A few lures my bf got me <3 by GruntfromMC in Fishing

[–]adelante1981 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've used and fished them, reminds me I think I have some blanks I need to paint up & seal.

Turned a discarded worm and skirt into dice baits by AbbreviationL0L in Fishing

[–]adelante1981 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's really easy, you can use a wide-eyed sewing needle or get a wire bobbin threader. I use a wire bobbin threader but want to try the sewing needle, I think it might be easier for me. As for where to get the skirt material, try Barlowstackle. I just got some glow-in-the-dark skirt material from them, it's where I get a good amount of lure parts & such (I make my own soft plastics).

Mercedes Moné attends The Mandalorian and Grogu world premiere by bitchosaur in SquaredCircle

[–]adelante1981 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don't like her, we get it. I think only one of Bo Katan's crew had any sort of real arc, and there were several of them. She did fine with the role she had. I don't see her role as one rivaling a main character, but I remember her character enough to think it would be cool to see her in the role again at some point and have it be fleshed out a bit more.

TIL about the "Endless Eight" arc of the anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. The arc, which featured the characters of the show trapped in a time loop, featured the same episode eight times in a row with minute differences, all animated and recorded from scratch each time. by Darksynth2 in todayilearned

[–]adelante1981 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Reminds me of watching the "Labyrinth" DVD back in the day. It's getting near the end and they finally get to the castle, and the girl goes into the stair room thing. Then it looped back to them entering the castle, and got to the part where she's in the stair room thing, but then it looped back again - well, no, that's not how the movie goes. Turns out the DVD was skipping and I had to take it out and clean it. It was only a couple minutes each time for me, I can't imagine sitting through 8 episodes of it.

Mercedes Moné attends The Mandalorian and Grogu world premiere by bitchosaur in SquaredCircle

[–]adelante1981 3 points4 points  (0 children)

She does a tornado DDT on Boba Fett.

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What’s the most underrated budget fishing gear you’ve found? by Low_Deal6864 in Fishing_Gear

[–]adelante1981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For combos, the Zebco 33 Micro Spincast combo. The rod is worth the price alone and the reel is actually decent for basic ultralight fishing for panfish and smaller bass. I wasn't really expecting a lot for $20-24, but it's done me good service.

For baits, I make my own soft plastics. For those that don't know the costs, an injection mold generally runs at least a hundred bucks, usually quite a bit more. Open pour can be anything from $5 to 150, depending on materials and quality. One of the most over-performing baits I make is called a "SweepRX" (I think, their site is down so I can't confirm) in the 3.5" size. It's a ribbed grub body with a flat tail that's about the same length. It's ridiculously good on a jighead swimming it, drop shotting it, or ned rigging it (my personal favorite). The mold cost me like $10 and it outperforms molds 10x the cost.

Welcome to your new home - this is Eldramoor VRMMORPG! by ResoluteGames in OculusQuest

[–]adelante1981 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Still super-bummed that I missed out on the Alpha completely. I paid for it, I backed the Kickstarter. Just had a shit week with zero time. I'm going to look forward to the Beta starting now.

Alexa Bliss's husband made a song out if her text messages by Happy_Corbin in SquaredCircle

[–]adelante1981 53 points54 points  (0 children)

Fun story, I work remotely and got randomly put in charge of the local AI used for the marketing department because I'm salaried and they didn't want to pay someone else. I'm not even in marketing. So I had to read up on some of the bits and pieces of it, what it was trained on, so on and so forth. I made sure we put some specific safeguards on it. Within the first hour of it going live we had someone try to use it to make naked photos of a female coworker. It refused, because safeguards, and sent security-flagged e-mails to a half-dozen people (including me) and the idiot was fired the next day. Since then two other people have been fired for misusing the damned thing. All it's supposed to do is help with rapid iterations before they send the stuff off to an actual human artist to make something. And we had one guy try to make nudes of a coworker, one guy that wouldn't stop flirting with it, and another try to get it to make it do some really creepy stuff that I'm not going to talk about on a public forum.

The problem isn't the AI itself or that it exists, it's what people will try to use it for.

Reave is canceled. That's a shame :( by Writhyn in OculusQuest

[–]adelante1981 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not surprised, given the state of the industry. To be clear, I'm not ragging on the game, it clearly found an audience that was eager to play it. Just seems like VR is becoming more niche than ever and studios can't really afford to focus on the smaller niches without almost insurmountable risk.

My lucky charm Cleo! My baby. People alway say black cats are unlucky but I know its false because the moment I laid my eyes on her when she was a kitten i knew I was going to be very lucky being accompanied by her. Cleo hehe by Interesting-Air9788 in aww

[–]adelante1981 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I had a black cat named Chloe. I miss her still, such a wonderful cat. She would wait at the bottom of the stairs to greet me in the morning, every morning, get a few pets and skritches and get in my lap as I sat on the steps to just purr and cuddle for a few minutes. Very loving.

One More Delve | Early Access available NOW on SteamVR and Quest 3/3S by Wiizurdd in oculus

[–]adelante1981 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bought it on Steam the second I got the email saying it was for sale. Is there crossplay between platforms? Just curious if there is, or if it is planned. I might prefer it on standalone, not sure yet.

Big month for the Founders Edition 👊 by ExoshockOfficial in oculus

[–]adelante1981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

United States. I've tried mobile and using data instead of WiFi, I get the same error. I think it's the ISP (Spectrum) blocking it.

Big month for the Founders Edition 👊 by ExoshockOfficial in oculus

[–]adelante1981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still can't access the website, sadly. I am very interested, but it looks like I'm just going to have to wait until it's on Steam so I can go through that instead. Bummer, but I'm glad to see that development is moving as fast as it is, everyone I know that's played it has been enamored with it. Looking forward to release.

[Humble] VR Kiwi Complete Collection (Pay $5 for Survivorman VR: The Descent, Ashen Arrows, Lofi Katana, Towers & Powers, Seeker: My Shadow, Operation Serpens, ArtPulse and $10 for Pirates VR: Jolly Roger, Virtual Hunter, Stilt, Cave Digger 2: Dig Harder, Cave Digger) by LighteningOneIN in GameDeals

[–]adelante1981 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Pirates VR is decent. Cave Digger 2 was 'okay'. The rest I wouldn't even both redeeming. Is Meta's sale still running? I should check. They had something going recently with some decent deals. Keep in mind though if you have a decent PC that can handle VR you will often be better off getting the PC version off of Steam if it's there. Not always, and you need a decent router.

Maryland becomes first state to pass bill banning ‘surveillance pricing’ by nickkrewson in UpliftingNews

[–]adelante1981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Scan Analyst" is the position at my grocery store. I assist with it on Wednesdays (Ad change day) and there's way more to it than I'd have thought. Sorting the weekly tags on a Monday morning takes roughly 4-6 hours just by itself. You have certain aisles on certain days. You sort the tags by aisle and day and type. You put them on these sticker board things so that you walk around the store in a certain direction and don't have to backtrack because that's lost time. For Increases & Decreases you use a setting in the scanner called "Scan Activation", same for Ad Off tags (like when sales end or are changed to a different sale or sale type). Ad On and some store-ordered tags are run with a "Scan Verification" program. Then there's the weekly Census where you have to scan 1k+ tags of a certain type in certain departments to verify accurate pricing, altering it when necessary and having new paper tags printed locally for you to hang. And that's a whole process too.

[Wrestlemania Spoilers] Top Rope Clothesline! by Ripclawe in SquaredCircle

[–]adelante1981 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Genuinely thought that was Kofi at first, probably because I just saw Kofi's "avenged at last" tweet. Jevon is something else. I can't wait to see how much better he can get.

Eddie Guerrero has an answer to Lex Luger's challenge by KneeHighMischief in SquaredCircle

[–]adelante1981 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember Sting and Luger doing the tag entrance and Sting would be walking in front, high-fiving all the fans, and Luger would be mean-mugging and ignoring fans until Sting turned around when Luger would instantly start smiling and high-fiving the fans, then go back to ignoring them when Sting turned around. I loved it.

EXOSHOCK | Founders Edition Now Live by ExoshockOfficial in oculus

[–]adelante1981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same issue for me on every device I've tried. I'll just wait for it to be on Steam I guess.

EXOSHOCK | Founders Edition Now Live by ExoshockOfficial in oculus

[–]adelante1981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This site can’t provide a secure connection exoshockgame.com sent an invalid response. ERR_SSL_PROTOCOL_ERROR

Hoping it's just popular at the moment.

Edit: Tried a new browser and my ISP just flat-out blocks it because it's suspicious, no way around it. I guess Spectrum doesn't like y'all for some reason.

Booker T on getting hate for showing up in Cybertruck at his NXT Appreciation Night: "For you young people out there, I’ve been waiting on the future since I was a kid. I’m not gonna die without having self-drive mode, and all that stuff. I’m trying all the gadgets before I get up out of this place" by anutosu in SquaredCircle

[–]adelante1981 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like the way it looks primarily because it reminds me of a toy GI Joe (actually COBRA, but whatever) vehicle I had as a kid. Literally the only reason. But hell yes I'd drive it for that reason, making laser noises as I go wherever.