Discussion

rytill: The sheer em dash density of this post really struck me, so I asked Claude to write a script which ranked text post Show HNs over the last week in order of em dash density. Script here: https://github.com/mturnshek/hn-em-dash-density/tree/masterThis post comes in 12th place out of 668 with 0.6232% em dash density. I was also surprised by the large number of ShowHNs in the last week.Here are the highest density 4 from the last week:1. 1.2195% — Show HN: AI-native memory, recall and reminder on CLI – 100% local with Ollama (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47417498)2. 1.0417% — Show HN: CEL v0.2 Pro – cryptographic black box recorder for AI systems (Python) (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47406917)3. 1.0174% — Show HN: FalconAI – AI-Powered Smart TV Streaming, Search and Voice Control (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47377118)4. 0.9259% — Show HN: Ostov.js – Backbone.js Fork Without jQuery/Underscore, Classes, TS, ES (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47401800)Posts with at least one em or en dash: 457/668 (68.4%)I also learned about the existence of the en dash. I only knew about the em dash and the hyphen, but there's:— em dash (U+2014)– en dash (U+2013)- hyphen-minus (U+002D)Anyway.

alsetmusic: I thought Show HN was gonna be gated for new accounts? Or did I misremember the conclusion of that recent discussion?