32 points | by cebert 2 days ago ago
4 comments
Guesses as to why Knuth made the em dash grey?
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47230710
> Don Knuth
Please put this in the title! I know it's editorializing, but this is such an important detail.
This is such a gem. I almost didn't read it.
Edit: I also feel like ~knuth in the URL should render on HN like social media handles.
An earlier submission (linked in another comment) had a descriptive title - something like ‘Anthropic Claude solves a Knuth conjecture’ - but the mods changed it to the title in the PDF.
Guesses as to why Knuth made the em dash grey?
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47230710
> Don Knuth
Please put this in the title! I know it's editorializing, but this is such an important detail.
This is such a gem. I almost didn't read it.
Edit: I also feel like ~knuth in the URL should render on HN like social media handles.
An earlier submission (linked in another comment) had a descriptive title - something like ‘Anthropic Claude solves a Knuth conjecture’ - but the mods changed it to the title in the PDF.