ToaKraka
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5hr ago
In my browser, a hyphen-minus is 5 pixels, an en dash is 9 pixels, and an em dash is 16 pixels. (These measurements were gathered, not manually, but by using the browser's "inspect element" feature on a span element that includes only the character in question.) Being unable to tell the difference between a hyphen-minus and an em dash sounds like a severe skill issue.
But what is the point of adding all these extra spaces? Isn't an em dash long enough without them?
It's like how the French language adds a random space before a colon, a question mark, or an exclamation mark, but not before a period. I just don't see any reason for it.
(Coincidentally, @ZorbaTHut is currently insisting that adding random vertical spaces to the rules page is a good thing.)
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14hr ago
I just gave you two options—either an em dash with no spaces (as I prefer), or an en dash with spaces (as, e. g., Steve Jackson Games prefers). Just don't use an em dash with spaces.
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15hr ago
I make a point of using em-dashes whenever they're appropriate
But you're using them wrong.
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Good: "author—well" (em dash with no spaces)
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Okay (preferred by some publishers, though I personally see no need for it): "author – well" (en dash with spaces)
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WTF: "author — well" (em dash with spaces)
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19hr ago
Idea for Friday Fun Thread: Share voice recordings to compare English accents
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19hr ago
I think the point is that there are several different ways to pronounce this, and Anglophones typically will not differentiate between them.
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netʰ (aspirated)
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net (unaspirated)
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neʔ (glottalized)
But I'm not a linguist, so I probably am wrong.
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19hr ago
Even in non-glottalizing dialects of English, aspirated and unaspirated T sounds are differentiated in Mandarin but not in English.
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22hr ago
Past Friday Fun comment regarding the US Virgin Islands' weird system of street addresses
The Virgin Islands also is one target of ocean thermal energy conversion technology, which generates electricity from the temperature difference between the surface and the deep water (like geothermal). The company that's doing the investigation (1 2) seems a bit sketchy, though.
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1d ago
Series (plural) of children's books that achieved popularity significant but much lower than Harry Potter's. Redwall even got an official video game shortly after the author's death.
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2d ago
I didn't bother to memorize the number of days in each month until I started playing Paradox games that encouraged me to constantly keep an eye on the calendar for the "new-month tick". So try spending a few hundred hours on playing Paradox games.
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2d ago
Usually they can't because when they sign a contract for credit card processing, they have to agree not to offer a lower price for debit/cash.
This practice was recently curtailed in the US as part of a lawsuit brought against the credit-card companies. Visa and MasterCard settled the lawsuit by agreeing to stop including these "anti-steering" provisions in their contracts, while American Express refused to settle and got the Supreme Court to rule that anti-steering provisions are legal.
Anecdotally, I definitely have seen "a surcharge of X percent will be imposed on credit-card payments" signs posted at various US businesses in recent months.
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ChatGTP
ChatGPT (generative pre-trained transformer)
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tfw the buzz cut is the only reputable hairstyle for the blacks, so we don't have to deal with all this rigmarole
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4d ago
The Steam (not PlayStation) version of GBO2 actually does have God Gundam as a playable (gacha-only) MS.
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Nioh: Use seven different weapon types (Nioh 2: eleven) in three stances (dodgy-but-weak low stance, powerful-but-slow high stance, and good-at-blocking mid stance) in conjunction with yin-yang magic, ninja skills, and guardian spirits to rampage through Japan, slaying samurai and demons by the dozen. This series is more fast-paced than the Dark Souls series, with a mechanic that allows you to recharge your stamina more quickly with good timing.
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Dark Souls: Plod through a fantasy apocalypse, wielding a plethora of different weapons (or several different types of magic, if you prefer) against undead, demons, and the occasional humanoid enemy who mostly plays by the same rules. Stamina management is key.
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Gundam Battle Operation 2: See glowing description here.
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Death Stranding: Plod through a sci-fi apocalypse, delivering mountains of cargo on your back. This game takes "walking simulator" literally—the player must pay attention to every rock in his path, and take the momentum of his burden into account in picking which way to walk. Later you can upgrade to motorcycles and trucks, but they are far from all-terrain (until you build highways).
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Quarries of Scred: In this fun game with simple pixel art and arcadey physics, you mine for gems. But watch out for boulders that may fall on you!
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Freeways: Draw ramps and roundabouts to solve interchanges of increasing complexity. Dozens of puzzles are included.
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Slipways: Draw interstellar hyperspace routes to level up the planets in your sector. The classic version has nice pixel art, while the final version uses more polished 3D graphics and has fancy quests.
This is just my personal opinion and there probably aren't any rigorous surveys on the topic, but I strongly disagree. Skinniness is among the largest components in a woman's attractiveness (though probably rivaled or surpassed by the skin elasticity of youth), and having a big chin or a "horse face" (or, for that matter, large breasts) pales in comparison.
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