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naikroveklast Tuesday at 8:31 PM3 repliesview on HN

I add em dashes to everything I write now, solely to throw people who look for them off. Lots of editors add them automatically when you have two sequential dashes between words — a common occurrence, like that one. And this is is Chrome on iOS doing it automatically.

Ooh, I used “sequential”, ooh, I used an em dash. ZOMG AI IS COMING FOR US ALL


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3eb7988a1663yesterday at 1:40 AM

Anyone demonstrating above a high-school vocabulary/reading level is obviously a machine.

fao_yesterday at 4:15 PM

I also use Em-Dashes, this is about how weird the thing is tonally

Barbinglast Tuesday at 8:44 PM

Ya—in fact, globally replaced on iOS (sent from Safari)

Also for reference: “this shortcut can be toggled using the switch labeled 'Smart Punctuation' in General > Keyboard settings.”