The Components of Agent Memory

Re:The Components of Agent Memory by epihelix on Saturday November 07, 2026 @06:04AM (#50403465)

> Apparently I once told it to always capitalize the first letter after a colon. I don't remember doing that, but hey, that's basic English grammar, dammit, so I can see myself getting pissy about it.

It's definitely not correct UK English grammar. TIL that the US uses some very odd colon rules.

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Re:The Components of Agent Memory by 0gs on Saturday November 07, 2026 @06:54AM (#50403753)

yeah this is not a rule in the US either :(

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Re:The Components of Agent Memory by russellbeattie on Saturday November 07, 2026 @11:26AM (#50405810)

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Re:The Components of Agent Memory by simpleintheory on Saturday November 07, 2026 @12:02PM (#50406072)

This is unique to AP and 18th CMOS: MLA and old CMOS versions with grew up with say to do the opposite.

Also, please try to be less dismissive!

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Re:The Components of Agent Memory by epihelix on Saturday November 07, 2026 @08:15PM (#50409642)

It's a US-specific rule, and only in certain style manuals. Chicago, for example, does not capitalise after a colon. (But perhaps your Google or AI had not heard of the Chicago Manual of Style?)

And there is an entire world out there, outside of the US (perhaps your Google or AI did not know that either?) that does not do this.

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Re:The Components of Agent Memory by russellbeattie on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:04PM (#50409863)

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Re:The Components of Agent Memory by russellbeattie on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:25PM (#50409938)

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Re:The Components of Agent Memory by 0gs on Saturday November 07, 2026 @08:43PM (#50409768)

if you want to be a pedant, you are. not necessary, but certainly sufficient. and i was saying in real life, not in the Chicago Manual of Style.

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