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dfcab commented on Quest for Permissively Licensed PDF Library in C# duerrenberger.dev/blog/20... · Posted by u/ingve

smithkl42 · a month ago

We've been using Aspose.PDF for the last 10 years or so in our C# platform, and paying for the license. It's expensive and buggy and has shite support, so a year or so back I decided to see if there was some other library or combination of libraries that could meet our needs. Basically, we needed:

* HTML to PDF

* Compress PDF

* Manual PDF generation

* Text extraction

* No browser engine or other weird dependencies

I researched every library I could find, and downloaded, integrated and tested anything that looked remotely promising.

At the end of all that, I reluctantly handed my company credit card back to Aspose. There simply wasn't any open-source or even just cheaper PDF library that I could actually make work, and all the other paid ones that did work were even more expensive.

dfcab · a month ago

I am in the same boat. Aspose has been the go to for Word and PDF documents. Will say, Adobe's PDF Services API offers a ton of interesting features but comes with a price tag and in my scenario, it's not HIPAA compliant.

dfcab commented on Due to blade damage, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will not fly again nasa.gov/news-release/aft... · Posted by u/foobarbecue

gokhan · 2 years ago

Damage to the blade tip is apparent in the shadow. But I would try one more flight just to see how it fares in such conditions, if it can be corrected in software etc.

dfcab · 2 years ago

Had the same thought but then wondered if the damage would cause vibration which would then lead to other issues.

dfcab commented on Due to blade damage, Mars Helicopter Ingenuity will not fly again nasa.gov/news-release/aft... · Posted by u/foobarbecue

fredthedeadhead · 2 years ago

Are images of the damage available to the public?

"Imagery revealing damage to the rotor blade arrived several days later."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/after-three-years-on-mars-nasa...

dfcab · 2 years ago

There is a picture of the helicopter that has arrows in your link, click next and you will see the tip of the blade in a shadow. :(

dfcab commented on She Steals Surfboards by the Seashore. She’s a Sea Otter nytimes.com/2023/07/12/sc... · Posted by u/samclemens

gweinberg · 2 years ago

It seems so senseless. Why does she destroy the surfboards instead of selling them? I know plenty of surfers that would buy a slightly used surfboard from a sea otter, no questions asked.

dfcab · 2 years ago

Seriously!

dfcab commented on A runner who leads every pack and then vanishes nytimes.com/2023/02/25/sp... · Posted by u/georgecmu

NoPicklez · 3 years ago

So you did a Wikipedia search for it, then came back to write a comment about it, whilst also not explaining it either?

dfcab · 3 years ago

Here you go: “A marathon or half marathon pacer is a volunteer runner that runs a race at a specific pace for a target finish time. Pacers are usually veteran runners that have racing and pacing strategies they have mastered which they utilize during the course of the race. Pacers wear some type of signage/object such as a sign, balloon, or shirt identifying their target finish time.”

Link: https://halfmarathonforbeginners.com/what-is-a-pacer-in-runn...

dfcab commented on FTC cracks down on companies that impose harmful noncompete restrictions ftc.gov/news-events/news/... · Posted by u/ckrailo

TulliusCicero · 3 years ago

We really need general regulations on non-competes. Bare minimum, it should be required that a company pay you a full salary if they want to block you from seeking employment elsewhere with your skills.

If a company really cares that much about stopping competitors from taking advantage of your skillset, they need to be willing to pay up.

dfcab · 3 years ago

Whole heartedly agree.

dfcab commented on FTC cracks down on companies that impose harmful noncompete restrictions ftc.gov/news-events/news/... · Posted by u/ckrailo

blakesterz · 3 years ago

FTC seems to be down right now, but The Archive has it already:

http://web.archive.org/web/20230104170101/https://www.ftc.go...

dfcab · 3 years ago

Thank you

dfcab commented on Hacking on a plane: Leaking data of millions and taking over any account rez0.blog/hacking/2022/12... · Posted by u/serhack_

jaywalk · 3 years ago

At least as far as the connectivity itself goes, Viasat's Ka-band airplane WiFi is actually really good.

As luck would have it, I've got a flight coming up in a few days on a plane using the provider implicated in this article. I'll be doing some poking around myself for sure.

dfcab · 3 years ago

Coincidentally on a flight right right now and service is decent on United. Not fast but useable. One caveat is that it performs much better with a VPN enabled. Seems they block certain things such as Zoom and the VPN allows the use of the chat feature. Apple Music was struggling until the VPN was enabled and solid since.

dfcab commented on In some instances the fetus helps repair a ruptured amniotic sac medicalxpress.com/news/20... · Posted by u/gmays

tomcam · 3 years ago

When I was a fetus we worked day and night on membrane repairs, not like the lazy fetuses these days!

dfcab · 3 years ago

This is the way!