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Slate Invaders: Why You Should Use Two Spaces Between Sentences (blogstrapping.com)
3 points by apotheon on Jan 14, 2011 | hide | past | favorite | 8 comments


. . . because the other side deserves to be heard.


Not every factual statement has another side. Using two spaces after a sentence is an error in usage.


If you had just said "tl;dr", you might not have sounded as much like a willful ignoramus to those who might actually read it.


you're as wrong as posting about another side. The post is reactionary, rambling nonsense link bait about a statement of fact.


Ok, I'll back off. I'll admit a personal dislike to follow up posts to popular content professing "another side". They feel like link bait to me and usually offer something other then "another side" of a topic or statement of fact. Knock yourself out with your opinion.


What -- you dislike it if it's off-site, but it's okay in comments?

I don't get it.

edit: It's not linkbait. It's really long -- too long for anyone to be likely to read in comments, and too long to throw away in a temporary context.


It hit me the wrong way on the day I read it. I backed off when I realized that I was probably interpreting the intent incorrectly.


Saying it doesn't make it so -- and I'd expect someone at HN to know that.




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