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I agree with writing the authors, but disagree with telling them what you think they should do. So that email but without the last sentence, and maybe add a sentence at the beginning saying something nice about their paper.

Noah Snyder
– Noah Snyder

2017-11-25 19:01:43 +00:00
Commented Nov 25, 2017 at 19:01
@NoahSnyder: See edit.

einpoklum
– einpoklum

2019-04-01 12:01:44 +00:00
Commented Apr 1, 2019 at 12:01

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create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
_italic_ or **bold**
quote by placing > at start of line
to make links (use https whenever possible)

<https://example.com>

[example](https://example.com)

<a href="https://example.com">example</a>

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