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> whereas all humans typically use the standard hyphen-minus character (U+002D). I made it a point to learn to type the em dash—only to have it stolen by the b
by daotoad 10mo ago
> whereas all humans typically use the standard hyphen-minus character (U+002D).
I made it a point to learn to type the em dash—only to have it stolen by the bots; it's forced me to become reacquainted with my long lost friend, the semicolon.
- A_D_E_P_T 10mo agoHah, well, there's that. But I was referring to the special hyphen that the AIs frequently use today, and which is a hallmark of AI generated text, as it's not on regular keyboards and difficult to access: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-breaking_hyphen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Non-breaking_hyphen They're also fond of this apostrophe: ’ Whereas almost every human uses: '
- pajko 10mo agoWord automatically corrects apostrophes and converts hyphens to em-dashes