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CromulantCrow@lemmy.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Replying to my own comment, I think the best tell that this is AI generated is the — character. There’s not even a key on the keyboard for that. Alt-0151 (on the keypad) is the only way I know how to get it.

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lime@feddit.nu ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
i think macos inserts those automatically if you do three dashes.

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- carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  its also on phone keyboards, at least on iphone, you can hold the dash key and select the long dash: —
  
  same for the ellipsis, which a lot of people cite as a proof something was written with AI, but iphones (and other phones too, probably) insert them automatically when you type 3 dots…
  
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Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
There is a key for — on my phone. Just hold down the - key and it pops up as an option. I use it all the time.

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ToastedCoconuts@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
My organic chemistry professor spent a solid 30 minutes explaining the difference between an em dash and an en dash so we could use them correctly in our lab reports. Then ended his little lecture with saying "They're in the special character menu of your word processor. Unless you're on Mac, then I suggest googling them."

I don't think any of us used either dash, but I'm just sad no one called him on his BS lol

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- kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  On a Mac, you can do opt+hyphen or shift+opt+hyphen, for en dash or em dash respectively.
  
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