As a freelance writer, I know that keeping up a consistent writing output is a key factor in my career. The nature of freelancing makes it very tempting to slack off some days, though I may feel ...

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Since Markdown files are pure plain text, they’re incredibly lightweight—often just a few kilobytes, even for lengthy ...

Some dictionaries are still printed but, increasingly, the reference books have moved online. And, as Stefan Fatsis describes ...

But just because certain words aren’t a dead giveaway that something was written with AI doesn’t mean that a few aren’t highly suggestive. Recent research demonstrated this in a fascinating way. A new ...

It’s a question that has hounded us all: What are the consequences of erudite vernacular used irrespective of necessity? OK, not really. That’s the ironic title of an academic paper published in 2005 ...