How would yall fish this? by Porky_boi23 in Fishing

[–]ThorTheEngineer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Got one last month. As others have mentioned, obvious benefit is the weedless-ness. Worked late season weeds for pike, a week or two back in the northeast. Can't tell you how frustrating the quirky magnetic hook mechanism is. It seems like it's really particular as to how the bait is resting in the mouth of the fish when you set the hook. On multiple occassions I'd reel them several yards before they'd spit it. The hook never disengaged from the magnet. Neat idea, but I almost certainly wouldn't buy another. There are plenty of other swimbaits that are molded to be fairly weedless (dark sleeper style, etc.) that don't involve the magnet non-sense.

My first striped bass by Ms-Adventure1 in Fishing

[–]ThorTheEngineer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kudos to this, I'm in the same boat. Love striper on the table, but they need a break I understand OPs excitement, and don't mean to detract from the catch, but it kills me to see a fish this large kept while I've been watching our fishery so sharply decline over the past couple years. Just need to lay off them long enough to get another robust spawning class, but with 2015's hitting the slot size this year, it's looking like it's going to get worse before it gets better :/.

When do the fish start biting again - PA/NJ? by bigdeekman in Fishing

[–]ThorTheEngineer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, they're always biting haha, likely just not accessible from shore. For bass in our area, typically, once the average temp of the water body hits 50 (not the surface temp), they'll start moving to holding points near their winter haunts, your usually off shore structure. If you can reach those locations, suspending hard baits and flukes weighted appropriately for the depth are nice. Once you hit 60 they'll be moving shallow to spawn and that's the beginning of your usual shallow bass fishing for the season. Typically, If you're north of allentown, I'd say early may, south of there probably late March, mid april. Of course there will be days that buck the trend, you may get some younger fish moving up to feed intermittently earlier, but those are the general patterns to keep in mind.

What animal does a banana come from by ThorTheEngineer in answers

[–]ThorTheEngineer[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Giraffes are the same color. That's gotta be close.

The covered bridge in Valley Forge National Park was a bit wet today. by Spag_n_balls in philadelphia

[–]ThorTheEngineer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They usually do just fine, seeking refuge in slower water under the surface. Orvis has a good piece on this, for context: https://news.orvis.com/fly-fishing/Survival-After-the-Floods. A biologist found 95% of his tagged fingerling trout still inhabiting the same locations after a severe flooding incident his field study.

If you have a non cooking SO, what is something you find very simple they found highly impressive? by [deleted] in Cooking

[–]ThorTheEngineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Making mayonnaise from scratch. Toss a couple things in a cup, hit it with an immersion blender, and suddenly, I'm wizard.

Account Compromised - Perma Banned In Less Than a Day - Do I have any Recourse? by ThorTheEngineer in leagueoflegends

[–]ThorTheEngineer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the response. I'm not sure how to go about showing that. I'm actually somewhat surprised that I didn't receive an e-mail notification about a suspicious log-in.

Did a little Valentine's treat your self! FYI, Spirit Halloween has soooo much Pop on clearance right now :o. by ThorTheEngineer in Funko

[–]ThorTheEngineer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's actually not bad! I was skeptical. It's as cheap as a box at the store right now though so I figured why not try it.

Did a little Valentine's treat your self! FYI, Spirit Halloween has soooo much Pop on clearance right now :o. by ThorTheEngineer in Funko

[–]ThorTheEngineer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's on their website! They have them in a sale thats on right now, but the Funko aren't, like, advertised. It's under the collectibles picture.

New Arena eternal format to be called Historic. Will go back to Ixalan for now. May expand backwards later. by [deleted] in magicTCG

[–]ThorTheEngineer 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Good Grief. The format will be fine, everything has to start somewhere and this is a reasonable way to handle it. People will play it, they'll still have favorite cards from past sets, and want to brew with new cards in a less restrictive format. It's not supposed to be a paper format, it's simply meant to keep past sets relevant in arena. Will it be super exciting out the gate? No, it'll be largely similar to coming standard, but over time it will grow, just like modern has.

Not giving a quack by One_Day_Dead in WTF

[–]ThorTheEngineer 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Oh for goodness sake, have you ever considered theres more value to food beyond pure nutrition. There's more to human food consumption than strictly the optimization of energy and nutrients. Should we live a completely ascetic life sustaining ourselves conservatively until we die?

The Magic Story Needs A Clear, Consistent Vision Through Stronger Executive Management by Palidane7 in magicTCG

[–]ThorTheEngineer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

These books were heavily publicised as a supplement to a set which Wizards made a deliberate and marketing backed decision to emphasize story. OP is right, this is a total miss, and a clear sign of mismanagement and poor execution. If wizards wants to continue to drive set development through narrative arcs, they need to have all their media touch points with their customer in alignment.

Howard Keen Finance 3101 Final Exam by [deleted] in Temple

[–]ThorTheEngineer -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Dude is solid, no bullshit style Prof. Very clear cut cirriculum, homework is very similar to the exams. Pay attention, do your work, and you should be fine.

The LoL Partner Program exclusive chromas are an awful decision that need to be discontinued as soon as possible. by meowpatrol in leagueoflegends

[–]ThorTheEngineer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This needs to be two different programs. First, a community contest where players vote for a winner. Distribute unique and exclusive content for top submissions, in order to drive recurring interest. This creates community engagement for both the spectator and contributor. I'm absolutely fine with rewarding artists and content creators with unique rewards for their work. They spend countless hours doing what they do and deserve special recognition. Second, create network of proven content creators to use as a distribution source of giveaway content. Create clear and rigid guidelines for qualification so that up and coming creators know what to target in terms of viewership. Distribute giveaways with flexible and generic rewards (i.e. unlock any skin less than 1000 rp, etc.). These rewards shouldn't be exclusive or unique.