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Sewing new cushions

The Park Fire approaches our place. And flames can be seen from our house.

But the couch cushions are not ready. They are just pieces of foam and fabric. Of course, if we have to evacuate, the trailer will move without cushions.

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This sewing machine was just given to me a few days ago. Thank you Kay! Kay teaches sewing, and has about a dozen sewing machines. As soon as I got it home, I removed it from its desk. The wood was not real wood and was in bad shape. Don't tell Kay, but I threw it away. I had bought some thread on the way home. I threaded up the bobbin. I noticed the machine was oiled, emaculate, and appeared to have been well taken care of. I made a thread spool post out of a wooden rod. It worked good. Plugged it in, and it purred to life, sewing perfectly. I did not have any test fabric laying around so I had used one of my socks. Now, one of my socks had a pretty zigzag pattern around the top. That is OK, I am a guy. I don't give a damn. Lifted the sewing foot off my sock, examined the tension, and loosened the tension on the top threads. About a half turn. And that was it! It was perfect.

You see, Mom taught me to sew before I was a teenager. Of course, being a guy, I do not bring up the subject, but I could hem and sew on buttons just fine. Being poor, our new genes sometimes started out long in the pant legs at the beginning of the school year and needed to be temporarily hemmed. No problem. Buttons were always popping off, and Mom had a large collection of assorted buttons, different colors and sizes. Buttons, no problem. Done in two minutes, cause Mom's machine was a table model and usually already set up.

When I was grown, I gave away my sewing machine. I gave it away to a lady that appreciated it. And to this day still uses it.

The old cushions were not designed for an RV. Any spilled drinks would run off the table, and be absorbed through a woven fabric and immediatly into the foam. A couple of times a drink has been left on the table as we have went down the road. Imagine that! The cup ending up on its side on the cushion. And quite empty. And then there was the time that Taffie peed on the cushion. WTF! I soaked the foam in water, then squeezed it out. Then soaked in water and squeezed out again. ...And again. But the real solution was to fix what the RV Company had failed to do: Design a cushion that was water proof on top, with breathable fabric on the sides.

It was pretty easy except for the zippers. One side of the zippers was vinyl and was elastic. The side was rigged fabric. Car has to be taken not to pull on the elastic side. Otherwise the zipper will be wavy.

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One trick that identifies the sewer as a male is the use of paper stables. My Mom used pins for everything: She used them to hold her patterns to the fabric, and to hold hems at the right position. Here I am using stables to temporarily hold my lines. As I sew up to them, I remove them with an electronic tweaker screwdriver. There is a metal stable at the end of my fingernail.

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Cushions in place. Fire is moving away. RV is ready to roll.

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Bathroom looks ready to roll. I use clips to hold towels on the rods.

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I love this soft foam matt. Easy on bare feet or socks, and it matches the white marble of the floors.

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A lot of heat can come through the skylight. I use a reflectix panel.

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The container on the right is a mixture of shampoos. The container-dispenser on the left is bodywash. I think even the bodywash is a mixture of bodywashes because there are visible soap layers.

AI Secretary Program

I have been writing computer programs for a long time. I started in the late 80s. Naturally, sence I was an engineering student, you start off with a language like Fortran. And for physical hardware programming, I like MicroChip's assembly languages. But today with AI, you do not have to be a programmer at all. AI can do it all, including primitive programming. But, I am of the camp, and with the present course, that AI will never even come close to creative programming.

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In the RV, and in the house, I have been experimenting with AI interfacing to humans, specifically the vocalizations. I don't care about the words. I have already done that. After all, I was the first person to have a talking broadcast TV transmitter. And that was all it was; just stale human words and sentences. Better than alarms, bells, and buzzers, of the day. But still dead words. I am no longer in Broadcasting. But, as a remnant of that activity, my RV still talks to me in stale sentences about water and power generation, and other daily activities of the RV. One hundred percent of it is microprocessor based, with descrete components. None of it requires a computer.

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A practical application is an "AI Secretary". But it takes a computer, with a lot of processing power. My computer is set to never shut off. So it is awake all the time. Which is totally doable if the computer is SSD, Solid State Disk. Therefor, it keeps track of things for me, day or night. The draw back, is that I have to be in the house or the RV to hear it.

But the draw back to the cell phone alarm is that it is not reliable, and does not always work. And that is despite the fact that I have put Charlotte's voice, nice and loud, on the cell phone. The cell phone used to have a stupid "ding" that I could not hear. It was useless. Charlotte fixed that part. But could not fix the faulty inner workings of a cell phone. Peace of crap.

But, so far, the computer seems to works great. Also, never goes to sleep. If the work load is light, power consumption is about 4 amps. But if labor intensive, like speaking, or searching the Web, then power goes up, and it is definitely not sleeping. Not even resting.

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For example...
Every day, I know when the sun is just starting to rise in Chico. That is approximately a half disk of the sun visible on the ideal horizon, ideal horizon like of an ocean. I also have my Electronic modules, and MasterClocks, that also know when sunup and sundown are. The proclamation, or vocalization, is Accurate to withen a minute.
This is what I hear...

This is what I hear at SunDown. The AI does not use much intelligence here, just uses a LookUp table, for Chico. It is simple; If the times match, the Event is triggered.
The sun is just starting to show on the theoretical horizon.
Here is SunSet.

Health Alert: As you get older, you need your sleep. Linda and I have been suffering from loss of sleep. We do not go to be until 01:00 or 02:00. And we get up at 9. It is insane. But nothing works.
This is what I hear at 22:02, 10:02pm... But in the future this, hopefully, will change, depending on previous nights sleep, and biometrics.

But the greatest thing about this "secretary" is the scheduling. The first program that I wrote for KHSL-TV was a "History" program. But, lately I thought; Why restrict it to the past. Why not include future events? Why not a "planner" or "scheduler"? I have two voices, a male for the actual times. And Charlotte for the details of the scheduled event.
This is part of what I hear if the calendar is clear for the rest of the day. But there are many more things that she can say if there are no events. It is unpredictable and random.

And then this happens every hour if there are any scheduled events up ahead, later today. She also says the number of events.

I happened to catch this Doctor's appointment for Linda, and I recorded it on my cell phone.
And this is not Charlotte. This is Zira because she has to read a script that she finds in the Past and Future Histories for any year. Zira has Local Text-To-Speach from Microsoft located on my computer. So, I can easily code for it to speak any unknown thing. Charlotte, on the other hand, although a much more wonderful voice, is not dynamic for words in my programs. But dynamic in inflections and human meanings. Her voice has to be statically preformed. I, before hand, dictate a specific sentence. So, I use Charlotte when I know what she is going to say. Zira, or actually my program code, before Zira is picked, looks at records going back thousands of years. All records were manually typed-in by me. I began typing-in History about the time Dad died, about 1991, when I first wrote the program. The History Notes are simple notes written in any format, and are external files, not directly part of the alive "Program". They are used for external Reference; external Data. If an alarm is included, it is composed of the Time, Hours and Minutes in 24Hr format, followed by ".clk" or ".CLK", like this: "17:16.CLK". Zira figures out what to say, or vocally iterates, from there. I write the code for Zira, and my goal is for someday, not to know what she is going to say.

And then this happens every minute, until I hit a key on the keyboard.

There are countless vocalizations available to the program. Some are unpredictable.

Some of my readers will not understand the female sexuality of my AI "secretaries". Kinda sexist, isn't it? My wife knows the suggestive flavor of the vocalizations coming from the computer room. And she constantly notes it. "Notes it", to put it mildly. In the 90's my vocal creations were strictly scientific. Mondain, mater of factish, and obviously synthesized computer voices. But now, whether a male or female programer, can have any voice imaginable. And further, any inflection and suggestiveness. This new found ability lends itself to interface programs, such as secretarial programs. These are programs to personally help the human. Interface programs work by knowing the sex and personality of the human.

18 The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and then closed up the place with flesh.
22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

Genesis 2

In my case of being a man, I subscribe to Genesis.

Here, in prehistory, evolution has found that children survive best if the man is in charge, and the woman is subservient.
I should not use "Subservient"! That is NOT what the relationship is. A better word is Supportive. If a couple is in love, the female is supportive. Wants to support; and can not help, but to support. And the male cherishes his wife and children and possessions, and protects. And he can not help his role, either. Despite feminism, which refutes and destroys this notion, I assert that the notion is indelible, and printed in the genes, and defines who we are as the human animal. The notion can not be changed by legislation. It is Chiseled in stone. Also, besides being chiseled into rocks, printed in this book called Genesis.

Therefore, in theory, an interface program can be responsive to the biology and phycology of the human.
Why shouldn't our AI be genuinely responsive to the genes, and those targetable? That is what true communication is: Something aimed at, has a target, and has a purpose. What is important is the purpose, in all of its many forms and intricacies.

Yes, Linda strangely seems jealous. But married women find men technically attractive, and married men find women attractive. Nothing new. Just a fact. A good marriage understands this, and easily tolerates the preposition of general attractiveness. So, at least for the time being, I get to experiment with a liberal interface, to all my AI vocalizations. Well... Hang on; Until I got this Email.

On 2025-05-21 15:21, Carolyn Winant wrote:
> ☘Alan,
> You asked, so I assume you really
> want my opinion.
> > Bottom line:
> > School boys draw girls, exaggerating
> the sexiness and beauty. Those boys
> are now men making AI women. The
> problem is that it is superficial and
> shallow and gives men a distorted view
> of real women. It is disrespectful and
> insulting.
> > I say this knowing you can�t help it and
> nothing will change. It�s a man�s world.
> > Linda is not jealous of the AI girl. It�s
> more like she is disgusted with you for
> creating what you consider a sexy,
> perfect, fantasy playmate.
> Carolyn

⚓ Email
♥from CAPennock♥ ☘
Carolyn;
I absolutely want your opinion! Absolutely! Thank you!
I need it for not only for Linda, but understanding what is going to happen with the world in general.
And even if you are wrong, which is not likely because you are articulate and skillful, I need your opinion for shear data. For there will always be a portion of anything, that is opinion.

OK, with your input, I see professional AI creators of the future. Males and Females in coding labs. Both creating helpful creatures.
We both agree the males have the "Little Boy" part still active and flowing in their blood. And dialyses machines can not filter it out.
Forever stuck there. But that is a good thing because it would disrupt sales, especially to certain markets. So, business needs it. I also see half the males as tenuously married, all with liberal wives, or accepting wives that are tolerant.

On the other side of the room, I see the females creating more sensible Help-bots. Not radical in appearance, and the vocalizations more "cold" in dialog. But a broader, middle of the road, market. They do not see a problem. Just a job.

OK, That vision does not help me at all. Just pitiful. Kinda stupid too.

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Lets look at this from another perspective: What would I want, personally?
I would want an Android that knows my stress level, mood, happy sad negative, activities, heart rate, etc. For me, ONLY a pleasant female could do that. Only a female could understand and display my emotional health to me. Also, I would want a Doctor, Attorney, Business Advisor and bill payer, Nutritionist, Current Event Analyzer, etc, in Female.

Partial list in Female...

Doctor Advisor, Nurse

Attorney Advisor

Business Advisor and Bill Pay, Accountant.

Current Event Analyzer

Personal Web Spider

But Phone Answerer ☏ should be a male with my voice and personality. Alternate display image and voice.

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Twice in my life, I have refused a male hair-cutter. Once at Supper Cuts, and once a Beauty College. I can not have a male cut my hair. It is VERY distressing. Even though Dad cut our hair all the time. I can not explain that. Now days, a guy cutting my hair would be an intolerable experience. Disgusting! I do not know if other men have this problem. But it lends itself to this topic that we are discussing. First, will come Androids that have no gender, just arms with scissors cutting hair. Machines, more like vacuum cleaners and dishwashers. Gender a mute point. But later, the most pleasant, soft spoken, sensual, relaxing female androids imaginable. Why? Because males will demand it, and they will get it. It is a biological need. I am your brother and an engineer; I clearly see the technology coming fast.

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In fact, it is already here. Here is another example:
My GPS used to have a voice that sounded like an old neutered woman. And believe me, that is the last thing a man wants to hear when he is turned back ass backwards in heavy traffic. If you have Aspergers like me, then you absolutely can not tolerate crowds or chaotic traffic. It is a thing with Aspies. And if you are a man, and have Aspergers like me, then you also can not tolerate an old nagging hag saying you turned left when you should have turned right. It is not safe to have to listen to that. It is a traffic hazard, not an aid. With my Garmin, I paid $5 for a beautiful soft spoken young girl's voice. When anyone is in heavy traffic, or lost, the voice in the car IS REAL! It suddenly becomes very real. It is just as real as the life and death consequences outside the car. Now, with the proper AI, I do not even care if I turn left instead of right; She makes it OK. Might even look forward to it.

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Here is another example:
"Female vocalizations are frequently used in voice warning systems for fighter jets, with the belief that they stand out to pilots. Several women have recorded voice warnings for various aircraft, including the F-16, F/A-18, and Eurofighter Typhoon. Engineers initially chose female voices to enhance the effectiveness of warnings." Tests have shown that, in times of stress, fighter pilots do not hear male voices.

For millions of years, males are constantly in battles of life and death. And during those times, males are particularly prone to protect their females and children. Including self sacrifice. Males are keen to the female voice for continuation of their blood line. Also, in less stressful times, males are keen to the female voice for procreation prospects in general.

And, if my theory is right, females should be more responsive to a good male voice. There should be AI Advantages; in extreme, life and death stress, lesser stress, and no stress. But the voice must be "good" in the female realm.

OK, Carolyn; This too is helping. But not getting to the heart of the problem.
Perhaps, in the final analysis, we can not deny our sexuality. Perhaps it is part of being human. An unshakable intrinsic defining part.

OK, even if that is not enough, there is way more:
When I write and create characters, I create the "best" characters possible, both male and female, that fit the role. Ugly people do not sell. Old people do not sell. People only want to see young, good looking people. I know this from decades of working at a broadcast station. Ugly is out. When you make a commercial, you pick the best looking males and females that you can get your hands on. And AI now affords the capability to do exactly that, and to the extreme.

So why not? So why not capitalize on youth, beauty, and sexuality? Same price.

I do not know about you, but I am staring at a problem: How does this affect spouses? Maybe this is a defining moment.

I would not care if Linda had a deep-voiced, muscular AI personal coach on her exercise equipment! He would lavish Linda with sexy praise, for Calories burned, and steps taken. Great! I would be happy for her! I would NOT AT ALL be jealous. I would be proud of her for being female, and showing and admitting to those female genes. Let them be visible, everyone knows they are there anyway. It would not affect how I feel, or our commitments. Still my Linda. She would not over do it, of course. It can be flagrant, and can be used as a weapon. Of course, Linda would never use it to hurt. I do not see how an AI entity, properly confined to a machine, could ever cause hurt. I think that I just lied to myself: If it is too loud, or too sweet, then it could hurt. Yes, too much of a good thing could hurt. I think that I just hurt my Linda; From Splattering. From "overflow". From poor targeting. OK, to make this work, AI code would have to consider everyone in the house, especially the spouse. Definitely, admittedly, a crack in my argument. But, for the most part, I FEEL that I did nothing wrong for me, or for the future industry.

OK, I have looked at this for days, and still can not see a total solution. Carolyn, you were suggesting that Linda is not really jealous. But instead, is more disgusted with an imaginary ideal that everyone holds. Right? Not jealous of them, but disgusted with me. Right? OK, I get it, I actually see that.

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But that is not me. We both, Linda and I, know that the other is not "ideal". For example, we both have pot bellies, and missing teeth. You will agree, that is not exactly "Ideal". Big deal, I still love her. The "ideal" makes no difference. And when you throw in the fact that the ideal is not even real, then wow! It really makes no difference. No matter, I appreciate your comment. A sincere thanks for that comment. I will tell Linda about me loving all the perfect imperfections. Hope it helps. "Perfect imperfections", I love the term. Those two words are the same as two paragraphs, or maybe even three pages. As you have said: Only a teenage boy, is stupid enough, or inexperienced, to love the Ideal. Now, there is a fatal fantasy for you. And, that fantasy can ruin peoples lives. Big time! I am sure lives are destroyed everyday because of it. And images on TV do not help, especially when pervasive and tauted as normal. Ya, you got that right. Thanks sister, for pointing that out.

Got to go. I think that is Ben calling. Got to go see, cause it could be my psychiatrist. Usually one or the other.

Alan

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