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by j3s 40 days ago
apologies if i was blunt - readme sloppage is a particular annoyance of mine that is quickly becoming common. i'm not against vibecoding, far from it. but a readme is a part of a project that humans immediately touch - seeing it littered with em-dashes signals carelessness.

i appreciate you taking my feedback with grace.

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I would like to point out, again, that em dashes are very much used by humans that run macOS or iOS — like in this case.
Also Linux, where it's easy to configure a compose key to mnemonically type all the Unicode goodies you can think of.

Android's software keyboards generally make it easy, too.

No worries at all. I understand your point. I'll look into fixing this!