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		wsinks on Sept 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US Government plans to develop AI that can unmask ... I forget that they're called em dashes -- but I also love to use them to offset what I say from other people.

Cupertino95014 on Sept 30, 2022 | [–]

They've broken more than one Python script of mine. That'll make you declare everything UTF-8.

pessimizer on Sept 30, 2022 | [–]

If you have a compose key, (–) is compose + (-) (-) (.)

Or compose + (-) (-) (-) for (—) which is wider depending on the font.

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