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I now use "ASCII em-dashes" by using two hyphens -- like this. Or--if you prefer no spaces--like this.
by 998244353 3mo ago
I now use "ASCII em-dashes" by using two hyphens -- like this. Or--if you prefer no spaces--like this.
- audreyfei 3mo agosame, or I use a semicolon
- DonHopkins 3mo agoI use a semistoma due to medical reasons.
- SmashDan 3mo agosemi-colon will have me thinking you've typed up your comment in Microsoft Word
- rogerrogerr 3mo agoNah, I’ve started noticing people doing this replacement automatically in LLM output. I just try not to write with dashes anymore.
- 0gs 3mo agothe nn dash remains the goat. the arg dash
- tim-tday 3mo agoDon’t you love when your arg dashes get autocorrected to emdashes? And by love I mean hate with the fiery passion of a thousand suns.
- hamburglar 3mo agoAgreed. On an iPhone that’s the easiest way to type an em dash and consequently the easiest way to fuck up trying to write out a command line example.
- DonHopkins 3mo agoI like the cut of your jib.