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My counterpart identified a missed opportunity for context sensitive wit. I'm in danger of being replaced. :(
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Andrew B
Andrew B
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No, not really.

Yes, the Unicode representations of quotes and ellipses are "better"“better” than ASCII in that they're closer to their literary counterparts, but we are not a publication. First and foremost, we are a knowledgebase focused on ease of editing. The ASCII character set has its roots firmly embedded into our keyboard punctuation and isn't going away any time soon. That's the punctuation that is here to stay.

We're professional IT people. I understand that we're pedants for detail; case in point, this meta topic. Some of you may be compulsively driven to "correct"“correct” that which is in front of you, but remember that it goes both ways. Some of us are just as driven to seek and destroy that which does not conform to a system. Your good-natured attempt at Unicode defiance will be assimilated back into the fold. Resistance is futile.

No, not really.

Yes, the Unicode representations of quotes and ellipses are "better" than ASCII in that they're closer to their literary counterparts, but we are not a publication. First and foremost, we are a knowledgebase focused on ease of editing. The ASCII character set has its roots firmly embedded into our keyboard punctuation and isn't going away any time soon. That's the punctuation that is here to stay.

We're professional IT people. I understand that we're pedants for detail; case in point, this meta topic. Some of you may be compulsively driven to "correct" that which is in front of you, but remember that it goes both ways. Some of us are just as driven to seek and destroy that which does not conform to a system. Your good-natured attempt at Unicode defiance will be assimilated back into the fold. Resistance is futile.

No, not really.

Yes, the Unicode representations of quotes and ellipses are “better” than ASCII in that they're closer to their literary counterparts, but we are not a publication. First and foremost, we are a knowledgebase focused on ease of editing. The ASCII character set has its roots firmly embedded into our keyboard punctuation and isn't going away any time soon. That's the punctuation that is here to stay.

We're professional IT people. I understand that we're pedants for detail; case in point, this meta topic. Some of you may be compulsively driven to “correct” that which is in front of you, but remember that it goes both ways. Some of us are just as driven to seek and destroy that which does not conform to a system. Your good-natured attempt at Unicode defiance will be assimilated back into the fold. Resistance is futile.

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Andrew B
Andrew B
  • 33.5k
  • 15
  • 31

No, not really.

Yes, the Unicode representations of quotes and ellipses are "better" than ASCII in that they're closer to their literary counterparts, but we are not a publication. First and foremost, we are a knowledgebase focused on ease of editing. The ASCII character set has its roots firmly embedded into our keyboard punctuation and isn't going away any time soon. That's the punctuation that is here to stay.

We're professional IT people. I understand that we're pedants for detail; case in point, this meta topic. Some of you may be compulsively driven to "correct" that which is in front of you, but remember that it goes both ways. Some of us are just as driven to seek and destroy that which does not conform to a system. Your good-natured attempt at Unicode defiance will be assimilated back into the fold. Resistance is futile.

No, not really.

Yes, the Unicode representations of quotes and ellipses are "better" than ASCII that they're closer to their literary counterparts, but we are not a publication. First and foremost, we are a knowledgebase focused on ease of editing. The ASCII character set has its roots firmly embedded into our keyboard punctuation and isn't going away any time soon. That's the punctuation that is here to stay.

We're professional IT people. I understand that we're pedants for detail; case in point, this meta topic. Some of you may be compulsively driven to "correct" that which is in front of you, but remember that it goes both ways. Some of us are just as driven to seek and destroy that which does not conform to a system. Your good-natured attempt at Unicode defiance will be assimilated back into the fold. Resistance is futile.

No, not really.

Yes, the Unicode representations of quotes and ellipses are "better" than ASCII in that they're closer to their literary counterparts, but we are not a publication. First and foremost, we are a knowledgebase focused on ease of editing. The ASCII character set has its roots firmly embedded into our keyboard punctuation and isn't going away any time soon. That's the punctuation that is here to stay.

We're professional IT people. I understand that we're pedants for detail; case in point, this meta topic. Some of you may be compulsively driven to "correct" that which is in front of you, but remember that it goes both ways. Some of us are just as driven to seek and destroy that which does not conform to a system. Your good-natured attempt at Unicode defiance will be assimilated back into the fold. Resistance is futile.

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Andrew B
Andrew B
  • 33.5k
  • 15
  • 31

No, not really.

Yes, the Unicode representations of quotes and ellipses are "better" than ASCII that they're closer to their literary counterparts, but we are not a publication. First and foremost, we are a knowledgebase focused on ease of editing. The ASCII character set has its roots firmly embedded into our keyboard punctuation and isn't going away any time soon. That's the punctuation that is here to stay.

We're professional IT people. I understand that we're pedants for detail; case in point, this meta topic. Some of you may be compulsively driven to "correct" that which is in front of you, but remember that it goes both ways. Some of us are just as driven to seek and destroy that which does not conform to a system. Your good-natured attempt at Unicode defiance will be assimilated back into the fold. Resistance is futile.