Telco regulations were also why modems used an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_coupler instead of being directly connected.

As an aside, the em-dash density of this article is one of the highest I've ever seen.

ttul 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

My first year English teacher would be impressed. The lack of em dash characters in a paper would get you a failing grade back in 1995.

Stratoscope 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I love the em dash–and I didn't even notice them in this article.

	▲	userbinator 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's not just the em-dash—it's the style of writing. The short paragraphs. The Consistent Titled Sections. Classic LLMese at its finest.

dokyun an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

There's only two in the whole article, what are you smoking?