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The em dash is the one associated with AI. The dash is a different symbol
Em dash: —
Dash: -
@Taldan @Doomsider That's a hyphen. Here's an "en dash" for you: –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hyphens/_and/_dashes
Hyphen is colloquially called a dash. I simply kept the naming convention being used in the thread
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I've cracked the code. I have learned robospeak.
He doesn't use dashes when he types. AI generated.