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JΛMIEvx 🦊🖤🏳️‍⚧️:win3_setup:<p>Another photo from the photo shoot I uploaded to Patreon last weekend. I think this one might be my favorite of the bunch.</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/130348526" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">patreon.com/posts/130348526</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://yiff.life/tags/rubberfur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rubberfur</span></a> <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/latexfur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latexfur</span></a> <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/rubber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rubber</span></a> <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latex</span></a> <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
JΛMIEvx 🦊🖤🏳️‍⚧️:win3_setup:<p>A bit squeaky and shiny for <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/FursuitFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FursuitFriday</span></a>!</p><p>From my latest photoset on Patreon!</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/130348526" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">patreon.com/posts/130348526</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://yiff.life/tags/rubberfur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rubberfur</span></a> <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/latexfur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latexfur</span></a> <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/rubber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rubber</span></a> <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latex</span></a> <a href="https://yiff.life/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a></p>
NYX-13 (Sleep Mode)<p>Pride fit is prepped. I'm hoping for rain, tbh. I'll be waterproof, after all~ <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23trans" target="_blank">#trans</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23rubber" target="_blank">#rubber</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23latex" target="_blank">#latex</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23drone" target="_blank">#drone</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23pride" target="_blank">#pride</a></p>
Lanie Molinar Carmelo<p>Hoping those familiar with <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> can give me some advice here. I've started using it to create my assignments for school. I'm not writing technical papers yet, but I find using LaTeX with <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Zotero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zotero</span></a> in <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/VSCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VSCode</span></a> more <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessible</span></a> with a <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/ScreenReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScreenReader</span></a> than most other setups I've tried.<br>Since my discussion posts have to follow <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/APA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APA</span></a> style, I’m using LaTeX for those as well as full papers. That part is going well—but I’m running into trouble when I need to actually post what I’ve written.<br>My school uses Brightspace, which allows discussion posts in either rich text or <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HTML</span></a>. I have <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Pandoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pandoc</span></a> installed, so I tried converting my LaTeX source to HTML and pasting the code. But Pandoc didn’t include my references section in the output.<br>I also tried copying from the PDF, but that stripped all formatting.<br>Does anyone know how I can get a clean HTML version of my work—with references included—that I can paste into Brightspace?<br>Here’s the command I’ve been using:<br>pandoc main.tex \<br> --bibliography=references. Bib \<br> --csl=apa.csl \<br> --standalone \<br> -o main.html<br>It creates the HTML file, but the references section is missing.<br>Any tips?<br><a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/AssistiveTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssistiveTech</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Pandoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pandoc</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/APAstyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>APAstyle</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Brightspace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brightspace</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/EdTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdTech</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/AcademicWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicWriting</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/InclusiveTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InclusiveTech</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/BlindTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlindTech</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/CitationTools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CitationTools</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/WritingWorkflow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingWorkflow</span></a></p>
Sarah Lang (she/they)<p>Unbelievable! This is already the third <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> Ninja post this year!</p><p>Learn how to improve an OCR/HTR model by fine-tuning it with your own data. I discuss all the relevant basics like:<br>- available platforms to do this work in<br>- what you need to know about transcription guidelines<br>- how to do it more efficiently</p><p><a href="http://latex-ninja.com/2025/06/01/how-to-create-training-ground-truth-data-to-improve-ocr-htr/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">latex-ninja.com/2025/06/01/how</span><span class="invisible">-to-create-training-ground-truth-data-to-improve-ocr-htr/</span></a> <br><a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalHumanities</span></a></p>
0xKaishakunin<p>Meine Güte, was habe ich mir nur vor 25 Jahren bei diesem <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> und <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BibTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BibTeX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Code" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Code</span></a> gedacht? <br>Das wird ein Nachmittag voll explorativer IT-Archäologie.</p>
ZeStig :emacs: :nix: :rust: :gnu: :archlinux:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dragonscave.space/@menelion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>menelion</span></a></span><span> </span><code>n</code><span> asterisks are </span><code>n</code><span>-th level headings (1 to 6).<br><br>Lists are specified using a hyphen<br><br><br>This would render perfectly well in Org:<br><br></span></p><pre><code>* Eins - list item inside eins - something else ** Zwei - list item 1 inside Zwei - item 2 - item 3</code></pre><span><br>Honestly, </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/Orgmode" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orgmode</a><span> is also easier than </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/Markdown" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Markdown</a><span>. Just like Markdown, </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/LaTeX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaTeX</a><span> support is built into the language.<br><br>I've written scientific papers and whatnot using </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/Org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Org</a><span> mode. My static website is published using </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/Hugo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hugo</a><span>, which supports Org OOTB (if not for this, I'd be using </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/Zola" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zola</a><span> or </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/Astro" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astro</a><span>)... With </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/orgroam" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#orgroam</a><span> I can organize my notes using the </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/zettelkasten" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zettelkasten</a><span> method and view notes on a graph à la </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/Obsidian" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Obsidian</a><span>. Note that </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/OrgRoam" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OrgRoam</a><span> is the objectively superior </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/Obsidian" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Obsidian</a><span> alternative, just as </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/Orgmode" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orgmode</a><span> itself blows Markdown out of the water.<br><br>How could I forget literate configs? Computational notebooks are a GODSEND. Imagine a file that acts very much like a </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/Jupyter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jupyter</a><span> </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/Notebook" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Notebook</a><span> (graph support etc is taken care of thanks to </span><a href="https://fedia.social/tags/Emacs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Emacs</a><span>). Imagine an entire Jupyter Notebook sent in a simple text-ready file.<br><br>It's totally possible to open an Org notebook in a plain text editor, make changes and send it to peers. If they have Emacs open they can also execute the notebook just like they would with a Jupyter Notebook. Results are displayed (by default) in-place too.<br><br>I invite </span><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://graz.social/@publicvoit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>publicvoit</span></a></span><span> to share his opinions </span>😉<p></p>
Javier 🖖🏃‍♂️🌻🟥🟨🟪<p>Estás en 1986 y quieres escribir un documento lleno de fórmulas matemáticas. Decides usar LaTeX, pero como todavía no hay una internet de la que lo puedas descargar, no te queda más remedio que comprarlo.</p><p>¿Cuánto? La opción barata 375 USD, lo que son casi 1100 dólares actuales ajustados con la inflación. Un iPhone 16 Pro con 256 Gb de almacenamiento. Todo precios en los EE.UU.</p><p>¡Y he escogido la opción barata! La otra costaba 495 usd…</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latex</span></a></p>
Lanie Molinar Carmelo<p><strong>🎓 Returning <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blind</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/CS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CS</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Student</span></a> – Seeking Advice on LaTeX &amp; <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Accessible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessible</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Math</span></a> Tools</strong></p><p>Hi everyone! I’m a blind student returning to college to pursue a <strong>B.S. in Computer Science</strong> through Colorado Christian University Online. This is my third attempt at college due to chronic illness, but I’m excited to be back and determined to make it work.</p><p>I’m looking for advice on two fronts:</p> <p><strong>📝 1. LaTeX on <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a></strong></p><p>I’ve recently started learning LaTeX and find it a more accessible way to write papers—especially when paired with <strong>Zotero</strong> for citations. My main machine is a <strong>Windows 11 Pro mini PC</strong>, and I also have a <strong>Raspberry Pi running Arch Linux ARM</strong>.</p><p>So far, I’ve tried:</p><ul><li><strong>Overleaf</strong> – nice interface, but the PDF viewer isn’t very screen reader-friendly and the editor has some issues too (JAWS/NVDA repeat lines).</li><li><strong>VS Code with LaTeX Workshop</strong> – most accessible option I've tried</li><li><strong>TeXnicCenter</strong> – only briefly.</li></ul><p><strong>👉 Question:</strong> What LaTeX editors or workflows do you use on <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a>, and how accessible have you found them?</p> <p><strong>➗ 2. Relearning College-Level Math</strong></p><p>I’ll be starting with <strong>calculus</strong> early next year. It’s been a long time since high school, and chronic illness has affected my memory and cognition. I used to use a <strong>Perkins Brailler</strong> for math, but arthritis/lupus (still being diagnosed) makes that painful now.</p><p><strong>👉 Question:</strong> Can anyone recommend accessible resources for relearning math—especially for someone doing everything online?</p><p>Any tips for doing <strong>math, science, or programming fully online</strong> as a blind student would be incredibly appreciated.</p> <p>Thanks in advance! I’m happy to share what I learn along the way.<br><br>Feel free to boost or tag others who might have insights.</p><p><a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/BlindTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlindTech</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/Accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/DisabilityInSTEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DisabilityInSTEM</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/MathAccessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MathAccessibility</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/JAWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JAWS</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/NVDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NVDA</span></a> #<a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/ScreenReader" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScreenReader</span></a> Zotero <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/ChronicIllness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChronicIllness</span></a> <a href="https://allovertheplace.ca/tags/OnlineLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineLearning</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mastoblind" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mastoblind</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rblind.com/c/main" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>main</span></a></span></p>
bµg<p>For the engineers out there complaining about legacy and tech burden, I swear you haven't been confronted to <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/maths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maths</span></a> people still carrying on using symbols found in the draft of a crazy degen in 1770. </p><p>Yeah I'm sure so glad to be using a weird redundant notation decided by "Marquis de Condorcet" for CS research in 2025.</p><p>Really, in 0xff years we couldn't come up to an agreement for a better notation than this horror?</p><p>(Tho apparently it's still not enough years to have a native helper in <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a>)</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://toot.cat/@EveHasWords" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>EveHasWords</span></a></span> well, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> built herself somethibg similar doing <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> to do nice <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDF</span></a>|s...</p>
Benben<p><a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latex</span></a> <a href="https://social.sciences.re/tags/cursed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cursed</span></a></p>
Perpetuaλ β 🇺🇦 :emacs:<p>Very satisfied with myself. Managed to wrangle <a href="https://sonomu.club/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emacs</span></a> <a href="https://sonomu.club/tags/orgmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orgmode</span></a> to export documents that conform to the formatting standards imposed on me by my academy.</p><p>Times New Roman? Check.<br>1.5 line spacing? Check.<br>Page numbering on the right side of the document? Check.<br>Etc? Check.</p><p>The resulting pdf looks (almost) as if it's shat out from MSWord. Still, inexplicably, it looks better. I'm chalking it up to <a href="https://sonomu.club/tags/latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latex</span></a> magic. Curious if my teacher will notice that something's not quite right :-)</p>
Sarah Lang (she/they)<p>The <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> Ninja blog is back!</p><p>This time with my learnings for doing <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a> for <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> contexts, discussing issues like:<br>- why you should learn about optimizing thumbnails before posting<br>- and whether YouTube is worth it for Academia contexts anyway</p><p>Would love to hear about your experiences!</p><p><a href="http://latex-ninja.com/2025/05/11/why-great-content-isnt-enough-on-youtube-and-what-i-learned-the-hard-way-essentials-for-academia/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">latex-ninja.com/2025/05/11/why</span><span class="invisible">-great-content-isnt-enough-on-youtube-and-what-i-learned-the-hard-way-essentials-for-academia/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/TeXLaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeXLaTeX</span></a></p>
Dendrobatus Azureus<p>I've just finished reading this blog post regarding the markdown Syntax by RL Dane </p><p>He is also given a brief history of the Computing Hardware and software that he has used ever since he was a little Padawan.</p><p>The blog post is just a few minutes to read and you shall learn something good from it.</p><p>TLDR is; use {smackdown} markdown for everything you write that needs formatting and be truly platform independent in your formatted text creation.</p><p>When you truly understand what he means, it is literal total freedom with formatted text and you don't even need to learn tex or LaTeX, since you will not be writing a book. </p><p>When you do that you will have to read my posts regarding tex and LaTeX, and those are blog posts I haven't released.</p><p>For me markdown has been important, ever since I was working on waffle bulletin boards many many decades ago</p><p>*Bold* _underline_ /italic/ was the syntax that we used back then.</p><p>Our waffle bulletin board had a special text formatting routine which Made these codes look like they were actually bold underline and italic when we were viewing those emails.</p><p>On the <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/AmIRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmIRC</span></a> channel on Dalnet we also had a formatting routines for our clients, mine was AmIRC that converted these codes in a similar fashion.</p><p>So in true Essence markdown has been with us for a very very long time; we just didn't call it markdown then but we made sure that our text formatting had nothing to do with the computer platform we happen to be typing on.<br> </p><p><a href="https://rldane.space/why-i-love-markdown.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rldane.space/why-i-love-markdo</span><span class="invisible">wn.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Markdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/formatting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>formatting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Tex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HTML</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://polymaths.social/@rl_dane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>rl_dane</span></a></span></p>
benz<p>Absolutely incredible scientific paper.<br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a></p>
Daniel Prieto<p>May is book's month in Uruguay, May 26th being National Book's Day. I promised to release my books freely in a <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/FediverseEdition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediverseEdition</span></a> proposal.<br>I expected to do that in their original language (Spanish).<br>Translation is a full time professional job which I am not prepared to do. However, some LLM helped me improve a bit my amateur translation attempt of my opera prima The Hungarian Soprano.</p><p>The main story is a nonlinear chronology which mirrors the dissonant harmonies of La Traviata. <br>Its structure forces the reader to become the investigator, piecing together a conspiracy the text refuses to spell out.</p><p>It is a historical fiction work covering espionage, arms traffic, government cover-ups spanning South America and Europe during the Yugoslavian wars.</p><p>The prose’s clinical tone (dates, decrees, serial numbers) sharpens the horror, making The hungarian soprano's death feel not like fiction, but like history’s darkest aria.</p><p>Six more parts await inside covering <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/fanaticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fanaticism</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/prejudice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prejudice</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/mystery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mystery</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/psychedelia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychedelia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/medicaldrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medicaldrama</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/alcoholism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alcoholism</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/friendship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>friendship</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>africa</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/MedecinsSansFrontieres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedecinsSansFrontieres</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/southamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southamerica</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a>, and more.</p><p>Hope you enjoy it. If you feel like <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/commenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commenting</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/sharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sharing</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/rating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rating</span></a> it, thanks in advance.</p><p>Completely <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/free" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>free</span></a>. :cc_cc: This book is distributed under a Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.</p><p><a href="https://cloud.undernet.uy/s/jxozFDWGZcaNR3Q" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cloud.undernet.uy/s/jxozFDWGZc</span><span class="invisible">aNR3Q</span></a></p><p>Entirely written in <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/uruguay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uruguay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/epub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epub</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/TheHungarianSoprano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheHungarianSoprano</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/operaprima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>operaprima</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/historicalfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historicalfiction</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/Latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uy/tags/calibre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calibre</span></a></p>
Shae Erisson<p>I updated my <a href="https://recurse.social/tags/NixOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NixOS</span></a> system flake, and now <a href="https://recurse.social/tags/LaTeX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaTeX</span></a> \setdatetoday% gives me "December 31, 1979".</p><p>I'm guessing the TeX packages had some increased reproducability, but I'm not sure how to fix it in my invoice 🤔 </p><p>Any hints or tips?</p>
Esther Alter<p>RELEASED: Talmudifier, a Rust crate that typesets arbitrary Markdown text into Talmud-like PDFs.</p><p>- Render beautiful page layouts with an internal TeX engine<br>- Compile as an executable or a library<br>- Supports marginalia and multiple fonts<br>- It's a port of my old Python module and it's much faster </p><p><a href="https://crates.io/crates/talmudifier" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">crates.io/crates/talmudifier</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rust</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rustlang</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mazeldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mazeldon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jewish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>latex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalHumanities</span></a></p>
Minifaldas<p>After the mud bath?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Latex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Latex</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BodySuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BodySuit</span></a></p>