Category: paradox lost

what you will want

math is a game

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.. AI solutions to existing problems / completed statements are end points of a memory game. As chess is an accurate measure of memory, more than a demonstration of creative initiative. The board is defined, as are the rules of play and players. The facility of solving gamespaces, as now applied to mathspace implys abilty == ability. Tenacious memory is a testament to endurance; endurance of free electrons is not genius.

What would the cost / value of The Big5 Labs be if they underwrote the national power grid.

There is such thing as a free lunch. It’s a diner on Sandhill

ai… tanning … thinking

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elsewhere, like YT and substacks, better trained, more attuned observers of the AI transition keep watch. They point out success along with extreme disasters of AIgents breaking software…

i’ve tried all of the free, ready access models by interacting over a few topics of long pervasive interst to my life; even to my livelihood . of such long interest that my shelves on the topics spill across rooms.

anyhow — the following is from last night:

['formula tanning developers' was my question. ] 

GPT-5.4 :
**Clarifying tanning questions**

>>> I need to clarify the user's question; they likely want to know about tanning lotion. Could they also be asking about "tanning accelerators" or developers involved in tanning chemistry? The phrasing is vague. Maybe I should use a web search to gather more information?

-- the least likely thing i would ask is precisely what the swe'ionaires trained their answermac'hine would gradient high in human needs, curiosities.

>>> Clarifying developer formulas**

I see there was some confusion earlier. The user originally asked for a tanning developer, but now they're referencing a darkroom developer. It seems I need to focus on providing a photo developer formula. To give the best advice, I should ask about the film type and specific developer chemistry. I think my go-to option will be the D-76 formula,

-- wonder how much we are paying this researcher?
-- can I get my librarian back?

me: you are looping. not all photo chems tan. none of your answers are correct

>>
I apologize. I was treating the word "tanning" as a mistake or a reference to leather, rather than the specific chemical property of certain film developers.

— it’s likely that they use a bot to determine their compensation package . presently there is a listing for a chemistry researcher in San Francisco: pay to be $65-$85,000 a year.

Dockworkers make $115k. I wonder who’s going to show up for the chemistry interview?

Amazon induced inflation

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The Internet of shipping and handling … The small company winds up charging almost as much for shipping and handling as they do for the small goods they sell.. in the case of new darkroom lenses this is probably because the carrier charge is based upon the value the price of the lens..plus feigned loss of delivery. as well,  Amazon has negotiated such great  rates ,by becoming a major competitor to the 20th century cargo companies, that for them to stay alive ,to keep their fleet in the air and in that final mile ,the small guy pays more than what his prior share would have been…

calculating this is left as an exercise to the bored.

A flower pot example from my life: The $12 item in 1991 could be shipped anywhere in the United States for $3.99.. today [2026] that same item ,as a weight ,would ship for $18 . of sidebar interest that $12 item is no longer manufactured… The darkroom retouching world died.. 

electrons are the new friction …

in the small we find it all — not true in physics, so, why ever believe it