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    3 hours ago

    If the graph is not just using made up data, then it also measures absolute em-dashes, not em-dash density, so possibly could be an increase in interest in contributing to the kernel?

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      3 hours ago

      By a factor of roughly 10-fold? Maybe. It could indeed be a measure of overal absolute contribution. But post 2025 that could be influenced by m-dash density especially.

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        3 hours ago

        No, the comment I responded to was about the ~2014 uptick, not the recent one.

        The recent one is obviously AI one way or another. Absolute contribution rate is higher due to AI as well.

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          Yeah sure, no I am not surprised about post 2025. My question was indeed about the post 2014 uptick.