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Do we have a chance? (szmer.info)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Negative thoughts flooded my mind. The EU is constantly trying to push Chat Control. They're blocking bootloaders on phones, introducing ID and face scanning everywhere, in the US they're trying to push system-level verification, corporations are spitting in our faces and don't even hide it. I know we have to fight. My personal rebellion was joining Fediverse and Lemmy and quitting Reddit. But seriously, boss—I'm tired. Are our attempts to preserve internet freedom futile? Can we win against corporations and politicians who we pay but don't listen to us?

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[–] 7 points 2 months ago (6 children)

How do you even type an em-dash?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago*

    I use Heliboard – on Android — which has a lot of different dashes when you long·press the -regular- dash.

    With Linux you can use the compose key or some key combinations, usually with a modifier like AltGr or Shift+Alt.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    Lemmy lets me do it by typing three hyphens - - - without spaces---like this.

    But I really don't see a reason to use anything other than a hyphen - it shows I'm human!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    On my system, I can use the compose key to type a bunch of unicode chars, such as —, …, ≠, → and so on. Sadly, the pervasive use of em-dashes by LLMs ruined my use of them... It's a pity, because I quite like them stylistically.

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