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Aah, food for the soul.
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Some years ago I researched the etymology of brinjal, aubergine, etc. (attached).
Image of text describing etymology of 'eggplant' and its other names 'aubergine', 'brinjal', 'melanzana' etc.
October 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Captain! Wormholes now in view, activate escape plan. We will remain to deter pursuers. May you deliver the Councillor safely. Godspeed! Number One! Phasers on 11!
Photo from the air of circular agricultural sprinkler areas
October 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
#Caturday Whatever your interest, there's a nap for that. Download from your favorite nap store.
Cat napping
October 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
#Caturday "Humans, you have failed your test. We come to end the experiment."
October 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Oxymoron?
Economy Lot sign at airport
October 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
#Caturday Everyone's making a feline for the exits.
Cat balancing on sofa back
October 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
#Caturday We're good to go. Security is busy investigating the cat burglars at the other end of the Louvre.
Cat peering out of a cat cave.
October 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#Caturday Hello down there, are you STILL wallowing in self pity? Call me when you're done.
Cat looking down from a height
October 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
#Caturday Easily solved, you just have to look at it with the right abstraction.
October 25, 2025 at 4:06 PM
(author unknown) #Caturday
When I purr/ do not infer/ that it is because you pat; // No! You pat BECAUSE I purr/ I am the cat/ Remember that!
Cat chilling on a chair at Hilton
October 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Cat yoga. #Caturday
October 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
#Caturday languidity
October 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Bats and grimalkins at the Halloween Hilton
October 22, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Peace
A peaceful composition
September 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Let's see ... who invented that highly successful marketing slogan "finger lickin' good"? Ah yes, that symbol of the 3rd World, KFC:
www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/137...
"Clearly, the allusion in the slogan is to the fact that KFC products are normally eaten without the aid of a knife and fork."
July 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
A bit rah-rah, but a useful summary of India's space research activities. #ISRO #India #Space
June 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
#Gemini's response
This is a bit of a trick question! Let's break it down: * The Advisor uses AI for villagers *who do not use AI themselves*. * The question asks "Who uses AI for the Advisor?" If the Advisor *uses* AI (to help others), then the Advisor is someone who *uses AI themselves*. Therefore, according to the rule, no one uses AI *for* the Advisor. The Advisor uses AI for themselves.
May 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#ChatGPT's response.
This is a variation of a classic **self-reference** or **paradox** puzzle, similar in spirit to the Barber Paradox (where a barber shaves all and only those who do not shave themselves). Let's analyze your statement carefully: * **The Advisor uses AI for those villagers, and *only* those villagers, who do *not* use AI themselves.** * You then ask: **Who uses AI for the Advisor?** We consider two possibilities: --- ### **Case 1: The Advisor uses AI for themselves** But the rule says: the Advisor only uses AI for those who **do not** use AI themselves. If the Advisor is using AI themselves, they **must not** use AI for themselves (by their own rule). > **Contradiction.** --- ### **Case 2: The Advisor does *not* use AI for themselves** Then, per the rule, the Advisor **does not** use AI, and so **should be eligible** to have someone else use AI for them. But the only person using AI on others is the Advisor—so now we have to ask: > Who will use AI for the Advisor? The answer would have to be **the Advisor**, because nobody else uses AI for others. But then we're back to Case 1: the Advisor would be using AI for themselves, which is disallowed. > **Contradiction again.** --- ### ✅ **Conclusion (Paradox):** This creates a **logical paradox**: the Advisor cannot use AI for themselves *without violating their own rule*, and no one else is allowed to use AI for them. Therefore, the **Advisor cannot be consistently assigned AI use under these rules**. **No one can use AI for the Advisor**—because if they do, they must violate the Advisor’s rule. It's an elegant paradox!
May 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I asked #ChatGPT and #Gemini a variation on a classical paradox (image below). I think ChatGPT gave a reasonable answer and Gemini did not (see replies to this post).
In a certain village, an Advisor uses AI for those villagers, and only those villagers, who do not use AI themselves. Who uses AI for the Advisor?
May 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Is there a standard "unit"? I would be wary of claimants such as this. 🙂
May 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
No left turn at the waning gibbous
Moon in dawn light, traffic light, Street lamps
March 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Spring here yet?
Cat in front of flower pots
March 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Album cover: Jimi Hendrix "Are You Experienced?"
February 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Fractalysis
February 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM