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by sneak 1106 days ago
If you told me I'd be parsing PDFs from cia.gov on my main mobile device 24 hours ago, I wouldn't have believed you.
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Hey, a couple of decades ago you could be buying The CIA World Factbook as a paper almanac at a gas station.

Pretty good, now online, of course: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_Factbook

Used to buy this on CDs at computer shows along with latest Linux distros and whatever other wonders InfoMagic and their ilk published.