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by mezzode 2831 days ago
Off topic, this reminded me how much I hate how pdfs are the standard for papers.
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Off topic, this reminded me how verbose research papers are.
What's the alternative?
Html was literally invented for sharing academic research. The fact that it can also be used for shopping, banking and showing your friends your holiday slides is an happy accident.
HTML makes perfect sense, as another poster said.

I've also found Authorea[1] to be pretty promising.

[1] https://www.authorea.com/

And two columns? Really?