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		xdennis 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A message from Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to all company... They looked too short to be em dashes and too long to be en dashes. Sure enough, they're neither. They're minus signs. The AI is evolving.

hinkley 5 months ago | [–]

Sigh. Guess I’m going back to using way too many commas and living in fear of misusing semicolons.

This is why we can’t have nice things.

number6 5 months ago | | [–]

I love semicolons and dashes. AI won't take them from me!

sgerenser 5 months ago | | [–]

Nope they’re en dashes. Minus signs aren’t longer than en dashes anyway.

threatripper 5 months ago | [–]

Must be a force of habit.

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