Summer Kit in February
NBDN Jacket
Pronto Slubs

IHM-42
888D

IHD-01od (with some new copper snaps)
Pronto Slubs

Finally some decent weather
526-SL
634-UHR

Attempted some morel foraging. Didn’t find anything, but I had a decent time outside.
Army Hat
16ss
502ib

J-124
Pronto Slubs

Duck if you buck
Untucked
634-UHR

526-SL
634-UHR
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Should have worn another jacket and gloves…

Micro fleece CPO
634-UHR
North Face

Iron Heart handling business during the flurries
526-SL
634-UHR

@endo once it crosses the pond. I’m up for a leg!

My company is developing AI. I can say that AI is very far away from doing all the bad things. It’s mostly a Language Learning Model (LLM) and not a sentient being. I like to tell people that AI can only be as smart as the total of all humans, which speaking within the entire cosmos, isn’t that smart. Humans are flawed, which means what we create as a non-human species will be flawed. While the idea of shutting off power, resources, and so on is feasible, it’s not that big of a reality to me because once the humans die, AI has nothing to do. AI is being designed to do stuff. Any sentient species who has higher intelligence than humans will see that Earth may not be the best place for it. I believe that it would rather leave Earth, than destroy it.

On another note, the only people I see pushing AI are two kinds of people: complete idiots and snake oil salesmen. The highest users are not the most competent people around. The average thinker can, more often than not, tell the difference between a human interaction, art, or piece of media than a generated one. Most folks hold authenticity and genuine interaction higher than a quick fix. I can see my own generation starting to reject technology, the younger generations are openly sabotaging, denouncing, and ignoring AI and “advanced” technology.

I use it for fun mostly, making silly images and seeing how I can push its limits. I also know that my own creativity is more powerful than a computer. AI and computers are tools. They will be used as such.

To me the Big AI scare is just another way mass media tries to influence people to be fearful, doubtful, and emotionally unbalanced in their lives and interactions with others. The universal truths of kindness, compassion, love, and openness are being targeted by opposition to keep people from connecting and appreciating the things in life that cannot be monetized. AI and tech are just another drop in that bucket.

Weapons themselves are not to be feared. The one who wields the weapon is to be the one in question. I would say the fear that most have are what the people with the highest levels of AI are going to do with it. From experience, it’s probably to make money and keep people paying bills and subscriptions to continue financing greed and war. Haha. Just one dudes opinion

@rugged.dan looking forward to it!

Oh guys. Thank you so much. I am laughing so hard now Bosh!!!

Can an a friend explain the appropriate uses of the word… “BOSH!” ???

Many thanks. Been hearing this one a lot and sounds like the American version of “boom” or “oh yeah”.

I treat my wabash (6oz) quite roughly. It’s my summer hiking shirt. It gets very sweaty, smelly, and dirty. When it does. Wash in a bucket or tub by hand and then line/air dry. I’ve seen the fabric develop nicely and stay strong that way. Have fun wearing it. Thrashing it is what it’s all about. Wabash and workwear should be worn hard!

IH non Denim Day 🫢 great for tech pieces, sweats, and accessories.

Indigo Dyed Day - show off everything you have indigo dyed from you have on and EDC

The patterns - stripes, dots, and boxes - show of your herringbone, wash, flannel, mix and match for the best/worst results

Tuxedo Day - all denim, duck, wabash. Gotta do the top and bottom the same kind of fabric

I also want to +1 the closet resurrection day of favorite ill fitting piece that we keep because we can’t get rid of it. I know I have a few pieces haha.

This is getting fun!

@neph93 So excited to see your neck of the woods again. Share with us the rugged and the raw! I know winter here has been pretty routine and plain lately. We love you Reuben! I’m just happy to see you fading on this tour again

Vinegar in the wash holds color … something I have heard but not tried myself with denim. In other fabrics, I used it to lock in a black tea dye that I had soaked an old hoodie inside. Not sure how far you’re willing to go

@Tobi I hear everyone is still partying from the Bodo/Glimt victory over Man City