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		jameshart 18 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying... Backticks mark fixed width inline code, not emphasis.

alias_neo 18 days ago [–]

I know what they do, it doesn't change the fact that we use them for emphasis.

refulgentis 17 days ago | [–]

Chuckled when I saw the reasonable correct informative and perfectly polite answer…is the one in gray. Cheers.

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