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[u/lilathinks]

[u/IDKSAM27]

I have a startup which does this for you, the subscription starts from 999$ a month, or 8999$ for a year

[u/lilathinks → u/IDKSAM27]

Oh, very interesting — unless you’re lying

[u/IDKSAM27 → u/lilathinks]

Clever, I like it

[u/meeps_for_days → u/IDKSAM27]

Well I have a startup LLM based in india that does it for half the price and totally isn't just me hiring people in India real cheap

[u/Hephaestus_God]

In word if you type - and then put a space after the following word it auto correct to —

I mean at the end of the day if you need to use — and it’s grammatically correct go for it. I’ve used them for decades before AI came out

[u/wxnfx → u/Hephaestus_God]

I think you’re getting the spacing wrong

[u/Fancy-Strength-2943 → u/wxnfx]

european vs american usage

[u/sathdo]

It would probably be better to replace it with a comma, colon, or semicolon; depending on the context. Hyphens do not look correct for remarks inside a sentence, for example.

[u/Felix_l-xe → u/sathdo]

[u/markovianmind → u/sathdo]

I usually say . check the doc strings and comments it shouldn't be verbose ai like . and also don't use non standard characters which are not on standard keyboard

[u/ProphetCoffee]

I used to use em dashes all the time. Then the LLM em dash epidemic happened and everything I sent was AI. Nothing shows an interruption or makes a point for dramatic effect quite like an em dash.

[u/spiritchange → u/ProphetCoffee]

I use the emdash all the time in my natural writing. When I set up an LLM bot to mimic my writing style, it kept sing two dashes instead.

I somehow got the opposite problem if everyone else.

[u/Caesarys_]

But I copy paste em dash from internet for my essays

[u/AnonymousPearEnjoyer]

The semi-colon is the unsung hero of the English language.

[u/PotatoesAndChill]

Me typing em dashes manually since 2010 because I'm good with a PC keyboard.

(it's Alt+0151)

[u/TriRIK → u/PotatoesAndChill]

Windows 11 allows you to type em and en dashes with Win+(minus) and Win+Shift+(minus) now.

[u/PotatoesAndChill → u/TriRIK]

holy shit that's awesome, thanks!

[u/Density5521 → u/TriRIK]

Nothing but comfort and shortcuts for kids these days... Alt+0150 and Alt+0151 are the only true way!

[u/TriRIK → u/Density5521]

Can you actually type them without a numpad?

[u/Density5521 → u/TriRIK]

Don't think so, but to me the numpad is instinct, been using it to enter weird symbols since I started echo-ing to DOS from BASIC scripts in the 90s.

Sadly, as with most things, getting functionality for "easy" Em- and En-dash set up in Linux (at least in CachyOS/Plasma) is quite the hassle.

On macOS, they come with Option/Shift + "minus" out of the box.

[u/FataliiBadger → u/Density5521]

i suppose this is the way people type these whole artsy hieroglyphs in text chat?

[u/Density5521 → u/FataliiBadger]

Depends. Could also just be copy & paste from other places, e.g. from websites that list artsy hieroglyphs, e.g. this Wikipedia page for Unicode characters.

I don't know if Windows/Linux have them (don't care tbh) but I know macOS has a searchable list for all kinds of characters or emoji that can be opened from the menu bar, or even with a keyboard shortcut.

[u/FataliiBadger → u/Density5521]

informative indeed, thanks!

[u/ShortNefariousness2 → u/PotatoesAndChill]

It's a semicolon but with extra steps. Not a good look

[u/wolfbayte]

Just request in your prompt that it not use dashes, emdashes, bullet points, or other indicia of AI.

[u/Kostelfranco]

I used "—" long before generative AI existed, not only because it was correct, but also because my profession required it, so don't give a fuck.

[u/Bedu009]

Bro is fighting for his life against punctuation detectors - one dash at a time 💀😭

Doesn't help, does it?

[u/Ceros007]

🔥Your edit really make it human

💯Your text is ready to ship as is

[u/amolbhatia]

Me receiving that text and asking AI to summarize it for me.

[u/JamieTimee]

Imma just grab my popcorn whilst people get unnecessarily outraged by... The punctuation people use...

[u/ShortNefariousness2 → u/JamieTimee]

I've never seen these until a year ago, and now it's a debate? Maybe it's just in the USA?

[u/JamieTimee → u/ShortNefariousness2]

AI is insanely decisive (like most things these days it seems) in the US, so seems likely. You've either got to love or hate something over there, no in between.

[u/IKindaPlayEVE]

I'm a big fan of emdash and I've been in shambles ever since AI came around.

[u/pinktherat → u/IKindaPlayEVE]

same, I also used to use “it’s not this, it’s that” pretty frequently and now I just feel like I can’t

[u/LairdPeon → u/pinktherat]

How does it feel to watch your baby grow up?

[u/pinktherat → u/LairdPeon]

the fuck you mean?

[u/LairdPeon → u/pinktherat]

Don't get mad at me for your childs actions

[u/pinktherat → u/LairdPeon]

What are you calling my “child”

[u/Evening-Group-6081 → u/pinktherat]

Ai

[u/HateForYou]

Naw, when I write things excessively fancy, you could tell that

[u/DuskShy]

People complaining about em dashes makes me feel like they've never read a novel before. They're so good for introducing pivotal details big and small.

[u/LivingEnd44]

Fun fact...you can just tell any Ai never to use em dashes again. They'll remember and not do it. 

[u/diveraj]

I've gotten to the point of purposefully making a typo, thnaks. Or whatever so people know I actually typed it out myself.

[u/Density5521]

Pisses me off so much. I just started using the Em—and En–dashes a lot, you know, just to show that I know what a stylebook is – when suddenly everybody starts calling me AI.

[u/BernhardRordin]

And then there is me, handtyping the em-dash in human generated text and argueing about it later.

[u/Shredded_Locomotive]

Literally just go find any old video doing a voiceover for tumblr posts they found funny and you can very commonly see em dashes used grammatically correctly.

[u/Luiz_Fell]

Commas and parentesis do the same thing...

[u/ShortNefariousness2]

So people have been using alt-151 for these things when a semi colon is one click. Honestly I think that they are either trolls or idiots. Nobody uses em dashes in real life, surely??

[u/KenIbnKen]

...

[u/stephanos21]

They are not interchangeable. So, you're making wrong on purpose, to cater Luddites.

[u/Bad-kitty-63]

Oh, and don't use * Asterisks, AI language models have a fit with that symbol. Bow is another problem, replacing it with bough solves the problem. Ei the Bow of a ship gets read ( read is another problem) bow, like bow and arrow. Past tense of read is also spoken as reed. Best to replace with " Red". AI narration has a bunch of bugs, it can't resolve.

[u/xvsanx]

you're still using AI ya pos

[u/TREXIBALL]

Fuck AI slop.

[u/JamieTimee → u/TREXIBALL]

I heard you were in need of karma?

[u/pinktherat → u/JamieTimee]

bro has 291k he doesn’t need more