alt Hacker NewsTelco regulations were also why modems used an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler instead of being directly connected.
As an aside, the em-dash density of this article is one of the highest I've ever seen.
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Stratoscope • today at 2:52 AM
I love the em dash–and I didn't even notice them in this article.
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dokyun • today at 7:05 AM
There's only two in the whole article, what are you smoking?
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My first year English teacher would be impressed. The lack of em dash characters in a paper would get you a failing grade back in 1995.