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this is the start of everything falling apart, i can feel it (media.fedia.io)

submitted 1 week ago by QuantumEraser@fedia.io to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] apparia@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For pedantry's sake:

Two dashes -- -- -- in Markdown is usually rendered as an en-dash -- more common in British-adjacent styles and usually surrounded by spaces.

Three dashes---------in Markdown is rendered as an em-dash---more commonly associated with American styles and usually (though not always) without spaces.

[–] korazail@eviltoast.org 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hah. Neat!

For pedantry...

My understanding was that en-dash was a range, and em-dash was a change in topic or a parenthetical, so I've been using the wrong one but for the right reason. This may be an American style distinction, though. Time to jump into a new rabbit hole.

[–] apparia@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

I've always just used a hyphen for ranges, without having any idea whether that makes me a philistine. A quick search says that, like most of this, it varies depending on who you ask.

Good luck in your rabbit hole!