At my last job, a bunch of the older folks did not realize they had a “two spaces” habit.

It’s a clear tell.

Saw this meme and thought I’d point that out.

  • HexesofVexes
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    217 days ago

    No thanks, I want to improve the readability of my work.

    • @hOrni
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      27 days ago

      This is the first time I’m hearing about double spaces. For me it seems that it would have the opposite effect.

    • @shalafi
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      57 days ago

      Single spaces look odd to me, and yes, I’m in my 50s. But it does improve readability to me, breaks the thoughts apart just a bit. Not like we’re still indenting every paragraph!

      • @[email protected]
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        27 days ago

        Not like we’re still indenting every paragraph!

        Wait, we’re not? I haven’t been in school for a long time so…

      • HexesofVexes
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        37 days ago

        Whoa there, some folks still do. They’re more accessible for dyslexic students, and also allow ASCII formatting for quick and easy questions creation on the fly.

        • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】
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          I don’t know much about that. I know monospace is used when quoting lines of code. I’m talking about general academic and professional writing, and especially scholarly writing.

          • HexesofVexes
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            16 days ago

            Academic/Scholarly monospace has long since fallen out of favour. It’s a shame really as it does render text less readable.