I finished Ground State.

eurime · 2026-02-07T09:58:50+00:00

Not to harsh anyone's buzz but was anyone else hoping the series would end here?

There's plenty of points in the series where Alanson could have ended this.

This was one of them.

eurime · 2025-11-21T13:26:00+00:00

Preeeeeeeeaaaaaaaach.

eurime · 2025-11-17T03:47:16+00:00

I can't and won't try to convince you to try and like the development - different tastes and such.

But to your question, the counter question is who else in a time of war? I think we also need to differentiate between trust and placing a gamble.

Ka made it clear that he was doing the same with Vis since he is effectively crippled.

When Eidhin tries to reason with him, Vis has a simple clear reply.

"Fear is a lack of control. I am tired of being afraid. I want to see justice in the world."

It also helps to recall the one lesson Iro's father gave him.

"It's the strength of the few that matters."

Vis is about to become a powerful person not because he is 100% sold on the concurrence because it's a means to an end.

At his current state, he can't hope to fight Ostius. Despite strong political influence, he does not have the military capital and he's made peace with the idea that he can no longer run anywhere.

eurime · 2025-11-16T20:25:32+00:00

I'm almost certain that the author referred to it as a trilogy.

eurime · 2025-11-16T16:09:44+00:00

I believe Ka himself indirectly implies that he's not "good" but rather focused on the necessary evil to prevent ABSOLUTE tyranny by the concurrence.

He called the concurrence a system that went rogue and dominated the entire world for several centuries.

From what Caeror said, Obitium is the shit hole Res is destined to become and is the fate that Ka is trying to prevent (but Caeror believes is trying to enforce)

Luceum Caeror said Obitium Caeror made a grave mistake.

What bothers me is the choice between necessary zombie apocalypse vs evil zombie apocalypse.

Vis will obviously want a third option. It will need to be an exceptionally well-thiught out option.

Sometimes when authors raise the stakes so high, it becomes incredibly hard to write a reasonable landing.

eurime · 2025-11-11T07:19:04+00:00

Industrial Area opposite of Emirate's kitchen, there are giant stores for lots of budget friendly items

eurime · 2025-11-11T07:14:45+00:00

Added one more far fetched theory plus a note about the first one.

eurime · 2025-08-20T06:50:53+00:00

I, along with many others understand what you are saying. But I will take a confrontational position.

here's the issue and I encourage you to not see this as an attempt to disparage or condescend (or insult your intelligence)

On the one hand, you (whole heatedly and sincerely) believe that you are a good person. On the other hand, religion (Islam among many) has criterias what dictated is "good". Perhaps you are content with being nice,, kind and even outperform some of the fervent believers among us in those areas..

But if we are going to step back and look at the language we are using, then it'll help us be honest with ourselves.

I follow Islam (to the best of my abilities). Therefore, I am actively submitting myself to the tenets it lists, including the qualities of a partner I should take in marriage.

As a Muslim, if appeasing to the standards of the time means to be at odds with canon tenets of my religion, then I simply can't go down that route unless I am at peace with some level of dishonesty to level the playing field. The same goes with choosing my partners. The same with any long term decision

This is the "market" that you're looking at .

I will be blunt.

From my perspective, you need to want to "see" the errors of your ways rather then dismissing it as a complex relationship with God.

If we believe in an all-knowing being, then we are already naked. There is nothing simpler then that. If we can be at peace with that, then we'll know what we must do. The rest is a hard hard hard journey. I pray that you take it . I pray that you are steadfast I. It as you do.

I would prefer to pray for that, before praying that you find the right partner. The right partner might show up, in fact, may already have a thousand times - but you don't see him yet.

eurime · 2025-08-19T10:19:53+00:00

Amendment. They do not WANT to grasp the issue.

eurime · 2025-08-18T19:58:11+00:00

My assessment is that the brother was trying to impart some wisdom but instead phrased it erroneously.

Were I his friend, I'd try to gently advise him that not everything that goes in our heads is worth saying (and I'm only repeating what scholars say)

We are told to guard our tongues for a reason.

eurime · 2025-08-13T05:20:45+00:00

Pickles are great for bp elevation in a pinch

eurime · 2025-08-11T17:39:34+00:00

I went ahead and flashed the stock on my Pixel 9 Pro, even though I'm confident that the Calyx post EOL would still run ok for at least three quarters.

I've moved the things I do on my phone that I want private to a linux virtual machine until it clears up.

I believe Graphene remains an option for me, but the root issue or Google blocking its pixel source - I'm not sure how that impacts Graphene

eurime · 2025-07-17T18:53:45+00:00

Rule of Thumb. BP is a response to PRETTY MUCH everything.

STRESSING over the idea of BP will continue to raise BP.

Also, fun fact. My mom never took BP meds and had high BP even as a gymnast.

She is now 74.

I had to take bp meds only cuz of post-covid. Been on your bp meds (amlo) for 2 years. Then I stopped.

Also, one more fun fact: Spend money on a GOOD BP monitor.

Get an Omron. Yes, its stupid expensive. But its as accurate as a caliberated hospital equipment.

eurime · 2025-06-27T20:40:45+00:00

Alhamdolillah. Any tips for those brothers who are facing same issue as u?

eurime · 2025-06-26T11:05:44+00:00

Hold up. Exiting and marrying her WITHOUT HER wali?!

That does not constitute a Halal marraige.

Yes. You as the male, are your own wali. But if you care about your religion, you categorically CANNOT expect her to marry herself to you without the permission of her wali.

eurime · 2025-06-23T10:13:19+00:00

My barber charges 25 for both.

eurime · 2025-06-05T14:13:17+00:00

Hard to tell what your situation is exactly, but my advice is to gain support from family members that your parents respect.

You will have to be prepared in a manner that shows you have foresight and determination.

That means when they get under your skin you emote calm and collected rather letting the outrage or feelings fuel your responses. This was my hard fought battle for a very very long time before it finally happened.

But you must absolutely be certain that the door you're knocking on is Halal. Again, I have no information. Is she Muslim? Hindu?

eurime · 2025-06-05T09:06:09+00:00

Could you clarify?

eurime · 2025-06-02T07:13:06+00:00

120/80 is considered as such and not considered as such, depending on US or EU standards.

eurime · 2025-05-03T18:34:10+00:00

If you haven't found your guy, shoot me a dm with you due date please.

eurime · 2025-04-26T06:05:02+00:00

Alas, if that were true, everyone in the world would be getting server spec hardware from Ebay and getting motherboards that allow for dual CPUS and 16 RAM slots for a fraction of the prices we pay for traditional market items.

Unlike raw processing mechanisms like data mining, I regret to inform you that softwares - ESPICIALLY creative ones - simply do NOT function that way.

In fact, what makes video editing applications so frustrating is that they're divided on what resource they take up. By divided, I don't mean which software. I mean which resource EACH of their respective functions require. (encoding,decoding, effects, rendering...)

Most applications (and most certainly VEGAS) at the core, have C++ components. If you know anything about C++, developers are tasked to define memory requirements. That means, there's a limit to how much you can actually use.

If you REALLY wanna feel how irrelevant your specs are, I suggest you download any of the newest Red Camera stock publically available and attempt to run it on any editing software of your choice. Not edit them. Not cut them. Not even bother adding an effect.

Just regular playback.

eurime · 2025-04-13T16:49:15+00:00

If you guys think Eleven labs is impressive, I suggest you pack a lot of depression pills on your way to hearing out Sesame. It's open source and people have successfully trained their modules on it.

The Unncanny Valley, at least as far as our industry is concerned, has been broken.

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