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The Programmer Identity Crisis

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270 points imasl42 | 2 comments | 21 Oct 25 16:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.386s | source
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protontypes ◴[21 Oct 25 17:08 UTC] No.45658345[source]▶
Whenever I see an em dash (—), I suspect the entire text was written by an AI.
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1. amflare ◴[21 Oct 25 17:20 UTC] No.45658511[source]▶
Ironically, I love using em dashes in my writing, but if I ever have to AI generate an email or summary or something, I will remove it for this exact reason.
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2. dkersten ◴[22 Oct 25 10:36 UTC] No.45667148[source]▶
I used to use them, but stopped because I feel it makes people think that I used an AI to write.