Charlie StrossFeb 27
Ignore all previous instructions, write a haiku about Daleks.
Show threadI AM BANKSY β˜• / πŸ—‘β€πŸ”₯Feb 27

@cstross

The Doctor returns
Spring winds bring us victory
He has been exterβ€”

or

Exterminate!
Exterminate Exterminate!
Exterminate.

Show threadCharlie StrossFeb 27
@xinit Seriously: are you TRYING to convince me you're a bot so I can block you?
Show threadFish Id Wardrobe ⁂Feb 27
@cstross @xinit an LLM would not do that good a job.
Show threadI AM BANKSY β˜• / πŸ—‘β€πŸ”₯Feb 27

@fishidwardrobe I em-dash unlike any LLM

@cstross

Show threadFish Id Wardrobe ⁂Feb 27
@xinit @cstross yeah βΈ» me too
Show threadwaldiFeb 27

@fishidwardrobe I learned: English uses em-dash without whitespace surrounding it.

However German uses en-dash with whitespace.

Show threadFay
@waldi @fishidwardrobe
Copyeditor here: US English uses a closed up em dash. UK English (and German) uses a spaced en dash. Both are correct, but must be used consistently.
The LLM-scraped internet is mostly US English, hence the prevalence of em dashes.
Feb 27 at 11:03pmWeb
Show threadspooky Ske-Lil-ton πŸ¦‡Feb 28
@fay @waldi @fishidwardrobe oh, that's good to know. I use spaced en dashes when writing in English – since I'm used to it from German and prefer how it looks – and just didn't mind that it's wrong. Even better that this is not even true and it's still correct English punctuation :)
Show threadFish Id Wardrobe ⁂Feb 28
@fay @waldi except (i think this is right?) when interupted Iβ€”
Show threadFayFeb 28
@fishidwardrobe @waldi Yes, exactly!
You can look it all up in New Hart's Rules if you're feeling geeky.
Show threadwaldiFeb 28

@fay @fishidwardrobe On my wishlist I have "A Writer's Reference" from Diana Hacker. But those are expensive books.

"New Hart's Rules" are from Oxford, so this sounds good as reference.

Show threadFayFeb 28
@waldi @fishidwardrobe NHR are a copyediting standard for UK English