Linux Running in a PDF (2025)

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Post by matthewsinclair » Tue, Mar 31, 2026, 4:34 AM UTC

Re: Linux Running in a PDF (2025)

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Post by matthewsinclair » Tue, Mar 31, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC

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Post by robinsonb5 » Tue, Mar 31, 2026, 7:04 AM UTC

Just like Doom-in-a-PDF, this is in equal measure incredibly impressive and utterly horrifying that it's possible.

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Post by eslaught » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 7:38 PM UTC

Post is new but the original PDF is from 2025:

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Post by RajT88 » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC

butwhy.gif

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Post by layer8 » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 7:54 PM UTC

RajT88 wrote: post #5

butwhy.gif

People keep being amazed that Turing-complete mechanisms can run any program. ;)

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Post by tombert » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 7:56 PM UTC

RajT88 wrote: post #5

butwhy.gif

Why climb Mount Everest? Because it's there.

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Post by cyanydeez » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 8:07 PM UTC

Can we use it as an AI sandbox!

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Post by nialv7 » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC

eslaught wrote: post #4

Post is new but the original PDF is from 2025: Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42959775

seems like an account reposting stuff to get attention to advertise his AI stuff.

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Post by karel-3d » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 8:56 PM UTC

This is a low effort blogspam. (Twitterspam?)