Large language models are having their Stable Diffusion moment — and Punctuation Matters: How to use the en dash, em dash and hyphen

Issue #1069 — March 13, 2023

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Large language models are having their Stable Diffusion moment simonwillison.net \| points: 757 \| comments: 340

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Punctuation Matters: How to use the en dash, em dash and hyphen punctuationmatters.com \| points: 499 \| comments: 287

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Yellen says government will help SVB depositors but rules out bailout ft.com \| points: 450 \| comments: 1302

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TypeScripting the Technical Interview richard-towers.com \| points: 430 \| comments: 74

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Using LLaMA with M1 Mac and Python 3.11 dev.l1x.be \| points: 366 \| comments: 112

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SVB lobbied the government to relax some Dodd-Frank provisions fortune.com \| points: 363 \| comments: 185

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“Healthy obesity” doesn’t exist. It is unequivocally bad for you bigthink.com \| points: 308 \| comments: 299

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SVB Used Former McCarthy Staffers to Weaken Regulations, Lobby FDIC theintercept.com \| points: 272 \| comments: 161

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Vivaldi co-founder: Advertisers ’stole the internet from us’ xda-developers.com \| points: 264 \| comments: 215

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Ask HN: More magazines like Quanta and Noema? news.ycombinator.com \| points: 223 \| comments: 87

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FDIC – SVB FAQ fdic.gov \| points: 220 \| comments: 255

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An Update on USDC and Silicon Valley Bank circle.com \| points: 215 \| comments: 195

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Nushell.sh ls \| where size > 10mb \| sort-by modified nushell.sh \| points: 208 \| comments: 120

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FDIC auction for SVB said to be underway, final bids due Sunday bloomberg.com \| points: 200 \| comments: 215

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Pgrok – Poor Man’s Ngrok github.com \| points: 199 \| comments: 63

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Silicon Valley Bank paid out bonuses hours before seizure axios.com \| points: 198 \| comments: 78

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Meta rediscovers the cubicle calnewport.com \| points: 198 \| comments: 269

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Etsy Delays Seller Payouts Due to Run on Silicon Valley Bank ecommercebytes.com \| points: 193 \| comments: 90

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Secret colours of the Commodore 64 (2017) aaronbell.com \| points: 192 \| comments: 46

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A Bank of One’s Own nayafia.substack.com \| points: 166 \| comments: 118

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