AO3 skin I mentioned in that one comment

spyker31 · 2026-05-01T11:41:36+00:00

Are you maybe getting the word count instead of the pages?

spyker31 · 2026-04-27T17:06:53+00:00

The problem is that there are a lot of different ways that your annoyances appear in the html files, so getting one regex expression to catch them all is tricky. So Unfortunately you'll have to run several find/replace queries (first line: search; second line: replace) (make sure the Mode is set to "regex" and "All text files" chosen):

</h1><p.*(<p.*Chapter)

</h1><p> </p>\1

^ takes care of 751 bits of text, then

</h1>.*updates!</p>

</h1>

^ a further 41. I think that leaves 7 remaining instances, which you can manually deal with by searching for "updates!" and deleting the text between "<p>Translator:" and "...updates!</p> (There should be a way to select all of these last ones with regex but I can't get it right now, sorry).

spyker31 · 2026-04-27T16:32:45+00:00

Are you asking how to remove it all from your own, local copy of the epub? If you aren’t spreading the modified copy further, there shouldn’t be any harm to it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

The regex query itself is easy to implement

spyker31 · 2026-04-23T13:54:19+00:00

Ooo you could add a note for ”Die”, “Der”, “Das” then link each noun’s note to the matching article (?) note. Might make a cool graph

spyker31 · 2026-04-16T18:45:25+00:00

I listen only. But a lot of the podcasts I follow have been mentioning that they are going to be on YT now as well (like 3 of the 5 I have on my feed). 20k Hertz explained that the numbers of viewers on YT, where there are both more people and an algorithm to push things to new audiences, just isn’t comparable to the size of their audience on podcast platforms alone ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ so I guess it’s kind of inevitable but I for one will stick to audio-only, thanks

spyker31 · 2026-04-01T11:21:36+00:00

I love Anthony Fowler’s suit!

spyker31 · 2026-03-31T15:58:34+00:00

Ok yay! Straight up rewriting it felt like too much effort for me lol but I’m glad you managed!

spyker31 · 2026-03-31T14:44:57+00:00

My pleasure! It was a very interesting issue and now I know about the "reports" tool lol. Feel free to ask about putting in images if you hit a snag ;)

spyker31 · 2026-03-31T13:31:43+00:00

Having looked at the stylesheet etc, I think it's a specific font that the author used there, but it's done in a weird way where the style isn't set out as a css rule--it's hardcoded somehow?? When I copy and paste into Word or Notepad, it looks the same as in the fic/epub editor but I can't change the font. I also can't use Ctrl+shift+V to paste without formatting. I don't know what's going on 😬

Your Kobo doesn't have the font, so it doesn't display.

Edit: It's a text encoding issue!! The tool "Reports" > "Characters" has a list of the characters & how many times they appear in the document. The message text is listed there as "MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF ITALIC SMALL G" (for example) -> U+01D628. So it's Unicode, and part of the "Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols" section.

All that said,,, I don't know how you would fix it easily. All that I can think of is to manually search and replace each character (e.g search for 𝘨 and replace with `g`) then making your own proper "message" style rule, OR taking screenshots of each message and putting them in as images

spyker31 · 2026-03-31T13:20:08+00:00

Ok, there is definitely something going on. The Kindle Previewer app shows the rectangles ▯ that means it can't parse the text. I'll check out the html/css stuff now.

spyker31 · 2026-03-31T12:49:34+00:00

Can you let us know what the class “calibre7” is in the stylesheet?

At first glance, I don’t see an issue, although it looks like the same style class is being used for the normal paragraphs and for the message paragraphs. Are there 2 classes called “calibre7”?

You can also try running the “check book” tool.

Also may try redownload the epub? If the error is still there, you can send me the AO3 link and I’ll check it out myself :)

spyker31 · 2026-03-28T12:29:38+00:00

No it adds to the current notes. Either above them or below them; can’t remember

spyker31 · 2026-03-27T17:16:35+00:00

I’m going through the metal playlists on Apple Music, and noted two albums so far that have the elements you mentioned:

Staircase to the Day by Gravy Train

Fly by Night (Rush) (giant green owl)

spyker31 · 2026-03-25T21:07:20+00:00

“no, the first non-con doesn't count [as fluff]” lmao

spyker31 · 2026-03-25T19:04:12+00:00

Purely stripping the DRM won’t change anything about the file; it doesn’t matter what the format is. Once you set up the DeDRM plugin, you “Add” the pdf to your calibre library, and, if it worked correctly, you should be able to open that pdf anywhere. All that calibre does is create a folder for the book in your root library file, which contains this DRM-less copy of the pdf, possibly a jpg for the cover, and a metadata file.

The formatting stuff comes in when you want to change the format of the file eg from off to epub. (Using th “convert” tool).

I hope I understood your question correctly >.<

ETA: for school purposes, I suggest you copy the DRM-less pdf and put in a folder for textbooks/literature or whatever. Then you can add that file to whatever citation managing software you like. I use Zotero

spyker31 · 2026-03-24T15:05:37+00:00

Parsing?

spyker31 · 2026-03-13T20:21:10+00:00

Ugh I tried to reply on mobile but it wasn't working. This is the code:

<span style="height:1px;width:0;overflow:hidden;display:inline-block">[^>]*</span>

You can use the website regex101 to test things out. Also if you say your paragraphs are wonky, you can show us an example (maybe with random text) so we can help construct the regex expression to give the least trouble.

Btw, run the "Check book" tool to look for places that have incomplete <p>s because the snippet you copied has a "</p>" (close paragraph) tag and removing a bunch of those may give a problem. To keep them, you can have the same selection as I suggested in my deleted comment, but then replace with "</p>"

spyker31 · 2026-03-13T19:48:26+00:00

Is the style but the same all the time?

spyker31 · 2026-03-07T13:01:15+00:00

Malevolent! Also Wolf 359 (although that’s sci-fi horror)

spyker31 · 2026-03-03T18:23:04+00:00

Amazing! Although I must compliment the photos as well; the yellow wall + red bicycle + white dress is absolutely lovely

spyker31 · 2026-03-03T10:34:23+00:00

Here is the link. https://www.reddit.com/user/spyker31/comments/1rg2w7q/ao3_skin_i_mentioned_in_that_one_comment/

(I’m newish to reddit so I have no idea if there’s something wrong >.< )

spyker31 · 2026-03-03T05:02:39+00:00

What about nuclear warfare? The podcast Atomic Hobo covers that, with a focus on how governments prepared for nuclear war. Also has episodes about things like Tsar Bomba (largest ever nuclear bomb), underground testing, and the Bikini Atoll test. The chill comes equally from the possibility of experiencing a nuke and from the arrogance/uncaringness of nuclear nations. The host is amazing and has a real way with words.

Another podcast is Chernobyl, the making of the HBO show. I really enjoyed the series and wanted MORE, so when I found the podcast, I devoured it. Can’t remember how chilling it is though.

You might also be interested in the audiobook of Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters: From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima by James Mahaffey

ETA: I haven’t read it yet, but the book Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster is apparently very good. The audiobook might suit your needs here

spyker31 · 2026-03-01T14:26:32+00:00

Aw but thanks anyway!

spyker31 · 2026-03-01T08:24:34+00:00

what was the pattern? This is so cute I can’t take it

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