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I had to read a lot of Heidegger, who was interesting on a macro level but interminably boring on the micro level needed to see the macro. His readability was h
by ineedasername 5y ago
I had to read a lot of Heidegger, who was interesting on a macro level but interminably boring on the micro level needed to see the macro. His readability was helped by the use of very visible double dashes-- sort of an extended version of the double-comma appositive structure in a sentence-- so the structure of his writing was easier to follow.
I liked that much more visual que enough that I adopted it myself for a while. Over time, I recognized that when I found myself reaching for the technique it meant that I probably needed to restructure things into more discrete chunks that build sequentially. When possible, conveying complex information benefits from as simple a structure as the information can manage.
- layer8 5y ago> Over time, I recognized that when I found myself reaching for the technique I had a similar experience with parentheses.
- gnubison 5y agoThey’re called “em dashes”, and they look like this: — You can find a Real, Genuine Em Dash™ at https://emda.sh https://emda.sh, or insert one using ‘C-k - M’ in Vim or ‘Compose - - -’ on Linux — not sure about other platforms.
- ineedasername 5y agoThanks— I didn't realize there was an actual character for them. Though IIRC MSWord would sometimes auto format them into that single extended dash appearance.
- gnubison 5y agoYes, iPhones automatically merge two dashes together as well.
- notinty 5y agoAlt hyphen on macOS, hold on most all mobile platforms.