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39 sats \ 4 replies \ @jakoyoh629 10 Apr \ on: On the recent "who is Satoshi?" talk bitcoin

Has anyone ever read about a writing quirk shared by Satoshi and Adam Back? Both use two consecutive spaces after a period when it's not a paragraph break.

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60 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 10 Apr

it's common af among old peeps... I can't tell you how often I've had to edit that shit out of (Bitcoin) articles -.-

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70 sats \ 2 replies \ @unboiled 10 Apr

That's pretty standard in markdown.
Double space for new line but not new paragraph. Markdown was around with that feature since 2004.

More likely origin, though, is from using typewriters. Two spaces after a period was common practice as opposed to one after a comma. Had to do with fixed width characters and creating that extra separation between sentences.

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34 sats \ 1 reply \ @chris21million 10 Apr

Literally saw a post today saying 'Anyone over 40 you don't need two spaces after a period.....that was for typewriters....you are free now 😄'

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74 sats \ 0 replies \ @freetx 10 Apr

Yes, I'm in Adams age cohort, I took "typing classes" (yes with actual typewriters) and double-space after period was standard. I can understand how for people of this age group typing ".<space><space>" quickly just became a muscle memory.

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