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They added search & deep research ages ago.

I think Ed Zitron has this market covered already

Except you do, if you are an average user, i.e. not self-selected into the HN bubble.

I was downvoted a few weeks ago for making this exact point. Humans can and do use em-dashes occasionally, but given that you have to go digging for the key combination, you're not…

> (& fiends) Freudian slip?

The HN readership has changed massively in that timeframe, from the earlier Hackers and Painters / libertarian ideology to a much more socialist outlook. I could speculate about th…

It does make you wonder about the "E" part of the EA cultists who infest that particular company.

That's hilarious. Reminded me of the scene at spaceport security in the original Total Recall where Arnie's AI loses the plot.

"I've never worked at any company where there was any limit to the work to be done." Then you live in a bubble. Many organisations are restricted in available profitable work to be…

There was a similar case in Seattle with the South Lake Union Trolley, which was quickly renamed to South Lake Union Streetcar, once T-shirts pointing out the unfortunate acronym s…

"Yes, I know you can use a shortcut. 99.9% of people don't." <- this is the point you missed.

I see, so people in the non-HN universe aren't abandoning the em-dash where it's actually appropriate, due to massive over-use by chatbots? And despite there being no em-dash key o…

"Sorry, you're just plain wrong" that's a bit of a leap, when I'm stating my interpretation of what the general opinion is, not how the world should be. Have you interviewed everyo…

Not the point, and no it doesn't. 99% of anything published since ChatGPT launched, that contains em-dashes, is suspected AI slop. Very few writers will make the extra effort to ma…

I thought you would miss the point. Looks like you did.

where is the em-dash key on your keyboard? Yes, I know you can use a shortcut. 99.9% of people don't.

Isn't it, at least partially?

What a ludicrous reply, to suggest it should be "socially unacceptable" to believe the Paperclip Maximizer thought experiment might reveal a scenario that is bad for humans overall…

How did 40 wells get drilled in the Norwegian shelf last year, and 42 the year before? You can't just make things up.

As mentioned in another comment, the US-centric view of how university and professorship work is certainly not the case in Germany.

You probably need to step outside of your US-centric bubble if you are to comment on how university works outside of the US. There was a fairly large clue in the parent comment.

That is the best explanation I have seen yet of the difference. I'm definitely stealing it...

"Why publish on Substack, a venture‑backed tech platform whose leadership has chosen a permissive moderation policy?" fixed it for you.

"So it makes you feel fuller without adding calories, like GLP-1 drugs" Nobody really knows how GLP-1 agonists work, but given the other effects (e.g. insulin stability, change in …