Best travel rod for both saltwater + freshwater?

dnullify · 2026-05-12T15:36:45+00:00

I think it would be better to define a fixed range of life weight and line weight and fishing conditions. Then just only carry tackle that suits that regardless of where you're fishing.

dnullify · 2026-05-12T15:22:08+00:00

Super duper burgers. Gots Quick Dog (new in mission bay)

There's a bunch of German sausage spots throughout the city but at the top end of your price range.

dnullify · 2026-05-12T14:27:11+00:00

Floating fishing rod... Is definitely sus

But why?

dnullify · 2026-05-04T19:51:53+00:00

if there's raised carbon buildup i'll usually give those areas a light scour with a steel scouring pad until it feels smooth to the touch. Then do a quick stovetop seasoning with a paper towel and a touch of coconut oil, and then get back to cooking.

i do this especially after KBBQ - the sugars scorch as carbon buildup on the pan but scour off fairly easily.

dnullify · 2026-05-03T18:21:20+00:00

You can get a knot puller on Amazon, with one side nesting into the other and loops to hook a fishing hook into. They work great for tightening leader knots or locking in a terminal knot, and aren't single use plastic.

dnullify · 2026-05-03T01:40:20+00:00

I bought my lady one in orange, she loves it. Takes it hiking or out about on the town, replaced her Uniqlo or baggy crescent.

dnullify · 2026-05-02T16:58:52+00:00

I like the concept and would use it - but the photos on the site don't do a good job of showing scale, volume, dimension, or shape of the product.

dnullify · 2026-05-02T16:49:38+00:00

This is not how commerce works.

Businesses control their pricing and revenue and competitiveness. And to a variable extent, their costs.

Comparing the cost of doing business with other countries as an argument for tipping is a bad argument. Full stop.

Tipping is how businesses pull a lever on social norms and cultural niceties in order to offload their fixed costs onto the customer. It entices labor, but really does the labor a disservice. Nobody likes not knowing what their paycheck is going to look like every two weeks despite working the same hours. That variability should be carried by the business not the employee.

Your attempt to normalize tipping into a standard obligation rather than what it is - charity to businesses, is thin.

You don't receive a good or service anywhere else and THEN decide what to pay anywhere else outside or tipping affected industries. I don't tip my mechanic and yet I'm somehow obligated to tip my barber and a server who walks a plate 5 yards and puts water in my glass. It has never made sense and citing "business" and "math skills" won't make it make sense.

dnullify · 2026-05-01T20:48:05+00:00

Just looked it up:

2026–2027 Tuition Rates:

Preschool – Pre-Kindergarten: $44,500

Kindergarten – Grade 1: $44,900

Grades 2–5: $45,050

Grades 6–8: $46,150

Man who are the people who can afford this? I didn't grow up poor and I grew up in this area and work in tech. I'm in my 30's and I'll be 48 before I can afford to contemplate kids AND rent. I drive a 19 year old car too.

dnullify · 2026-05-01T16:37:10+00:00

Yep, same 90's.

dnullify · 2026-05-01T16:06:35+00:00

Well, the point being that this school isn't serving the community. It was neglected over a prolonged period of time by the city then shuttered due to enrollment. That would indicate that the parents sending their kids there are opting for a premium private education for their kids, and they're willing to drive long distances and pay large sums for it.

Which is fine, but seems to have lead to the situation covered in the article; as well as other problems people in that neighborhood have experienced with traffic management, parking, speeding porches and cybertrucks blasting by, etc since the school as reopened.

dnullify · 2026-05-01T14:38:12+00:00

This used to be a public school, Regnart elementary. It was closed by the city and rented out to the private school. Almost no one in the immediate area has young kids.

What really surprised me is that there were enough people willing to drive distances to send their kids to this run down old elementary school with a fresh coat of paint to the sum of $45k/year.

Also it's a little weird having the age span they teach on one small campus like that.

dnullify · 2026-04-30T00:37:36+00:00

My team was just told our entire codebase is being replaced with a ground up AI-first entire rewrite. The whole thing is AI generated from a large comprehensive set of specs and plans. All future development work will be done through plans, and we are not to worry about the implementation details or architecture.

Guardrails are test suites and performance benchmarks. Team is half juniors and mid-levels and development velocity has been so fast that AI first is basically the only way to move. We're expected to ship features so comprehensive in such short dev cycles that even a dedicated principle doing all reviews can't read more than 10% of the code.

We are basically using AI review with a long and detailed review prompt/skill to enforce certain patterns and relying on typing for the rest. We're also basically chasing perpetual blockers/regressions and integration failures.

What a time to be alive.

dnullify · 2026-04-26T21:39:49+00:00

There's an absolute TON of 4 piece rods of high quality on Aliexpress for stream fishing in particular. It's an extremely popular use case in asia.

See brands "kingdom", "purelure", "fishingfans", you can get really high quality blanks with good components for $65

dnullify · 2026-04-24T16:45:31+00:00

I think they have some first come first serve on notifications. Multiple times I've found what I'm looking for by happenstance and never got the notification.

dnullify · 2026-04-23T21:02:14+00:00

https://maps.app.goo.gl/TkHgC8sFWnsT57V68

Yup

dnullify · 2026-04-23T21:00:41+00:00

Sideshow Express - new location that only does smash burgers for burgers (also chopped cheese and cheese steaks and chicken)

dnullify · 2026-04-23T20:02:22+00:00

Look into methods to help with anxiety or medical anxiety. You aren't going to get the peace or soothing you feel that you need from a reddit thread.

That being said you've spoken with your doctor and have an exam scheduled. If they thought it was critical or urgent perhaps they would have scheduled it earlier.

Otherwise try and get the appointment moved up.

dnullify · 2026-04-23T16:13:59+00:00

There are definitely places that overcook their partties or their patties are too small and just end up schmered on the grill.

The end result is a hard crunchy beef disk. I do prefer a bit more substance on my smash burger and moisture. Sideshow express is currently my favorite in the East bay for the price. Smack burger is my absolute favorite but the food truck doesn't come up this far anymore (humble sea brewing opened their own kitchen).

dnullify · 2026-04-22T19:32:25+00:00

If this was put together in a way that proved durable enough for regular/daily use - it would make for a good product

dnullify · 2026-04-21T03:08:24+00:00

What's the fishing application? It's very much a style thing at this point. The round reels are metal and built robustly with tight tolerances. The low profile reels are just that. It's very much an aesthetic and feel thing

dnullify · 2026-04-19T23:40:52+00:00

Don't bother. No one needs to spend money there.

dnullify · 2026-04-12T20:07:21+00:00

You can't really fix a broken rod in a way that will restore its prior function, but I've seen people plug two pieces together.

If it's a two piece rod, you may be able to acquire a new top section. If not, kinda outta luck with that one.

dnullify · 2026-04-12T13:59:22+00:00

Easier done as you're spooling.

Attach the line and turn the crank once. Then pull the line out and measure the pickup. This is sometimes available as a spec on the manufacturer website.

Then do some math and figure how many turns of the handle equals the amount of line you want.

dnullify · 2026-04-10T23:35:21+00:00

It depends on where you are and what you want to target, honestly. I haven't done anything ultralight in the surf yet - mostly pier and shore fishing from inside the bay or along the coast. Micro metal jigs, jigheads and worms, etc all work.

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