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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago (3 children)

If it works and it's stupid, then it's not stupid.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago

It is still stupid, if it is incredibly inefficient and super wasteful of limited resources.

[–] FlyingSquid 22 points 5 days ago

Starving yourself to lose weight works. It's also stupid.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

"Hi, yes, one PDF converter please. Just the txt, actually. Yes, extra errors. Thank you."

[–] stetech 3 points 5 days ago

Just the txt, actually.

– but without the extra errors:

  • Free programs like pdfgrep (pdfgrep "search term" file.pdf)
  • Commercial solutions like here
  • Online services like here