Jacob Polay
@historyjacob.bsky.social
Masters student at the University of Saskatchewan. Interested in Atlantic environmental and labour history. Currently focused on Caribbean Ginger.
I recently released a new NER model for Early Modern English/Atlantic History. Testing shows it gets better results than any paid LLM, BERT, and spaCy while running on only 4GB VRAM. Take a look and see what you think. Any feedback would be appreciated! github.com/polayj/earlymodernner
GitHub - polayj/earlymodernner: EarlyModernNER: Named Entity Recognition for Early Modern English
EarlyModernNER: Named Entity Recognition for Early Modern English - polayj/earlymodernner
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February 3, 2026 at 4:47 AM
I recently released a new NER model for Early Modern English/Atlantic History. Testing shows it gets better results than any paid LLM, BERT, and spaCy while running on only 4GB VRAM. Take a look and see what you think. Any feedback would be appreciated! github.com/polayj/earlymodernner
As much as I find Times New Roman to be a classic that I would have a hard time moving away from, this is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rubio orders return to Times New Roman font over 'wasteful' Calibri - BBC News
The US State Department will be required to use Times New Roman instead of Calibri for official documents, starting 10 December.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
As much as I find Times New Roman to be a classic that I would have a hard time moving away from, this is one of the dumbest things I have ever heard.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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It’s ok to put the phone down.
September 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It’s ok to put the phone down.
Stories from the archives #1: "You can't put the documents on the ground just because the lighting is better down there"
May 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Stories from the archives #1: "You can't put the documents on the ground just because the lighting is better down there"
Reposted by Jacob Polay
3/4. If we accept the idea that moving a person from one place to another undoes rights and disempowers the judiciary, we are endorsing the basic Nazism practice that enabled the killing of millions.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
3/4. If we accept the idea that moving a person from one place to another undoes rights and disempowers the judiciary, we are endorsing the basic Nazism practice that enabled the killing of millions.
Reposted by Jacob Polay
How long would your commute take in 1680? Mine would be about a day and a half.
@camunicampop.bsky.social has a brilliant tool for calculating travel times in Roman, 1680, 1830, 1911 and 2024. 🗃️
www.travelintimes.org/journey/52.2...
@camunicampop.bsky.social has a brilliant tool for calculating travel times in Roman, 1680, 1830, 1911 and 2024. 🗃️
www.travelintimes.org/journey/52.2...
November 22, 2024 at 9:49 AM
How long would your commute take in 1680? Mine would be about a day and a half.
@camunicampop.bsky.social has a brilliant tool for calculating travel times in Roman, 1680, 1830, 1911 and 2024. 🗃️
www.travelintimes.org/journey/52.2...
@camunicampop.bsky.social has a brilliant tool for calculating travel times in Roman, 1680, 1830, 1911 and 2024. 🗃️
www.travelintimes.org/journey/52.2...