Temperate House

Building a search engine for historical parallels.

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I am releasing a demo of my Classics engine that lets you describe any situation and it finds matching ones from Greek and Roman literature. It's a work in progress, and I would love feedback, especially with results presentation. https://t.co/zBPjFX7eSy

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Missed the signature on the Homer book @AntigoneJournal

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I have got some exciting book from a local chap.
#1 Some older Loebs

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#9 and the coolest one yet, 1856 Homeri Carmina et Cycli Epici Reliquiae, Paris, Ambroise Firmin Didot. As you can see, here πολύτροπον is versutum or clever / crafty / resourceful man.

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New restoration project - badly torn, but still with all original pages, 1827 Ovid's Metamorphoses

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@LMUTheoPhilos Thank you for the feedback, it is done

[Temperate House @TemperateHouse]

I am releasing a demo of my Classics engine that lets you describe any situation and it finds matching ones from Greek and Roman literature. It's a work in progress, and I would love feedback, especially with results presentation. https://t.co/zBPjFX7eSy

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We are now showing the original Latin or Ancient Greek text for all results, which are bumped to 6. Some improvements on speed, modern concepts understanding and term search.

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Watching @JeremyClarkson's Farm, and decided to ask my classics engine about a "man [who] tries to gather his sheep in the pen but failing." First match is Hercules chasing cattle scattered by Hera’s gadfly. Fitting.

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Updated the search algorithm, it should handle better.

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I am releasing a demo of my Classics engine that lets you describe any situation and it finds matching ones from Greek and Roman literature. It's a work in progress, and I would love feedback, especially with results presentation. https://t.co/zBPjFX7eSy

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@LMUTheoPhilos curious if you gave me engine a try, were the results good? i keep thinking of ways to improve the search

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Right now queries are queued, as LLMs calls and compute are expensive and I'm running it on a tight budget. @elonmusk :D cc'ing @AntigoneJournal as they may like it.

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@LMUTheoPhilos @GoodwillIntl Good catch. This pic was taken right after I finished everything. After some time in the press and a bit of reading, it will relax. I did not glue on the bend and used polymer glue cause it's elastic.

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What was a $5 copy found at @GoodwillIntl Thucydides is now a nice leather-bound hardcover.

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Rebinding Thucydides

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@DashaStein @GoodwillIntl @GryphonEditions I actually looked at a few of the books there. What kind of leather do you use? I'm curious what gives it this shine. Usually, it's lacquered fabric that has this effect.

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@DashaStein @GoodwillIntl Thank you! This is not a find though, all hand-made. @GryphonEditions looks beautiful, I will need to invest in a handful of tools to get to this quality lol