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Elon Musk on X antisemitism controversy: “Don’t advertise. Go f*** yourself” (arstechnica.com)
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[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The double spaces between sentences. Tbh, it is kinda nice for readability.

[–] flathead@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you were taught on a typewriter, you double space for life. It's impossible to stop once ingrained.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 9 points 2 years ago

I was taught by people who were taught on typewriters, and it's still ingrained.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

OK that doesn't show here (Firefox on Linux), I actually copied the text into an editor, and searched for double spaces, and none were found.
Tried another Browser Falkon which uses QtWebEngine, and there are no doublespaces there either.
So apparently some browsers render Lemmy posts differently.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Browsers collapse whitespace unless told not to by the webpage CSS. I'm not using a browser though, I'm using Boost for Lemmy.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Ah that explains it. 👍

[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Boost for Lemmy" I learned a thing existed today, that I was unaware of yesterday. Thank you for that!

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I am happy to have accidentally helped someone. 😁 Take care!

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Huh, I thought Markdown basically just ignored all extra whitespace

[–] j0hn@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

HTML in browsers ignores the whitespace, I think, not markdown specifically.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 2 years ago

Plus, Markdown is more like guidelines than a standard.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

This is the thing, yes. I'm using an app to browse Lemmy.

[–] Agrivar@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I really wish it would come back in style. I hate the single space after a full stop, it feels inadequate.