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🤖 Developer working with AI in library science | Hebraist creating tools for students, researchers, and communities | hebrewtransliteration.app
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"Can you imagine Doobie in your funk? Whoa!" Shakespeare ain't got nothin on P-Funk open.spotify.com/track/1FHjDs...

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Using uv makes me almost like Python development

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Maybe trying to write a VSCode extension at 1 in the morning was the best use of my time, but I now have another half-finished project, so there's that

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This is the greatest website that's still in existence. It has all the trademarks are a top-tier site: - Angelfire - Under Construction Banner - Ultra niche topic - Incomplete www.angelfire.com/la2/falconry...

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Was getting a really cryptic AWS error — OpenAI, Claude, & Gemini couldn't solve it. What did solve it you ask? A 2 year old Stack Overflow answer! Humanity persists another day

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The worst part of a cold is that my body craves tea and not coffee. It's like my immune system doesn't even know me

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The headaches that LLMs have caused in the classroom are…more than counterbalanced by what they can offer as tools for research and self-directed learning. For this reason, I’m now even more optimistic about…AI tools for historical research resobscura.substack.com/p/the-leadin...

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What makes doing transcription with LLMs always feel a little frustrating is that transcription is either right or wrong (with caveats). Translations can be on on a spectrum, and so can asking questions about an image. But transcription can't be.

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The flexibility of LLMs over OCR is just amazing. I really want to believe that OCR is better, but I just don't know if the tools can keep pace

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I'm amazed at how many Hebrew grammars will say "such and such is a rule" and then provide either no examples or examples that aren't in the Bible!

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trusting a [OpenAI and Google] to not use your data may be a bit like asking a cookie monster to guard the cookie jar. jcuenod.github.io/bibletech/20...

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Any good tips out there for using #ai to transcribe documents? In some ways, I'm blown away by the results and in some ways, underwhelmed

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This looks like an interesting read www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

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I started an amazing new job in December — working in an academic library integrating AI systems. It's grant funded… I still have my job, but these past few days have been more than little nerve-racking

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So what exactly was a priest in Ancient Israel? I never realized David’s sons are priests. Was there a priesthood separate from the Levitical one? www.sefaria.org/II_Samuel.8....

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So what's up with Samuel? He's a prophet, but also a priest? He's definitely not a Levite, and DEFINITELY not a king.

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Never noticed how many doublets are in David's rise to power

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Any simple birthday ideas for a man with a toddler?

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Hebrew nerds! I need examples of a hiriq and qibbuts in accented syllables. So far I have דָּוִד and צַדִּקִים (I Kings 2:32). How would I even search for such a thing?

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment

So in an attempt to call about an unemployment claim, there were no available representatives…and then the call was ended. No waiting. No callback. Just try again and hope

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Watch out! There's a new church of toxic masculinity and it's been around for two millennia! www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

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Experimenting with LLMs to transcribe, translate, and describe texts in images (i.e. manuscripts) Given the non-deterministic outcomes of the models, it's very hard to know if issues arise b/c of the prompt, the model, or the settings. Promising results so far though

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I feel seen

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Alright, it's a new year so I'm gonna give this app a try! --- A bit about me: - Currently integrating AI into search & discovery at Northwestern University - Did some work on Hebrew, but now mostly maintain an app for transliteration - Hoping to read more Hebrew and play more banjo this year 🪕

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