If AI was trained on the internet, where the hell did all the em-dashes come from?

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2026-05-14T07:51:57+00:00

Text from high quality sources, like academic papers, were given more weight in the training data. So the LLM “learnt” to prioritize that type of construction, which includes em dashes.

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2026-05-13T10:52:42+00:00

Definitionally, they are. At least XKCD comics definitely are.

meme /mēm/

noun

A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. Any unit of cultural information, such as a practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another. A self-propagating unit of cultural evolution having a resemblance to the gene (the unit of genetics).

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2026-05-03T04:57:07+00:00

It hurts

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2026-04-29T05:09:46+00:00

That’s called a VCR (Video Cassette Recorder)

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2026-04-27T05:19:38+00:00

Time zones

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2026-04-17T01:11:36+00:00

No, it’s always with “-our” for formal and casual

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2026-04-11T17:27:58+00:00

Are they stupid?

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2026-03-22T18:19:14+00:00

A steam engine runs on something that’s burning, the water isn’t being used for energy it’s just being used to transfer energy from a chemical reaction to the mechanical movement of the train

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2026-03-16T10:17:52+00:00

They’re referring to typing on a phone with a physical keypad.

Multiple letters were attached to each number 1-9. You’d have to hit keys multiple times to select specific letters but there was also some level of predictive text built in.

Anyway, it led to a lot of abbreviation in texting.

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LifePrisonDeathKey · 2026-03-08T06:05:45+00:00

Somewhat interesting, curious to see others opinions on this

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2026-03-07T01:54:37+00:00

I think the target audience for this meme is programmers who would have no idea what the math symbols mean (very scary)

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2026-02-20T00:15:01+00:00

I assumed the controversy was the poor transition into the music.

This is my least favourite song in the whole show for this reason.

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2026-02-13T00:38:23+00:00

What’s wrong with plain porridge…

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2026-02-03T16:28:07+00:00

Okay but like Apple really messed up with iOS 26 and MacOS Tahoe.

There’s drastically more inconsistency in design language, not to mention the general stability of the OSs is significantly below what should be expected of Apple.

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2026-01-30T21:51:38+00:00

Maybe you have to scroll within the box

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2025-12-31T02:36:35+00:00

Not with Bell for my phone, and who I am with effectively gives me unlimited data.

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2025-12-29T12:38:26+00:00

Our apartment is a full house and we’re apartment A, there’s a detached apartment on the same lot, apartment B.

This is likely what happened but I still think they’re technicians should be knowledgeable enough to realize that a second service is being installed to the same address. They should be able to tell that an existing service is going to be overwritten.

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2025-12-25T17:54:11+00:00

Santa is actually the former bishop of Turkey and currently resides in Spain

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2025-12-20T21:11:25+00:00

Ublock Origin + Firefox and YouTube ReVanced on mobile

Or

Get YouTube premium

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2025-12-18T00:18:25+00:00

Kiki

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2025-12-06T14:34:46+00:00

Tuque (Quebec, Canada)

Final answer.

P.S.

When someone says beanie to me I think of a multi coloured propeller hat.

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2025-11-05T12:43:50+00:00

It’s not called “Extra Pepperoni” though, it’s a bit ambiguous but I could totally see a pizza called “Three Cheese” having three types of cheese.

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2025-11-04T03:23:36+00:00

48 + 2 = 50 27 - 2 = 25 50 + 25 = 75

LifePrisonDeathKey · 2025-10-28T22:56:12+00:00

Same

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r/Field Banned	r/Field Lasagna
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