Em Dash in Reddit Commentsjonatron.github.io 19 pointsjonatron9 months ago20 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−thesh4d0w9moHard to correlate this to any real world events when the X axis is in days since epoch, rather than a human intelligible format.−forgotmypw179mo 2020 1577836800 15 2021 1609459200 16 2022 1640995200 16 2023 1672531200 16 2024 1704067200 17 2025 1735689600 17−jonatronOP9moHopefully someone else can use the CSV to make a graph that isn't terrible−garyfirestorm9mohere you go https://imgur.com/a/Hh6wroq−crote9moWhat's the bump in 2017? Did a iOS update start auto-correcting a bare "-" to "—" or something?−jonatronOP9moLooks like it auto-corrects -- to — https://glog.glennf.com/blog/2017/7/6/dash-dash-it-all from iOS 11−lcnPylGDnU4H9OF9moiOS currently converts "--" to "—". No clue when that started, though.−intervolz9mohere you go: https://intervolz.com/emdash-observer/−jonatronOP9moThanks, looks good! You should submit it−intervolz8moSubmitted! Thank you for the encouragement.https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46314672−p0w3n3d9moMeanwhile people who write m-dash because they like good typography...But TBH m-dash is inaccessible enough to prevent people doing so, at least on forums−tomjakubowski8moIt's long been easy to type one on a Mac— option+shift+hyphen. The shortcut is mnemonic, even.−garyfirestorm9moHere's a better version of the plothttps://imgur.com/a/Hh6wroq−jonatronOP9moThanks, although it's annoying to access from the UK.−DANmode8moGuiltily swapped back to small hyphens recently,so as not to arouse suspicion that my very-human texts and emails are AI generated.Minor sadness.−yatopifo9moWhich dash is the following: — ? N or M?−quuxplusone9mo— is U+2014 EM DASH. (Source: copy-paste into https://apps.timwhitlock.info/unicode/inspect?s=%E2%80%94 ) An en dash is shorter: –.−treetalker9moFrom my cold, dead hands.−FireBeyond9moFrom your cold — dead, in fact — hands?−heavensteeth9moHis hands aren't just cold — they're dead.
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Hard to correlate this to any real world events when the X axis is in days since epoch, rather than a human intelligible format.
Hopefully someone else can use the CSV to make a graph that isn't terrible
here you go https://imgur.com/a/Hh6wroq
What's the bump in 2017? Did a iOS update start auto-correcting a bare "-" to "—" or something?
Looks like it auto-corrects -- to — https://glog.glennf.com/blog/2017/7/6/dash-dash-it-all from iOS 11
iOS currently converts "--" to "—". No clue when that started, though.
here you go: https://intervolz.com/emdash-observer/
Thanks, looks good! You should submit it
Submitted! Thank you for the encouragement.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46314672
Meanwhile people who write m-dash because they like good typography...
But TBH m-dash is inaccessible enough to prevent people doing so, at least on forums
It's long been easy to type one on a Mac— option+shift+hyphen. The shortcut is mnemonic, even.
Here's a better version of the plot
https://imgur.com/a/Hh6wroq
Thanks, although it's annoying to access from the UK.
Guiltily swapped back to small hyphens recently,
so as not to arouse suspicion that my very-human texts and emails are AI generated.
Minor sadness.
Which dash is the following: — ? N or M?
— is U+2014 EM DASH. (Source: copy-paste into https://apps.timwhitlock.info/unicode/inspect?s=%E2%80%94 ) An en dash is shorter: –.
From my cold, dead hands.
From your cold — dead, in fact — hands?
His hands aren't just cold — they're dead.