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PatronBernard 40 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Why we write our own C and C++ inference engines

Why are you using an em-dash though?

interpol_p 40 days ago [–]

I've always used em-dash. I got familiar with the hotkeys when I started using Mac OS X in 2002. Option+Hyphen for en-dash, Option+Shift+Hyphen for em-dash. It's unfortunate that it's an LLM tell. I'm glad the LLMs haven't subsumed proper ellipses yet…

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