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I don't see any indication that pdftotext has been discontinued [1]. It looks like a Mac-specific installer available via Homebrew Cask has been discontinued [2], but pdftotext is …

It seems like a likely explanation is that these are primarily done by children and that this is a human universal / instinctual behavior during child development. Looking at googl…

What I find interesting about this explanation is that it suggests a much more limited scope of decision-making than is often attributed to humans. A practical example of why this …

Indeed. It seems possible that there’s something about the red ochre hand motif is hardwired into human brain and is related to language development. But on a time scale of tens of…

Rock art is really weird because there are exactly same motifs using the same materials (usually red ochre) all over the world and separated by tens of thousands of years. People a…

> import a second backend into your main backend This is not typically how the term "backend" is used in this context. Most mature apps will use a variety of tools and services bui…

That is obvious (it's in the name). The way your comment is phrased reads to me like you are saying that one can't use Rails and has to switch to a full JS backend for SSR. If that…

> if we're talking about building an SPA you're typically going to be building a worse solution if you can't SSR your client views, which you need a js backend to do. I have not us…

To be like hacker news it would have to be filled with actual insurgents, including some who managed to make their own countries.