What is the weirdest PDF you have in your downloads?

[hereiam@lemmy.world]

That's the one I was gonna post! I think the text file containing ASCII 0s and 1s for an image of the Mona Lisa comes second.

[rebekahwsd@lemmy.world]

Boringly, the only thing in there currently is the guide from the dmv (mvc, sorry) for nj to review cause I'm feeling old and need a refresher.

[telemaphone@beehaw.org]

My mom's death certificate. That's weird.

[hipstertenzero@dormi.zone]

Some days i feel like the engineered food creature.

[nauticalnoodle@lemmy.ml]

I think if i dig through my records I can find a federal subpoena from 2016. A LEO had to formally come to my door to confirm I received it but the prosecutor sent it to me via email.

[tetris11@lemmy.ml]

I have a key to tree identification in winter. It's surprisingly useful

[tetris11@lemmy.ml]

(1984) Reflections of Trusting Trust by Ken Thompson

It's a really short PDF, but it's not as technical as it seems.

[subarctictundra@lemmy.ml]

RIP. This is up there with the arrest warrant

[culturedlout@lemmy.ca]

Acute toxins fact sheet, guide to identifying snipe flies, several issues of Computer Gaming World from 1987, and 2 separate copies of the schematics for a Kenmore 148-1937.1 sewing machine.

[canadaplus@lemmy.sdf.org]

Hmm, it probably depends what you think is weird, but I have one in their on the feasibility of extracting ammonia from biomass. There's also one on early steam turbines by a fellow named Geoff Horseman, which is a fun name.

[subarctictundra@lemmy.ml]

Ok, the second one is definitely a wierd(ly specific) PDF and I dig it!

[canadaplus@lemmy.sdf.org]

Well, if they went for the death penalty it'd be obviously ironic.

[lemoinefairclough@sh.itjust.works]

I think this is relevant: https://news.cs.washington.edu/2013/08/14/chicken-chicken-chicken-chicken-chicken/

[canadaplus@lemmy.sdf.org]

It's a beast too - 202 pages. From the part I read, I could probably make one that kind works, but that's it. Unfortunately the author didn't go into the details I was hoping for, like why exactly steam turbine airfoils are hook-shaped. One neat thing is that they have a nice little formula for comparing totally different turbines over time to show how they gradually do more with less.

The ammonia paper is weird because it's a super impractical and difficult idea - normally you fix nitrogen in a big Haber-Bosch plant and turn it into biomass. Both came up because they're applicable to primitive tech stuff.

I have more and probably weirder, but things I care about tend to be moved out of the download folder.

[ultragigagigantic@lemmy.ml]

The multi orgasmic man

[quitequickqum@lemmy.world]

260 pages!??

[subarctictundra@lemmy.ml]

You got your dating photos critiqued? And it exists as a paid service?? You fascinate me Sir.

[subarctictundra@lemmy.ml]

I can definitely relate. I have several PDFs of advanced textbooks from when I wanted to learn some very niche skill. The latest one is an economics textbook from when I wanted to learn about different types of auctions and the maths/game theory behind each.

[nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de]

Kenshi mentioned!

[unwarlikeextortion@lemmy.ml]

Historically, I have a vague memory of knowing the fact that some places did actually do that, although I should check.