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Comment by Renaud Olgiati on QR Codes and Viruses - What You Need to Know (August 10, 2025 10:22 PM)
As often when about to open something with any kind of computing apparatus, if you do not know the origin for sure, the question to ask yourself is no...

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Comment by Ian Stewart on Did AI Write That? Here’s How You Can Tell! (August 10, 2025 04:56 PM)
I once emailed the complaints department of our local supermarket chain because the automatic checkout machines were always going wrong but there were...

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Comment by Bill on Did AI Write That? Here’s How You Can Tell! (August 10, 2025 12:48 PM)
Interesting, well thought out article. Maybe a little quiz to tell real from AI, similar to this for images. https://www.streamline.us/blog/real-vs-...

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Comment by Victoria on Did AI Write That? Here’s How You Can Tell! (August 10, 2025 10:27 AM)
Thank you, Bob, for this article on AI...it is very helpful.. Appreciate your work....

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Comment by Ron Beckett on Did AI Write That? Here’s How You Can Tell! (August 10, 2025 05:11 AM)
I’m someone who can spell and punctuate. AI checkers would probably flag my writing as AI generated. I regularly comment on YouTube videos that ha...

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Comment by Len Hend on Did AI Write That? Here’s How You Can Tell! (August 9, 2025 02:09 PM)
Ai, saves me 'worry' about making errors with my grammar. So I ask it 'please correct my grammar here but do not alter my style'. With that I usually...

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Comment by Eli (Dr. Blues ) Marcus on Did AI Write That? Here’s How You Can Tell! (August 9, 2025 08:31 AM)
AI does not exist! Not yet, I worked with researchers who were developing models - they never called it AI - only deep learning or machine learning. T...

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Comment by bob on Did AI Write That? Here’s How You Can Tell! (August 9, 2025 08:07 AM)
I have to fight with Grammarly all the time, trying to change my wording, when all I need it to do is correct my spelling. But it's mighty good at pun...

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Comment by Lynne Carmichael on Did AI Write That? Here’s How You Can Tell! (August 9, 2025 07:52 AM)
I was notified about an AI generated review of an article I had written. Quite rightly, it pointed out that I hadn't made use of relevant articles pu...

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Comment by Phixer on Did AI Write That? Here’s How You Can Tell! (August 9, 2025 07:12 AM)
AI = Artificial Incontinence, previously known as verbal diarrhea AI powered by the GIGO algorithm, 'garbage in = garbage out' ...

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Is there a way to convert iTunes to MP3? I've purchased a bunch of music from iTunes and enjoy listening to it on my computer. But my portable music player is not an iPod, so I can't take my songs with me. Is there any way I can convert my iTunes music to MP3 format to get around this unfair restriction?

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I want to buy a USB turntable to convert some vinyl record albums to MP3 format. Are there any specific turntables you can recommend?

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I have a big music collection on CDROM discs. I'd like to get all this music on my computer and burn my own mix CDs. Can you help me get started?

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Hey Bob, what's a podcast? Is this some kind of broadcast just for people with iPods?

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I have lots of music in WMA (Windows Media Audio) format but I want to convert it to MP3 for my iPod. How can I convert WMA to MP3?

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