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		protontypes 47 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Programmer Identity Crisis Maybe because the em dash is not on the keyboard of most people? It is not about the dash, but about the long em dash.

int_19h 45 days ago [–]

It's very easy to type on macOS, not to mention auto-substitution that many apps have (and these days this extends to web browsers).

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