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I was downvoted a few weeks ago for making this exact point. Humans can and do use em-dashes occasionally, but given that you have to go digging for the key com

by alvah 2mo ago

I was downvoted a few weeks ago for making this exact point. Humans can and do use em-dashes occasionally, but given that you have to go digging for the key combination, you're not using it every 3rd sentence like every AI model does.

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latexr 2mo ago
> but given that you have to go digging for the key combination Except you don’t. If you’re on an Apple OS, by default doing -- (two hyphens) auto-substitutes for an em-dash. Also, the key combination isn’t even hard. Depending on the layout you’re using, it’s either ⌥- or ⌥⇧-. My fingers press that (and the appropriate combination for apostrophes too) without me having to think. Those ⌥ and ⇧ symbols (and many more) I have mapped to text snippets. We’re using computers, these things are trivial to do and customise, you don’t have to “hunt” for anything.
- alvah 2mo ago
  Except you do, if you are an average user, i.e. not self-selected into the HN bubble.