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[–] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

As a human who - like most humans - has not taken the time to figure out which Spock pinch maneouver on my keyboard makes a — (just copy-pasted yours this time), I just use a regular dash instead - I feel that it communicates 99% identically while saving me brain-cycles better used for other things.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

    I make sure to use hyphens, en dashes, and em dashes where they belong. In ASCII-only environments, I mark an en dash (–) with a double hyphen and an em dash (—) with a triple hyphen.

    I would contest the idea that the brain operates on cycles. It is much less organized than that.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    I would contest the idea that the brain operates on cycles. It is much less organized than that.

    I would agree, but it's a workable short-hand / analogy for most of my use-cases.

    I (feel like I) know and remember more today than I ever have, but starting around age 50 I must admit, I am also forgetting things and have quite possibly already forgotten more than I currently know. One hopes one is hanging on to "the important stuff..."

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