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.
Edit: Oh, I also have a professional critique of my dating profile photos. That’s weird in a different way, since I actually got that done, and it unexpectedly came as a PDF.
You got your dating photos critiqued? And it exists as a paid service?? You fascinate me Sir.
Ok, the second one is definitely a wierd(ly specific) PDF and I dig it!
It’s a beast too - 202 pages. From the part I read, I could probably make one that kinda 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 the things I care about tend to be moved out of the download folder.
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.
260 pages!??
My mom’s death certificate. That’s weird.
RIP. This is up there with the arrest warrant
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.
I find this segment to be particularly insightful:
I think this is relevant: https://news.cs.washington.edu/2013/08/14/chicken-chicken-chicken-chicken-chicken/
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.
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.
I have a key to tree identification in winter. It’s surprisingly useful
The graphics alone make this look worth reading
(1984) Reflections of Trusting Trust by Ken Thompson
It’s a really short PDF and it’s not as technical as it seems, but gives a good lesson on how programs evolve, and what exactly trust means in the software world
Pdf version of doom from hackernews not so long ago.
A copy of Man after Man:
This is such a weird book. It has leech people, underwater people, blind psychic baby people, meat mountain people, etc.Kenshi mentioned!
I’ll need more details on this
It’s a speculative evolution book from 1990 about how mankind might evolve in the next 5 million years. Basically the premise is that due to climate change, new species of humans are engineered to survive in a more hostile world. And then it follows these new species and their further evolutions.
The creatures in the picture above are both descended from humans.
It’s weird, bleak and very far fetched.A small gallery of the various species:
Question about the years if someone knows: is “years hence” a fancy british way of saying “years in the future” or is it some antiquated large non-SI unit of time since I find any of the species described in shorter timeframes, the Vacuumorph beimg an egregious example (“200 years hence”) very hard to imagine “evolving” only 200 years in the future, even with the 90s outlook on technology (since it seems they said these earlier examples at least are engineered species in the book).
I was going to say the illustrations look very 90s
Some days i feel like the engineered food creature.
Truly morbid looking
Incredible ! I love it ! Will try to find it
There’s a copy of it in the internet archive
Yeah I found it, thanks for the reply
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.
In my mailbox…My arrest warrant from the Dutch police.
Ok, this is definitely the winning comment. I’m crossing my fingers for you bro
What are the charges?
Eating a meal, a Succulent Chinese Meal
Get your hands off my penis!
Ah so you send me that .pdf, tuff luck
For burning kuran ?
“Countries where suicide is outlawed.pdf”
What the fuck, Bahamas? Life imprisonment?
Well, if they went for the death penalty it’d be obviously ironic.
Historically, I have a vague memory of knowing the fact that some places did actually do that, although I should check.
Usually it’s a placeholder punishment so that the police can break in and stop you committing a crime
Nice.
I found the Cunt Coloring Book from the 1970’s. Yes, scanned in as PDF. Yes, a few pages were already colored in, mostly psychedelic colors though.
And yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like, a bunch of hand drawn lady parts to be colored in.
I’m so curious
Nothing special enough to share, nor would I even share such works, especially with all the pages stuck together…
Ah I didn’t think to look into that part of my downloads for PDFs
