Paged Out Issue #8 [pdf]

Post by gynvael » Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 4:10 PM UTC

jstrieb wrote: post #12

mrled wrote: post #2

They've got a new web viewer in this issue that can be used to link to individual articles and might be nicer than reading a PDF on some screens: https://pagedout.institute/webview.php?issue=8&page=1

The article I submitted has an HTML tag in the title, and seems to have broken the web viewer :( Note that you can link to pages in a PDF with a hash like #page=64 (for example) in the URL. https://pagedout.institute/download/PagedOut_008.pdf#page=64

Post by jstrieb » Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 4:21 PM UTC

gynvael wrote: post #21

jstrieb wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The article I submitted has an HTML tag in the title, and seems to have broken the web viewer :( Note that you can link to pages in a PDF with a hash like #page=64 (for example) in the URL. https://pagedout.institute/download/PagedOut_008.pdf#page=64

Whoops. Looking into it. EDIT: Fixed. It wasn't the tags - it was a trailing space we had in the "database". I honestly though I've handled that case, but apparently not .

Post by gynvael » Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 4:23 PM UTC

jstrieb wrote: post #23

gynvael wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whoops. Looking into it. EDIT: Fixed. It wasn't the tags - it was a trailing space we had in the "database". I honestly though I've handled that case, but apparently not .

Thanks! I also told Aga via email in the thread where I submitted my article. Worth noting that the HTML tag in the title was stripped from the PDF table of contents as well, so the title for that article in the contents is missing a word. No big deal, but good to know for future submissions!

Post by gynvael » Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 4:32 PM UTC

bayindirh wrote: post #14

Graziano_M wrote: post #7

I feel like this tweet suggests that the PDF is a polyglot or an embedded second PDF. https://x.com/gynvael/status/2024180784064598134

Initial impressions says no about being that file a polyglot. If you like polyglot files, see https://www.alchemistowl.org/pocorgtfo/

Post by gynvael » Thu, Feb 19, 2026, 4:37 PM UTC

maremmano wrote: post #16

I like this magazine vibe, it reminds me of the good ol' l33t zines from the late '80s and '90s. However, if I can offer a suggestion, I'd also pair the technical articles with a little more punky, down-to-earth stuff. They were cheerful, informal, and full of that cheeky, irreverent, cocky smart-ass humor, plus this mysterious edge that made them absolutely magnetic to me. Life just wasn’t so heavy back then.