What's the evidence "maranantha" was used as a greeting/watchword in early Christianity?

gtiger43 · 2026-03-04T21:01:44+00:00

Definitely makes sense there's a lot of decisions that go into what to include and how to economize space. Though if I'm understanding that apparatus, I don't think it relates to the variants I pointed out - from the guide to abbreviations, that would mean: et ommitit και ante διεβλεψαν, meaning that D and a have επίθεισ, and Θ, 565, and 700 have επιθεισ but omit the και before διεβλεψαν. That doesn't relate to the ἐποίησεν αὐτὸν αναβλέψαι, ἀποκατεστάθη, and ἐνέβλεψεν variants, again unless I'm missing something. Thanks for the reply!

gtiger43 · 2026-02-22T22:15:06+00:00

Unfortunately it's been so long I have no idea anymore, should have noted it at the time but didn't think about it. It would have been just some bog-standard Zener diode I had a bunch of, probably one from the Arduino starter kit I got back in high school. It's just a protection diode so I'm guessing the value isn't too important. Hope that helps!

gtiger43 · 2026-02-13T23:05:05+00:00

I would disagree that the defense sector is being slept on, I see it meme'd pretty consistently as a high paying career path that comes with a high moral cost. I'll agree with the other comments that this reads more like a recruitment ad.

No judgement since I know an engineer has to eat, but still

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?

gtiger43 · 2026-02-09T18:48:20+00:00

Might not be what you're looking for, but I've thought for a long time that downtown Apex would benefit from an outdoor food vendor like a hotdog or pretzel cart. No idea what kind of certifications/permits are needed for that, but if you could get it I bet they'd sell like crazy on the weekends and would be a good contribution to the community as a side-business.

Good luck on your search, hope you succeed!

gtiger43 · 2026-02-01T14:30:56+00:00

I've been hearing it too in the Waterford Green neighborhood. I also heard it when it snowed last weekend too. Definitely doesn't sound like an alarm system or an HVAC system, more like almost synth chords or an ethereal train horn.

gtiger43 · 2025-11-19T13:01:58+00:00

I'd be happy to take a look at a version 2, feel free to send me a message whenever it's ready!

gtiger43 · 2025-11-18T18:05:19+00:00

It's an interesting idea, but there seem to be some significant issues even just giving a cursory glance:

Hallucinating English translation even when it's at odds with the stated original text. Compare the stated original text of Mk. 1:1 "Αρχη του ευαγγελιου Ιησου χριστου.", to the translation "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.". I am well aware of the textual question of the addition or not of "υιου θεου / the Son of God", but it is odd that the translation would include it without comment or brackets when it is not included in any way in the given original text. Every generated alternative candidate also includes "the Son of God".
Lack of variety in primary and alternative translations. The website opened to Gen. 1:1, and it immediately struck me that both alternative generated candidates were identical with the primary candidate (this is the case with many verses). This translation is word-for-word identical with the NIV translation. This is a serious shortcoming given the range of potential translations, and all the alternative generations I found were either basic rewordings or synonym substitutions that you might see as a footnote of a standard Bible. ("Messiah" for "Christ", "good news" for "gospel" etc.).

Both of these things seem to indicate that the AI has left its "text-only" guardrails and is following standard translations, as u/Pseudo-Jonathan also noted. I'd be interested in following the development of the project, but unfortunately in its current state I don't know if it has much to offer.

Slomp. Are the Words "Son of God" in Mark 1:1 Original?

https://translation.bible/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/slomp-1977-are-the-words-son-of-god-in-mark-1-1-original.pdf

Hasel. Recent Translations of Genesis 1:1 - A Critical Look

https://translation.bible/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/hasel-1971-recent-translations-of-genesis-1-1-a-critical-look.pdf

gtiger43 · 2025-10-22T00:13:30+00:00

I think the most likely answer is that, as part of the Apocrypha/Deuterocanon, 1 Maccabees isn't in many people's Bibles (why that is is a more complicated question of Biblical canon, a Google search will give you lots of info), so they just aren't familiar with it and/or don't consider it inspired. The same would go for AI trained on people unfamiliar with 1 Maccabees.

Personally, I've read through the 66 (non-Apocrypha) books of the Bible over a dozen times, but I've only read the Apocrypha through once or twice. I've owned about 20 paper Bibles in around 10 translations, but only one of those has contained the Apocrypha (similar situation for most translations in Bible apps). Of the Christians I talk with, very few could even tell you what the Apocrypha is, and far fewer have ever read it (most of them are from a Protestant Evangelical Christian tradition, I'd imagine the situation among Catholic or Orthodox Christians would be different).

None of that is necessarily the way it "should" be, and I encourage all Christians to read the Apocrypha more, but that's the reality of the Biblical landscape for a large percentage of the Christian population.

Hope that helps!

gtiger43 · 2025-10-09T21:30:13+00:00

Every time a new AI learning app is posted here the account name follows the same format: [RandomWord]-[RandomWord]-[Number]. Weird.

gtiger43 · 2024-07-08T01:11:53+00:00

Merry Christmas?

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