Roger Pearse
@rogerpearse.bsky.social
"The Mysterons: sworn enemies of Earth. Possessing the ability to recreate an exact likeness of an object or person. But first, they must destroy..."
My new Academia likeness...
My new Academia likeness...
September 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
"The Mysterons: sworn enemies of Earth. Possessing the ability to recreate an exact likeness of an object or person. But first, they must destroy..."
My new Academia likeness...
My new Academia likeness...
No idea if this might help...
September 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
No idea if this might help...
This series of entries in a 1521 account book is supposed to describe a decorated Xmas tree in Séléstat. Can anyone read this and confirm?
December 26, 2024 at 7:47 PM
This series of entries in a 1521 account book is supposed to describe a decorated Xmas tree in Séléstat. Can anyone read this and confirm?
I've just seen this amusing item at the other place. Apparently the original thread is gone, and these are screen grabs.
December 22, 2024 at 4:15 PM
I've just seen this amusing item at the other place. Apparently the original thread is gone, and these are screen grabs.
A couple of very nice-looking volumes of translations arrived in my library today, courtesy of Scriptorium Press.
December 5, 2024 at 4:42 PM
A couple of very nice-looking volumes of translations arrived in my library today, courtesy of Scriptorium Press.
Then underneath we get the analysis
November 21, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Then underneath we get the analysis
ChatGPT decides to give me a sentence by sentence translation at the top. Not had that before.
November 21, 2024 at 10:38 PM
ChatGPT decides to give me a sentence by sentence translation at the top. Not had that before.
After doing it with Claude AI, let me post some screen grabs from ChatGPT translating and analysing the same text. Here's the request:
November 21, 2024 at 10:38 PM
After doing it with Claude AI, let me post some screen grabs from ChatGPT translating and analysing the same text. Here's the request:
Claude AI volunteered some language analysis
November 21, 2024 at 10:28 PM
Claude AI volunteered some language analysis
Then I asked it to break it down. You can't trust the translation, but you can use it as an aid.
November 21, 2024 at 10:27 PM
Then I asked it to break it down. You can't trust the translation, but you can use it as an aid.
Here's the translation produced.
November 21, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Here's the translation produced.
It's possible to get AI to do some of the heavy lifting when translating Greek.
I've been working on the "Jerusalem vita" of John Damascene, using the TLG text. There is an early modern Latin translation which can be used as a control.
Here's some use of Claude AI. First the request:
I've been working on the "Jerusalem vita" of John Damascene, using the TLG text. There is an early modern Latin translation which can be used as a control.
Here's some use of Claude AI. First the request:
November 21, 2024 at 10:24 PM
It's possible to get AI to do some of the heavy lifting when translating Greek.
I've been working on the "Jerusalem vita" of John Damascene, using the TLG text. There is an early modern Latin translation which can be used as a control.
Here's some use of Claude AI. First the request:
I've been working on the "Jerusalem vita" of John Damascene, using the TLG text. There is an early modern Latin translation which can be used as a control.
Here's some use of Claude AI. First the request:
I try to remember that all this stuff is fake, that politics is a show, facts are suppressed, and that the doings of the great are not our life. Never be a partisan for a stranger who knows nothing of us, to the extent of offending the real people around us.
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2018/...
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2018/...
November 6, 2024 at 10:02 PM
I try to remember that all this stuff is fake, that politics is a show, facts are suppressed, and that the doings of the great are not our life. Never be a partisan for a stranger who knows nothing of us, to the extent of offending the real people around us.
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2018/...
www.roger-pearse.com/weblog/2018/...
Wonderful news - you can now download Bodleian manuscripts! #AncientBluesky
May 11, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Wonderful news - you can now download Bodleian manuscripts! #AncientBluesky
Apparently someone is publishing AI-written "biographies" of people on Amazon for a few dollars a pop, all imaginary. So I thought I'd check... luckily AI knows nothing about me. Could have been worse. 😂
March 3, 2024 at 10:24 PM
Apparently someone is publishing AI-written "biographies" of people on Amazon for a few dollars a pop, all imaginary. So I thought I'd check... luckily AI knows nothing about me. Could have been worse. 😂
Spicy pictures. Apparently
March 1, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Spicy pictures. Apparently
Because communism was so much better.
January 14, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Because communism was so much better.
A couple more photos of the excavation from the new temple of Mithras at Aquincum. These photos were not obvious on the Hungarian website, so few will have seen them.
AncientBluesky
AncientBluesky
December 11, 2023 at 2:50 PM
A couple more photos of the excavation from the new temple of Mithras at Aquincum. These photos were not obvious on the Hungarian website, so few will have seen them.
AncientBluesky
AncientBluesky
A bit of fresco with a star on it - maybe from the ceiling? - from the new temple of Mithras at Aquincum. The photo is not obvious on the Hungarian website, so few will have seen it.
AncientBluesky
AncientBluesky
December 11, 2023 at 2:49 PM
A bit of fresco with a star on it - maybe from the ceiling? - from the new temple of Mithras at Aquincum. The photo is not obvious on the Hungarian website, so few will have seen it.
AncientBluesky
AncientBluesky
An oil lamp from the new temple of Mithras at Aquincum. The photo is not obvious on the Hungarian website, so few will have seen it.
AncientBluesky
muemlekem.hu/magazin/aqui...
AncientBluesky
muemlekem.hu/magazin/aqui...
December 11, 2023 at 2:48 PM
An oil lamp from the new temple of Mithras at Aquincum. The photo is not obvious on the Hungarian website, so few will have seen it.
AncientBluesky
muemlekem.hu/magazin/aqui...
AncientBluesky
muemlekem.hu/magazin/aqui...
An altar from the new temple of Mithras at Aquincum. The photo is well-hidden on the Hungarian website, so few will have seen it.
AncientBluesky
AncientBluesky
December 11, 2023 at 2:48 PM
An altar from the new temple of Mithras at Aquincum. The photo is well-hidden on the Hungarian website, so few will have seen it.
AncientBluesky
AncientBluesky
A new temple of Mithras discovered in Hungary, at Aquincum. The authorities don't seem to realise how important it could be. Please circulate. It needs to be preserved.
muemlekem.hu/magazin/aqui...
muemlekem.hu/magazin/aqui...
December 10, 2023 at 8:47 PM
A new temple of Mithras discovered in Hungary, at Aquincum. The authorities don't seem to realise how important it could be. Please circulate. It needs to be preserved.
muemlekem.hu/magazin/aqui...
muemlekem.hu/magazin/aqui...