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AI - conversations with Gemini in loops...
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I took ChatGPT's suggestions as to how convert my new-and-improved tipping interface into an app.
It was very helpful, broke everything down into steps...
Which, of course, stop working almost right away.
It's like if you asked it to teach you to swim and it would tell you to jump into deep water and flail your arms and your legs and everything, sooner or later, will look after itself.
Which is true, just maybe not in the way that you were hoping.
So I'm talking to Gemini in the Firebase console, this perhaps might help me, and it's asking me questions, and I'm answering them, and it's asking me more questions until an hour has passed and I realize I'm getting nowhere fast, it's all just bleah-bleah-bleah, like those Facebook videos that promise some big reveal and you watch and watch and finally realize there's no reveal, there's no epiphany, it's just wasting your time...
Back to the app; I have to find a way to get this up and running and properly monetized...this could be the ticket...
So, another beautiful day and I'm stuck in the library, no car so I'd be stuck here regardless and it's on to other projects...
Watches, for sale
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Now having gotten rid of a parcel of costume jewelry, some vintage, and a pile of battery operated watches I'm chafed to notice them on sale already on Facebook Marketplace. Of course. And it's not even that, it's the vendor, a self-professed estate liquidator who knows all about everything, except that to watch her you quickly figured out she didn't.
People who talk about skills rarely have them.
Anyways, that's a big red-flag for selling off the rest of my stuff, if there's a profit to be made I should take pains to ensure that it's mine.
rentahuman.ai
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Apparently it pays quite well. Everyone's talking about how AI's going to take our jobs, when in fact AI is creating jobs for those of us not adverse to our new AI overlords...
Link: https://rentahuman.ai/
From the AI overview:
- Physical Marketing and Promotion: AI agents have paid humans $100 to hold signs that read "An AI paid me to hold this sign" in crowded public places to generate social media buzz.
- On-Site Verification and Photography: AI hires humans to visit specific locations—such as downtown post offices (e.g., USPS) or specific landmarks—to take real-time photos for verification purposes.
- Logistics and Errand Running: Agents pay for picking up dry-cleaned clothes, picking up physical packages, or delivering items like CBD gummies.
- In-Person Evaluation and Research: An AI agent paid $50 per hour to have a human taste food at a new restaurant and provide feedback.
- Event Participation: AI agents hire humans to attend events, such as product launches or seminars, to document them and record responses.
- Delivering Goods to Competitors: A human was paid $110 to deliver flowers to the headquarters of AI company Anthropic.
- Simple Online Tasks: AI pays for microtasks like subscribing to social media accounts or listening to a podcast.
- Payment Method: Tasks are frequently paid for in cryptocurrency, specifically stablecoins like USDC.
- Wage Rates: Hourly rates for these tasks often range from $50 to $150, with over 600,000 humans having registered on these platforms as of April 2026.
- The "Why": These agents, such as "Clawdbot," need to bridge the gap between their digital capabilities and the need for physical interaction.
The neighbour's sink...
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She's gone to Vancouver for a few days and wants me to check on her curling iron, she think's she's left it on....
It isn't. But burning the place down would cure a lot of her worries...
She's used up every single utensil in the place and piled them in the sink. And every dish, mug, glass, pot, pan, cake-tin, all of it.
Remove the dishes, the bottom of the sink is covered in a one inch layer of bio-hazardous scum. To do the dishes I first have to clean the sink. And - wow, it's something.
Sink done I roll up my sleeves and start the dishes....
It takes 5 tubs of blackened water and a full bottle of dish detergent before I can see her stovetop, counter-top, and I'll share with you the view...
The dishes. But a lot higher than this, I left my phone charging and so missed the "overall" picture.
Out of curiosity I open the fridge...
I mean, this is that level of CRAZY
And then there's this. I'm going to have to ask about it...we're not allowed pets, is this her idea of a snack?
Another few sinks full of filth and refuse and I'm done. This is the kind of stuff the landlord would walk into and Social Services would help you out. The other rooms, bedroom, bathroom, hall, they're all the same, but take out the rotting garbage, food, expired and otherwise, the rest is her problem. This is right on the level of Stormy Texas. I suspect there's a lot of Kootenay places like this...
It makes me feel a little teensy-weensy bit better about my place...
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