When I’m not fishing or rowing, I’m always looking for new hobbies to learn about.I recently got injured and have a lot of free time, so I decided to learn about different artificial intelligence apps.I’ve already tried a few, like talkie-ai.com and TwinsApp.ai, which let you chat with virtual characters. I’m sure there are many other interesting apps out there that maybe someone knows about. If you have recommendations, I would be glad to learn something new.After all, technology does not stand still, and there is always a chance to discover something fascinating and unusual.
I find that most people are uncomfortable talking to anything that is smarter than they are.
I look for wildlife and study forests and wild flowers mostly. I have been retired for 25 years and have caught the Hell out of the trout all over the Sierras. I sold my main fishing boat. I have a drift boat. This fall I plant to float the Sacramento River and maybe go after some king salmon.
Fishing is fine but it has lost its fascination.
That’s why I don’t talk to the fish, I just try to catch them.
When not fishing, I’m either investigating new gear, so far nothing new this year, save for that new line.
Braided 10lb test diameter of a human hair. the stuff I’m currently using is only 6lb test and about twice that in diameter. Now I want to buy new line but I still have 600 yards of the other stuff left. So I cannot rationalize it.
Other than that I know what works and doesn’t on the lakes I fish. So lures and other gizmos, I have no real need to “investigate.” unless the models I currently use come out in a new pattern/color scheme.
Then there’s the all encompassing race prep-workouts. That will go until the races are over and then I’ll focus on end of summer/fall fishing. though I think I’ll get out a bit early and catch me a pet large-mouth since the Tropical fish I had died this winter after 12 years. besides that lets me test out lures you take the hooks off and run them through the tank, if you get a hard pass you toss the lure. if you get a strike you then feed the fish and see of they pay attention to the lure again. if they do then it’s a your goto lure.
All my lures are currently from years back, bass tested and bass approved.
after a year I’ll re-patriate the bass, and get a rock bass, and repeat the process.
It’s something to do.
Thanks for the replies, but I didn’t learn anything interesting. I’ll wait until summer to go fishing
In the off-season I usually clean up and organize the fishing lures I picked up the previous year from my kayak. 
If I understand your request correctly, you are looking for recommendations for phone and computer apps so you can learn about more technologies? This may be the wrong crowd for that.
I develop technology for work, so my free time endeavors are geared towards achievements in recreation, and in winter they are geared towards the arts and beauty. Oh, and I do a lot of over-analysis and planning for upcoming adventures in the new year.
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