625-office-workers-are-spending-way-too-much-on-ai-too - podcast
time: 5 min 34 sec
Office workers are spending way too much on AI too
https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/25/office-workers-are-spending-way-too-much-on-ai-too/
7 Comments
Soyweiser@awful.systems · 4 pts · 53d
So, anybody know the regular linux commands to turn a pdf into markdown? I assume there is a simple command that does that for you, if there isn't already a pdf2markdown.
flaviat@awful.systems · 5 pts · 52d
There cannot be such a thing since pdf does not structure its data. There is an extension to the standard that would let a program do it for you but nobody uses it (PDF/UA-1). (also pandoc is vibe coded now)
froztbyte@awful.systems · 4 pts · 51d
yeah, my answer to this also used to be pandoc until they took the prompt unto their soul
it's deeply fucking frustrating
Soyweiser@awful.systems · 4 pts · 51d
That sucks so much. But thanks anyway everybody, my post was half shitpost, half serious. (And I know some things can't be easily converted, (but my regexp to match xhtml script is almost complete).
I'm a bit surprised (but not totally) there actually was a proper tool for it a bit, even if it is vibe corrupted now.
diz@awful.systems · 3 pts · 48d
There could be but it would be difficult to implement - something a bit like putting together a shredded paper, heh.
0x5f3759df@programming.dev · 2 pts · 52d
Look into pandoc
Soyweiser@awful.systems · 1 pts · 51d
Thanks