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Pornhub goes dark in Arkansas after age verification law kicks in::Pornhub operator MindGeek has blocked all users in Arkansas from the site after the state’s new age verification law went into effect.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

(Are we anti postscript document format now? Did I miss a haters meeting??)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Now?"

PDF files have been widely hated for as long as they have existed. They're good for printing and not much else. Definitely not a user-friendly substitute for a text file or web page.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The are a requirement for distributing a document that has to look the same on every device. I don't love them and Adobe can go take a flying fuck but if I NEED to make sure that my boss doesn't alter a document it has to be a PDF.