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sweisman

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    Comment #49230496

    You should have stopped at "My comment is indeed badly written." You have not provided any clarity. It's a mishmash of bitterness and anger. There is no "of course". You are ignora…

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    Comment #49121723

    By way of example, there are several comments by someone else noting a problem with terminology drift. This was genuinely constructive, and I fixed and repaired the problem, which …

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    Comment #49106775

    I got to be honest too. At least my name is public and on the record, along with my work. You are irrelevant. So is what you say. You haven't read anything. Are you retarded or dis…

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    Comment #49106760

    Yes and know. The biggest problem I've experienced vis a vis hallucinations is tabular data. In prose, where context is anchored by surrounding words. Even the subtle points are co…

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    Comment #49096709

    The biggest problem with hallucinations (or confabulations as Claude prefers haha) is from tables. Prose has context that anchors it. Hebrew is also much worse than Latin, which us…

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    Comment #49096425

    Thank you. Your comments are very helpful. I am working on updating the translation agents and fixing the issue in the existing works. If you'd like, you can contact me privately a…

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    Comment #49093499

    No, because I don't know what spiky means.

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    Comment #49088225

    Thank you. I have considered Arabic, as there a couple works I am interested in. My queue of Hebrew and Latin works is already lengthy, and this is my focus for now.

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    Comment #49088138

    Can you email me with more info? It is likely the distinctions you noted are from the source. There is a glossary maintained that keeps specific words or phrases consistent. But sl…

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    Comment #49088066

    Misleading in what way?

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    Comment #49088024

    I know what I know from experience. You know what you know from nothing at all. Numerous people have commented to me about Hebrew and Latin works, who know what they are talking ab…

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    Comment #49087930

    Judaism says revealed knowledge, as transmitted to us via our mesorah, is superior to empirical knowledge, such as that obtained via the scientific method. That being said, Ralbag,…

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    Comment #49087873

    Copernicus and Kepler have both been translated to English. I am focusing on works that haven't been. Gans met and wrote about his encounters with Tycho. It was these documented en…

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    Comment #49087809

    David Gans, in Nechmad v'Na'im, the first book I translated, states as a matter of fact that any wisdom obtained by the nations regarding astronomy came from the Jews. Ralbag's tre…

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    Comment #49087743

    Software development. I did work in an astrophysics lab decades ago, as one of my public repos documents.

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    Comment #49084542

    So, he's commenting on something he didn't read and compares it to shit? Good to know. I'll ignore him. I understand his point. Still, obviously my rhetorical question had in mind …

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    Comment #49082965

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    Comment #49082936

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    Comment #49082859

    Yes. The rules vary worldwide. Do your own research. I did, before asserting copyright.

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    Comment #49082642

    Manuscripts are doable but tougher than printed works. Hebrew likewise is tougher than Latin.

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    Comment #49082623

    This is not what I use to translate. It was the first version to create usable output, and intentionally implemented in a code-free manner (today I have an extensive body of code i…

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    Comment #49082590

    It's good enough for me. I'm not publicizing his name without permission. He is quite well-known and until I moved recently, was a neighbor of mine.

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    Comment #49082577

    I can assure you this is not a thin wrapper. Even the public repo of the first workable version of it is not a thin wrapper. You are welcome to try. It is not rocket science, but w…

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    Comment #49080734

    Professional translators don't throw around the word "impressive" like that. You don't, yet I still stand by my work. I translated some books up to four times as I refined the proc…