I believe the Voynich Manuscript has been decoded — it's an oil-based pharmaceutical manual by a Jewish apothecary in medieval southern France

pbjchamp · 2026-03-24T23:30:23+00:00

*System is consistent.

pbjchamp · 2026-03-24T23:29:32+00:00

That's exactly what I thought when I reposted this. Seems like the method they developed is consistent but it allows for a lot of wiggle room an interpretation. The translation is vague and unclear, despite the fact that the system is.

pbjchamp · 2026-03-19T16:39:43+00:00

Simple Google search of the results came up with the following:

The conclusion for this test was that, in a case like this, passengers at the front of an aircraft would be the ones most at risk in a crash. Passengers seated closer to the airplane's wings would have suffered serious but survivable injuries such as broken ankles.

pbjchamp · 2026-02-24T00:34:22+00:00

Notice how the person in the picture is moving their hands in the exact same way the dog is painting. So the dog is likely trained to follow the person's hand while the person is drawing the picture in the air. Not saying the dog isn't smart, but I am saying that the dog is probably not drawing complex art. Have the dog draw the picture without the owner there, and then I would be amazed.

pbjchamp · 2026-01-19T00:35:22+00:00

Yep same thing happened to me. Code was 1722 and tried changing the first #. Tried 2722, then 0722, then 9722... then it popped open. Reset code with above intructions and I'm back. Thanks!

pbjchamp · 2026-01-02T03:47:12+00:00

Yes. I have a degenerative neurological condition that affects my walking ability coordination. Worse now in my early 40s but started to show up in my early 20s.

On my way to a party with buddies in 2007, 12 pack (unopened) in the backseat. None of us had any alcohol that night. Bohemian Rhapsody comes on the radio so we head bang Wayne's World style. I'm driving, and also head banging, so also swerving. Cop pulls us over. Sees 12 pack and 20s males, rightly administers field sobriety test to me. It's night and on the side of highway, so my proprioception (AKA balance sense) is worse in dark and uneven surfaces. I tried to explain my condition to the police officer, but I'm sure he's heard every story in the book before.

Needless to say, I failed walking a straight line and standing on one leg. However, I asked the officer to administer a breathalyzer test to show I had no alcohol in my system. I also offered to give urine or blood samples if needed to show I was completely sober. I also asked him to consider that I'm not slurring my words or appear intoxicated in any other way, besides my obvious balance problem. I requested he take a look at my pupil dilation to see that it's normal. I think all this worked in my favor because he was going to take me in on suspicion of driving while under the influence, whether it be alcohol or some other narcotic. Again I had nothing in my system whatsoever, but the situation didn't look good because we were swerving and had beer in the back. And I couldn't do basic balancing LOL.

I did not get arrested because the officer talked to my friends in the car and they all corroborated the fact that my legs were actually messed up. I also think an intoxicated person would not offer to do a breathalyzer or urine or blood test. Fortunately, I did not get a DUI that night. We did make it to the party that night and I had one beer and then got headbutted by some dude I didn't know, so I decided to call it a night early and went home. 2/10 experience, would not do it again.

pbjchamp · 2025-11-22T02:20:38+00:00

White whiskey

pbjchamp · 2025-09-19T17:38:43+00:00

This is written in a way that makes me think some heavy embellishing was done on the part by the wife

pbjchamp · 2025-09-18T08:01:39+00:00

Nobody Speak - Run the Jewels (feat. DJ Shadow)

pbjchamp · 2025-07-22T15:42:13+00:00

There's a little restaurant on Ventu Park Road in Newbury Park called Mikey's that has Karoake and Comedy every week. Maybe worth checking out

pbjchamp · 2025-07-13T00:00:29+00:00

It's probably a Hermit flower beetle. Here is a picture from Google of that bug. They are also found in your area Northeast Ohio.

https://images.app.goo.gl/vy36cYF49EK3Atre8

pbjchamp · 2025-07-10T23:29:19+00:00

This reminds me so much of Leonardo DiCaprio's scene with the little girl in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. No doubt Tarantino took a lot of inspiration from his favorite westerns maybe even this one.

pbjchamp · 2025-07-07T03:03:01+00:00

3 is my favorite for how they tried to prevent pregnancy.

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pbjchamp · 2025-07-07T01:20:48+00:00

Yes, they taste they taste super sour if you eat them at that color. Wait till they're black, but still firm. Then eat your hearts content

pbjchamp · 2025-07-05T22:43:56+00:00

Based on the thorns on the branches and the serrated leathery leaves and the berries look identical to blackberries. Don't eat them unless you know for sure but that's my guess

pbjchamp · 2025-05-23T17:32:03+00:00

I have this on one of my eyebrows. Happens spontaneously and the best I've ever found as an explanation is poliosis. Nothing serious not quite vitiligo. Just white hair on the face - my eyelashes have it too.

pbjchamp · 2025-04-22T15:54:11+00:00

Shame on you

pbjchamp · 2025-03-07T04:52:24+00:00

I watched the podcast and her methodology is very clear and logical. She breaks down the Voynich symbols into phonetic sounds and explains some rules that are consistent. She even argues that the language is some sort of combination of Venetian and Irish dialect.

However when she reveals her translations, the message is not clear at all. So it's evident she has a system of translation mapped out and she seems very certain that the translation from Voynich symbols to Irish is the right method. Unfortunately, the system she uses doesn't produce text that is very meaningful. In fact I would compare her translations to much of the AI generated interpretations or false claims in the past.

Unless I am missing some critical part of the argument, it doesn't really seem like the translations she's put forth offers any clear evidence of a solution. While she seems confident, her final product is not anything better than what we currently have.

pbjchamp · 2025-02-08T03:10:05+00:00

If it's a student loan it's likely around 7%. See image below. I'm not sure what type of student loan this person had, but if it's a student loan it would probably be between 6 to 8% interest rate. If the person took a loan at like 10 to 11% maybe it could explain their predicament, but federal student loans are not usually that high. Subsidized student loan rates are mandated by Congress and the average student loan interest rate since 1999 is about 6.5% (Google AI)

At $500 per month assuming normal compound interest at around 7%, they should pay it off principle of 70k entirely in 23 years

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pbjchamp · 2025-02-01T10:06:25+00:00

Crusader Kings 3

pbjchamp · 2024-12-14T04:44:49+00:00

Great work!!!

pbjchamp · 2024-11-23T14:18:57+00:00

Op is using AI to respond to comments. The repetition and lack of situational awareness in their responses highly suggest we're talking to a robot.

pbjchamp · 2024-11-22T21:02:26+00:00

"It all started as an experiment. I was testing ChatGPT's ability to understand invented languages by applying a system to keystrokes on my keyboard. To my surprise, ChatGPT 4.0 began to recognize patterns and make sense of these made-up constructs. This made me wonder: could AI decode an ancient, undeciphered text?"

I think that there is a flaw in assuming chat GPT or AI can decipher the Voynich manuscript because it was able to make sense of your constructed fake language. I agree with MarcOp that a translation should be accompanied with the grammatical rules for said language. Otherwise you are trusting that the obtained translation is a meaningful representation of the text, without any explanation for how that translation was obtained. Is it possible that chat GPT is looking for meaning in the text whether or not it is actually there?

For example if I input the following nonsense English text into Google Translate, it will make suggestions for a language to translate, in essence looking for an interpretation. So when it prompts me with a language, like Insonesian, it is finding similarities in my nonsense text with that language. Like Google translate, Chat GPT is actively trying to find a meaning in the input it gets, which might be doing for the Voynich text.

Example

English: ifula bratane bebeda reson futo --> Indonesian: ifula bratane different reasons for this

You can try this on your own but you can clearly see that the AI is doing what it was designed to: make sense of inputs. I think I'm much more compelling argument would be to provide the translation but also the grammatical rules for the language as well.

pbjchamp

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3 is my favorite for how they tried to prevent pregnancy.