Category: paradox lost

what you will want

ai… tanning … thinking

Posted on Posted in big bits, paradox lost

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

Posted on Posted in grammar of gimme, paradox lost

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

War Decor

Posted on Posted in K Street Y, paradox lost, twits, wargasm, warriors

the uniform of the day is a costume … The fake department has a fake warrior uniform

… in days of old, before paycheck warriors .. uniforms came in strict flavors ;different duty ,different uniform . civilians were permitted to impersonate soldiers . soldiers were not permitted to impersonate civilians . and the flag during the 60s was a sign of the fork .. it was raised high by one side and used as a crotch guard or bra by the other ..

The Republiguns Pass a law about respecting the flag whether it could be worn .. The battle dragged into two camps the same two camps as before . now our esteemed sanctuary secretary of war wears a folded flag ,has a nose wipe in his pocket . May not even know why a dess jacket has that pocket …

from the past: [The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery. It should never be festooned, drawn back, nor up, in folds, but always allowed to fall free. Bunting of blue, white, and red, always arranged with the blue above, the white in the middle, and the red below, should be used for covering a speaker’s desk, draping the front of the platform, and for decoration in general. —ref-link

AND: [Military personnel are prohibited from wearing the flag as clothing while in uniform, as it violates military dress codes.

In Texas v. Johnson (1989) and United States v. Eichman (1990), the Supreme Court ruled that flag desecration, including wearing the flag as clothing, is protected under the First Amendment as symbolic speech]

DUH– dept of huh?