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Apparently, if you submit a PDF, Hacker News automagically converts it to a Scribd iPaper link.

Some people apparently find loading the flash iPaper viewer as more annoying than viewing a raw PDF.

iPaper: It's like paper...jabbed into your eye.

I personally would choose scribd over PDF, but the firewall my employer has in place blocks scribd. I still want to read the linked document so PDF becomes a necessity unless I use a proxy which could get me fired. Maybe that'll jump start my startup. :D

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