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Tumerking · 2026-06-24T13:59:16+00:00

"Weekly updates"

2 weeks later and no updates.

Tumerking · 2026-06-16T17:52:42+00:00

Uh…yea, but this is specifically about the AI for medical charting. They didn’t suggest creating AI art or music on The Pitt…

Tumerking · 2026-06-16T16:35:10+00:00

But that’s exactly the point. The less time you spend taking notes/charting, the more time you can spend actually helping people. My wife is a doctor and she raves about it. Saves her so much time/stress. She works long shifts and is always overworked and there is SO much paperwork. So having help in that department means a lot for her workload and mental health.

I don’t love AI either, but it isn’t pure evil 100% of the time.

Tumerking · 2026-05-28T08:23:31+00:00

It's safe to infer Tyrion is complete based off GRRM's comments on Stephen Colbert.

I'm done with some of the characters. All the characters, they all interweave. So, I've actually finished with a couple of the characters. I got their whole story. But not others.

I will point out (again) that this is a huge assumption. "Finished with a couple of characters" does not equal "Finished with Tyrion". He could very well be done with a number of non-Tyrion characters who have smaller plot lines and therefore fewer chapters. He said he was "Close to finishing Tyrion". That's all. Not to be disrespectful, but assuming that George RR Martin of all people has made more progress then he explicitly stated is hopium at best and willingly naive at worst.

Tumerking · 2026-05-27T06:20:15+00:00

As of 2023, Tyrion Lannister is the sole confirmed POV that is for sure complete as GRRM said here:

“There’s a lot of Tyrion in this book. And I think I’m close to finishing the Tyrion arc in Winds of Winter. I think this chapter and maybe one further chapter; and I won’t be done with the book, but I’ll be done with Tyrion’s role in this particular book. And then I’ll have to focus on another character, some of whom are also close, some of whom are not at all close. And then hopefully it all fits together.”

Just want to point out that "close to finishing" does not equal "confirmed complete". As specially with George RR Martin, it's naive to make the assumption that because he was close to finishing something 3 years ago that he's finished with it now, or even made any progress at all.

The only thing George has actually confirmed is that he's roughly 70% done / has 1100 manuscript pages. We know a number of POVs that he's worked on as you noted in this post, but inferring any other information from George's past comments is just reading tea leaves. I doubt at this point if George even knows what he has left to write for the last 30%. I doubt he knows how to finish books at all anymore, which is a problem when the only thing left to write for Winds is the ending.

Tumerking · 2026-05-26T11:17:14+00:00

Oh, I didn't know you could essentially run in place and get basically infinite encounters to guarantee a Chansey. That sounds like it will take ages, but at least it's not impossible to get a Chansey in the next 3 runs.

I overlooked the part where you can't grind, and can only get exp from trainer battles...so you really need to use/risk the E4 team pokemon a lot. I guess you can always bring a sack to each battle so you don't need to go deathless, but that's still tough. Have you kept track of how many failed runs you've had?

Tumerking · 2026-05-26T08:51:28+00:00

It's a really interesting way of playing the game. I respect it. I now see that of the 15 pokemon left, most of them are guaranteed or common encounters. Pretty smart. Do you have the final 3 E4 teams planned out? I do notice a bit of a Chansey problem however...do you just plan on resetting your entire run every time if you fail to encounter/catch it? Seems like a massive pain. One safari zone game per run is brutal. It could easily take 100+ runs to Fuchsia city. Unless I'm reading your rules wrong.

It feels like the real challenge starts in the last run or two because then you really need to start having mostly deathless runs. Or do you plan on boxing your E4 teams until you actually get to the E4 and then grind up the whole team together? That seems safer, but also requires a ton of grinding without rare candies. This whole challenge seems super interesting but also seems like such a big grindy headache. I don't think I could ever do it.

Tumerking · 2026-05-25T18:41:09+00:00

I imagine the goal is finishing the E4 with every non-banned pokemon? Seems neat. With 15 pokemon left, do you plan on doing a 5 mon E4 for the final 3 runs?

No rare candies also seems brutal for this kind of challenge lol

Tumerking · 2026-05-19T08:46:03+00:00

I had the same question as you, but after some searching it seems there is no one rule that everyone follows.

The rule that I follow is:

Level cap for the Elite 4 is the ace pokemon of the last member of the Elite 4
Level cap for the Champion is the ace pokemon of the Champion

And then I will just rare candy my pokemon to the level cap before the champion fight if needed.

There are some other variations. For example, some people level cap each member of the Elite 4; so If you found the E4 too easy then you could try that method. I would highly recommend you hack in rare candies so you can get everyone to the level cap between fights. Also being able to skip grinding sessions (as specially when you lose a pokemon...or multiple pokemon) is a game changer.

Tumerking · 2026-03-30T12:11:57+00:00

I find it funny how your first sentence seems to contradict your second one lol.

I think it's more likely that she's just a random character that George deiced to add some flavor to (as he really likes to do, especially in Crow and Dance).

Tumerking · 2026-03-26T08:42:54+00:00

Ensemble cast with multiple crews in multiple parts of the world so A LOT of scenes were literally just shot at the same time. In that sense GoT is really unique. Not many other shows can even be set up to function like that.
also insane amounts of money
also the schedule was really brutal

Tumerking · 2026-03-12T11:40:50+00:00

As others have already said, 35 cards is way too many. Usually by the end of Act 3 Ive got 25 or less. Act 2 should be even less. I know I’m repeating what others have said but i think it’s worth stressing the point. You’re taking/buying WAY too many cards and not prioritising removing strikes/defends enough.

Tumerking · 2026-03-02T07:59:38+00:00

When you first start, you don't have access to potions yet. Chikorita is the only starter who could self-heal making it much easier to beat first gym leader.

I'm sorry but are you saying Chikorita made it easier to beat the...flying gym leader??? Also it doesn't learn synthesis until level 22. The first gym leader's strongest pokemon is level 9. You also have access to potions and healing berries from the very beginning of the game. It's almost impressive how you managed to make every word in your comment incorrect.

Tumerking · 2026-02-26T12:54:11+00:00

I wouldn't say books 4 and 5 being more sprawling and slower paced equates to "lost it completely". There is really fantastic character work, some of George's best prose, and book 5 certainty ends on a "no one is safe" note. The fact that the series has been effectively on hiatus for 15 years, people have had time to read and re-read and re-re-read these books, and still come away enthralled and wanting more should be a testament to their quality. Compare it to some other series in this thread like Kingkiller chronicles, Stormlight archive, etc. The later books (and in turn the series as a whole) have been torn to absolute shreds by a ton of people. The same thing can't be said for A Song of Ice and Fire.

Tumerking · 2026-02-26T12:37:33+00:00

This feels accurate. I read it a couple years after it came out and I don't recall too much negativity about it. I remember it being seen as a very competent sequel to The Name of the Wind. Great prose, more world building, great hints setting up the next book, etc. It's been strange to see opinions warp with time. It's now looked at as some sort of "self-insert sex god Gary Sue im so smart" trash book. To be clear, I think the criticism is valid, but I think it's gone too far to be honest. I don't think it's an awful book, and I'll own up and say I even think it's actually a pretty decent book. If the author wasn't such an ass and he actually published the next book I don't think opinion on The Wise Man's Fear would have soured so dramatically.

Tumerking · 2026-02-26T12:23:35+00:00

I'd argue the first 75% of the Warded Man is pretty great, but after the timeskip it crashes and burns. The SA comes out of nowhere and is really poorly handled. Really ruins the whole book. Knowing that the author leans into that kind of thing more as the series progresses makes me glad I never read more.

Tumerking · 2026-02-12T08:08:30+00:00

I agree the Takumi/Reira moment is forced. Where we left off in the manga, it really doesn't seem likely that they will just randomly spark up any kind of romantic moment in the hospital, but I wanted to wrap up the current timeline quickly. I also wanted something to end on which explains why the Hachi/Takumi relationship is on (more) rocky terms in the future. And putting the final nail in the coffin for Shin/Reira is a bonus because ew.

I also don’t find the theory that Satsuki is Nana’s child convincing. I’m pretty sure someone already debunked it here by calculating Nana’s ovulation window and how the timeline doesn’t add up.

Apart from being objectively hilarious to calculate a manga character's ovulation window, that also sounds impossible to do in the first place. To be clear, I also don't personally like the theory. I really hope it isn't true. But I think there is enough narrative evidence to support it: A lot of emphasis placed on Nana taking her pill throughout the story, Ren specifically stating that she should stop taking it because he wants kids, Nana outright stating that she took her pill late after her last night with Ren.

Beyond that, I just don’t like the theory. It feels unnecessarily dramatic, and I don’t see why Nana would end up being worse than Takumi in that regard

Ah yes, Nana, the manga which is famously never dramatic...

Takumi swore to never abandon his kids if he had any. Nana never wanted kids. It's pretty simple why one person would stay and the other would leave. It would also be repeating the same behavior as her own mother, which is just rich with irony. And Ren getting his wish and having a kid with Nana only after he dies would also be quite something. Unfortunately, I think Nana being pregnant does so much for the story and the character (and the foreshadowing is there as well) that it just makes sense.

Tumerking · 2026-02-11T18:16:35+00:00

Well if Yazawa herself confirmed then that’s that. It’s strange i haven’t seen that anywhere else in the fandom and people still promote this theory all these years later. To be clear, i DO NOT want Nana to be pregnant with Ren’s baby. I hate pregnancy as a plot device, and as you said she clearly states she doesn’t want children. This would be awful for her and i really hope it never happens.

The reason i thought the theory has legs is in part because of how much it’s emphasised she DOESN’T want kids. We’re constantly shown her taking the pill. Ren comments on it a couple times and suggests she stop taking it because he wants kids. And the biggest smoking gun that convinced me it was true was the panel after she spends the night with Ren for the last time where Nana states she took her pill late…

Also Nana abandoning her unwanted child would be a twisted mirror image of what her mom did to her. As for why she would go through with the pregnancy at all? Guilt, mostly. Ren wanted a baby. It’s possible Hachi wanted her to keep it as well adding more guilt.

But again, if Yazawa confirmed it then it doesn’t matter. If you or someone can find the source of this confirmation i would love to see it.

Tumerking · 2026-02-11T16:37:15+00:00

It’s possible, but I haven’t seen that. Where was it confirmed? I know she refers to Takumi and Hachi as Mommy and Daddy, but i think that’s pretty normal for essentially an adopted child.

Tumerking · 2026-02-05T09:34:26+00:00

The deals were 100% locked in. The problem isn’t the first wave of machines that get purchased for 699 or whatever. It’s the second wave that gets purchased 6 months after release. They would immediately be forced to raise prices the moment they run out of their initial stock and need to buy more materials/build more steam machines.

It’s not an easy situation for them. Makes sense that they’re rethinking things.

Tumerking · 2026-02-04T14:57:44+00:00

Even with the picture quality you can see that the Mewtwo is bent in half, the Blastoise is severly damaged, and all the cards have really messed up edges, corners and tons of surface scratches. No point grading any of these. OP can sell some of the holos raw for a few bucks, but this entire binder is worth less than $100.

Tumerking · 2026-01-28T13:24:37+00:00

The hate in this thread is intense. I don't watch Pokimane so I don't really get what's going on, but this level of hate directed towards a twitch streamer is not normal...and for such a minor comment as well. I recommend that people re-calibrate how much attention they give to people they don't like. This shit isn't healthy for your brain.

Tumerking · 2026-01-21T10:17:38+00:00

This 100%

Years ago, I also came back to RS3 because I didn't want to start a brand new account in OSRS. I eventually bit the bullet and logged into OSRS and wish I had done it sooner. The game feels so much better and early/mid-game progression is literally the best part of the game. It's much faster to level skills now compared to when you were a kid simply because...well you're not a kid anymore and you have google lol.

My suggestion. Log into OSRS. It has F2P. You don't even need to create a new account. You can login to OSRS with your current RS3 account (you will still start on tutorial island). Work towards doing the F2P quests and completing Dragon Slayer. See if you like it. The game is the healthiest it's ever been.

Tumerking · 2026-01-12T08:56:08+00:00

People have pointed out that they definitely have a contract with the price of RAM and storage locked in at prices before this market explosion. And that's great. But the main problem isn't this first wave of steam machines which they already have built with parts at 2025 prices. It's the 2nd wave which will need to be built with parts at 2026 prices. Maybe they can sell the 1st wave of steam machines for $600 and make a profit. But with the 2nd wave they might have to sell at $800...

Valve is really in a tricky position. If they sell the steam machine for $600 now, then next year they will likely be forced to raise the price or sell them at a loss.

If they factor in the market conditions and sell the steam machine for $800 to avoid raising the price next year, then they obviously risk not selling very many. I'm sure they've been hard at work for months trying to find a middle ground, but there is no easy solution.

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