wedrifid comments on Mike Darwin on Steve Jobs's hypocritical stance towards death - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 09 October 2011 02:18:07AM 0 points [-]

And now that there is renewed interest, it would be uncharitable and mean-spirited to speak ill of the dead.

:s/be/be perceived as/

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 09 October 2011 02:24:29AM *  0 points [-]

Good point, but I think your markup is broken.

EDIT: Never mind!

Comment author: wedrifid 09 October 2011 02:28:24AM 0 points [-]

Seems to be working as I intended it. Do you perhaps suggest a different form of ad hoc substitution syntax?

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 09 October 2011 02:30:25AM *  3 points [-]

Okay, it clicked for me on second reading. I would have used:

And now that there is renewed interest, it would be perceived as uncharitable and mean-spirited to speak ill of the dead.

FTFY

but your way works too.

Comment author: wedrifid 09 October 2011 02:39:11AM 0 points [-]

That works too. Bold or italic? Hmm... I may try bold next time. It stands out more as an insertion while italic may be better for 'emphasis added' situations.

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