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Posted by zahrevsky 1/7/2026

LaTeX Coffee Stains (2021) [pdf](ctan.math.illinois.edu)
392 points | 94 commentspage 3
drob518 1/7/2026|
My life is complete. I can die happy.
random_duck 1/8/2026|
LaTex is complete it can die happy.
random_duck 1/8/2026||
(This is a joke, please transfer LaTex's consciousness into a computer so it can live forever = w = )
tuhgdetzhh 1/7/2026||
"This page was intentionally left blank" is also an all time favorite of mine.
hanche 1/7/2026|
There’s an old story about that. Possibly apocryphal, but here goes:

IBM mainframes used to come with documentation in ring binders. Some pages might indeed be marked “This page intentionally blank”. And they would from time to time send out update packages to their customers, with instructions to replace pages so-and-so with the included replacements. On the replacement pages, text that had been altered would be marked with a change bar in the margin.

Lo and behold, one day an update package was received, replacing one completely blank page with one bearing the text “This page intentionally blank”. Complete with a change bar in the margin.

anishgupta 1/8/2026||
Here we go, trying to feel authenticity in our new world. Mistakes are beautiful
Zigurd 1/7/2026||
Brilliant! And people say Lucent overpaid for their logo.
aaronblohowiak 1/7/2026||
Interesting way to apply a water mark
alansaber 1/7/2026|
Coffee mark*
conformist 1/7/2026||
Another essential package is realhats (replace boring \hat with real hats)!

https://github.com/mscroggs/realhats

jpfromlondon 1/8/2026||
as amazing as these are, they do still look a little fecal.
TeamDman 1/8/2026||
See also: using Mathematica for drawing the circles like in the movie Arrival

https://youtu.be/r8nTifCIr0c

dcuthbertson 1/8/2026||
Now I want a package to add blood stains on my murder mystery screenplay.
kasane_teto 1/7/2026|
How nice.