Day 5
weather delay, it rained all day and all night.
Day 6
Today is the launch day for the HomeView… I worked and it was busy. Happy that I have the next 3 days off. I’ll get pics as weather permits. The jacket took a few days off, ready to put in a weekend warrior shift!
Day 4. Glad you are enjoying them @sabergirl and everyone else that is following around. Today is Veterans Day in the States. Took a walk around to our Main Street and stopped by Memorial Park. Also played a little Pokémon Go there is a big event this weekend I’m gathering supplies for…
Fire Station with a very large flag
Danny’s Tacos is a fun spot and we got a diner coming in soon too. Everyone is excited for it. Nothing like a good diner to get some food at any time of day.
There was a bunch of murals and graffiti done in our town as a fun event for businesses and just general art. Here is a better one.
Getting my PoGo on. It’s a Wonderful Life is the theme our town chooses when it becomes Christmas season
A small but great park. Lots of benches to sit and enjoy the scenery. Also very close to my home. To any veteran or person of service. Thank you for your time and energy to the protection of your country.
Same kit. Different tree
Wabby Tour Jacket
634 UHR
Day 3. got to take a lunch break stroll around Mack Park today. Busy day so not much to show. Hopefully I’ll be able to take some snaps around town showing off some fun area. Mack is my go to walking area. They also have an outdoor track for running too. So I’m here quite a bit. It’s a great way to refresh
Day 2… mostly chores. Went grocery shopping, cleaned the kitchen, and then raked all the leaves
This is my neighbor’s yard. She’s 94. I cleaned up her area along with my wildflower area. I’m going to keep some leaves down to add a bit of nutrients to the soil. Hopefully some worms will be attracted to it.
What I’m trying to give the little flowers to make it a little longer and establish decent roots for next year.
Here’s the garden path at the start
Will hopefully look like this next season
My little yard got cleaned up too
Hopefully some birds come around too. If you notice I’ve got some feeders hanging up in the back. I’ve seen some amazing birds show up, recently though there hasn’t been much action. The local squirrel (I named him Roadkill, he’s seen some stuff) is the most common visitor. I used to chase them away. Roadkill has had too hard a life. I just let him munch.
Here’s his good side.
The jacket got a decent workout. Now to prep for going into work again tomorrow. I work from home, so not that exciting. Should be able to get a lunch break walk in for the jacket during workdays.
Wabby Tour Jacket
634 UHR
Day one was great! Sundays I lead a group meditation from 8-10 am. Joe was facilitating today. I’ve been meditating with these guys for a few years now. A great start to the weekend.
Then comes a bit of meditation with the guys at Kriya Yoga Alliance from 11-12 in the Zen room
I took a longer than usual nap afterwards… probably because I’m recovering a bit from a bug. Then I went out to Blue Spruce Park for two hours and enjoyed the outdoors, took some photos, and fed the birds.
The tour continues in Pennsylvania. I look forward to sharing my little spots around town with the jacket. Thanks so much Ann for the care package. Much needed as I am finishing up my workweek. It’s cold rainy and already dark now. Tomorrow is a sunny day. Should be able to snag some good documentation of the jacket (and wear real clothes 
) I think the UHR will pair well with this.
Woo hoo! Let’s go. Since the temps have dropped a bit it will be perfect to wear around. Looking forward to sharing a bit of my small town and the surrounding woods. The fall colors are looking great right now
@FOXY what great news!! Enjoy being them up. We certainly will enjoy the photos along the ride!
@FOXY 2 patches. Red arcs. Gold W. Woah. Crazy cool pair. Please beat these up for the next coming years please 
@FOXY let’s go! That’s epic and they’re clean too. Wouldn’t mind seeing a couple of close ups and details of the collab. Time capsule pair 
@Oaktavia you are really beating the hell out of this CPO. Well done dude! You’re on summer break soon. Time to bust out the short sleeves
This jacket is having a very awesome time 
Hoping for some larger thighs here 
@northsouthdenimguy Speaking of construction… my brother is a welder and is working on erecting a data center. Here’s some inside info. 1. They’re chronically behind schedule and what they expect to be done in one year will take at least two or more. 2. By the time the centers are up and running, they’ve got about 2 years before they need upgrades due to obsolete technology 3. There are worker shortages and corners being cut everywhere so the quality of the facilities is not on par with the demands of the equipment.
All of this to say, the big grand ideas of it all happening aren’t realistic in the actual execution. The building of the initial network will be extremely flawed and require constant maintenance and upkeep.
I certainly recognize all the potential risk involved. There are outcomes that are less than ideal for human life. I also believe that by the time that is actually able to happen, the public and companies funding this will realize it’s not as worth it as they initially thought. I’ve seen quite a few articles recently saying that AI work is becoming more expensive than human work. It really just makes me chuckle at this point. Maybe I’m an optimist, but I think this whole thing is going to flop in 10 years and we’ll see a huge shift in culture to less technology across the board. Again, just one dudes opinion.
@Chap Great start! Looking forward to this jackets evo. Should be a fun one!
@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! 
