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Index an permissive license translation of the Bible (WEB) into a RAG database to allow returning passages of similar semantic meaning. Lots of fun.…",{"value":58,"source":52,"evidence":59},"Fun side project made in a free evening",[60],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},{"value":62,"source":52,"evidence":63},"One free evening",[64],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},[66,70],{"value":67,"source":52,"evidence":68},"Vector embeddings index of WEB translation",[69],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},{"value":71,"source":52,"evidence":72},"Vibe coded",[73],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},"open_source","launched","solo",{"praise":78,"objections":102,"requests":129,"questions":145,"alternatives":157},[79,95],{"value":80,"source":81,"evidence":82},"Semantic search returns relevant passages","commenter",[83,87,91],{"id":84,"by":85,"text":86},"48668206","NDlurker","This is really cool. Thank you for sharing.",{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"48670236","high_5","Excellent! Just searching \"giants\" pops our many more of these characters than just Nephilim and Goliath.",{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"48703524","Reuben_Santoso","this is great. I now could find passages that fits semantically",{"value":96,"source":81,"evidence":97},"Fun to play with",[98],{"id":99,"by":100,"text":101},"48669596","usrme","Thanks for creating this, this is really fun to play around with! Is the code for this out in the open if someone would want to peek under the hood?",[103,111,122],{"value":104,"source":81,"evidence":105},"Searches are slow, around 15 seconds",[106,107],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"48669012","cdong","pg-vector with hnsw is still 15 seconds?",{"value":112,"source":81,"evidence":113},"Results can be off or random",[114,118],{"id":115,"by":116,"text":117},"48668027","bloaf","My search returned what might as well have been a random assortment of bible verses. It made me wonder what Terry Davis would have thought of modern AI. 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