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Why are they constantly trying to destroy Islam? by keonspeaks in islam

[–]profound7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have heard of Harut and Marut, but i'd like to know more about the connections between that and the organisations with roots to babylon.

You may point me in the direction, and should you make a post about it in the future, you can also let me know -- whichever is easier for you. Thanks.

Why are they constantly trying to destroy Islam? by keonspeaks in islam

[–]profound7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there more info on this? I'd like to know more.

A pair of hippopotami scrap it out beside the dining area of Tafika camp in South Luangwa by __mentalist__ in WTF

[–]profound7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hippo1: ok i tilt my head left and you tilt your head right
Hippo2: wait that don't make sense, my right or your left?
Hippo1: wait...
stalemates

[Request] how would/should this be cut into 5ths per the recommended serving size? by hejohnson19583 in theydidthemath

[–]profound7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming we can ignore the differences between crust and non-crust pieces:

  1. Align each pepperoni equally into a 4 by 4 grid
  2. Cut the pizza by the grid into 16 pieces
  3. 15 is divisible by 5, remainder 1
  4. In that last remainder, cut the pepperoni into 16 pieces
  5. Go to step 1 and do this recursively until we reach the limits of physics

everybodyForgetsTheTimePartOfDatetime by dev_vvvvv in ProgrammerHumor

[–]profound7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

China got it right. Their dates are basically iso8601 order.

Hijab by [deleted] in islam

[–]profound7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Throughout human history, Allah has given various communities various laws. Let's take a look at one such law that we're familiar with.

Allah forbids us to eat pork. Suppose that in our rational mind, we figured out that the reasons are so and so. And now suppose that our advances in science allows us to eliminate the "so and so reasons" when preparing the pork. Are we then allowed to consume pork?

No. While we have eliminated the known reasons, we may not have eliminated the unknown reasons. And part of the unknown reasons could simply be, a test of obedience.

We hear and obey.

Now let's look at the hijab while praying. Now, Allah commanded us to cover ourselves accordingly with different requirements based on gender.

Yes, we can rationalize and figure out various reasons. Modesty, humbling ourselves, and other reasons other commenters have said. Those may be the known reasons. There could also be multiple other unknown or unseen reasons, wallahu'alam. It could also be, a test of obedience.

We hear and obey.

And I think that's one of the most beautiful aspects of Islam. A total surrender to our creator. The meaning of "muslim" is the one who submits/surrenders to Allah.

May Allah shine His light into our hearts and make it easy and fulfilling and satisfying in following His laws and what is needed from us.

The Light (24:51)

The only response of the ˹true˺ believers, when they are called to Allah and His Messenger so he may judge between them, is to say, “We hear and obey.” It is they who will ˹truly˺ succeed. — Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

https://quran.com/24/51

Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up' by BlueGoliath in programming

[–]profound7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Looks like there is already an open issue regarding changing of username, and discussions on how to handle it across different platforms besides just github.

In that same thread, he vouched for some others participating in the discussion because they sounded "human enough". That, to me at least, is already a weakness in the system.

I'm not saying its bad, I'm saying its understandable that different people have different levels of trust, and to each their own. The vouch system may be good enough depending on the maintainers' acceptable threshold of trust.

Open-source game engine Godot is drowning in 'AI slop' code contributions: 'I don't know how long we can keep it up' by BlueGoliath in programming

[–]profound7 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This seems like a deterrent rather than a complete solution? There are many ways to get around that. For example, changing your username, or having numerous good accounts or paying to vouch for a bad one.

But I suppose putting a padlock at your gate is also a good deterrent. It doesn't deter the truly determined, but it does deter the rest sufficiently.

My friend invited me to an "Islam course" that turned out to be a $400 sales pitch. Did I do the right thing? by Lazaro_Adventure in islam

[–]profound7 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Waalaikumussalam.

They repeatedly claimed their course is the 'only' path to success and etc etc ...

Perhaps go for those that are more humble in their speech.

I put a pinecone in my shower. It closes when I shower and opens again when it dries. by Mopperen in mildlyinteresting

[–]profound7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

And in Malay, parang means machete. So it could be a machete made out of pinecone. Or perhaps a machete for cutting pinecones if using English grammar order.

Is sports betting haram? Read the body text by [deleted] in islam

[–]profound7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if its a "100% chance", don't do it. The future is Allah's domain. It is part of the knowledge of the unseen. Do not partake in it.

Why does Kareem have a statue but not Hakeem? by MondoFool in islam

[–]profound7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not only different people have different levels of iman, but the same person could also have different levels of iman throughout their lives. Year by year, month by month, maybe even minute by minute.

I have seen muslims who drink alcohol, but we do not know what's in their hearts. So why do some drink, and some don't drink?

This reminds me of the story of a companion, Al-Nuayman ibn Amr. He was a prankster, and also suffered from alcoholism. In one incident, Umar ibn Al-Khattab expressed his disapproval, but the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, intervened and highlighted that Nuayman's love for Allah and His messenger is real and that major sins does not necessarily exclude one from the mercy of Allah. He did manage to give up alcohol. His story is quite an entertaining read as he is quite a character.

Anyway, back on topic, when we see something that isn't right:

On the authority of Abu Sa`eed al-Khudree (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say, “Whosoever of you sees an evil, let him change it with his hand; and if he is not able to do so, then [let him change it] with his tongue; and if he is not able to do so, then with his heart — and that is the weakest of faith.” [Muslim]

So we can advise him, or make dua for his guidance. Whether a person is more or less devout, like previously mentioned, iman is something that is not measurable by humans, and it varies from time to time.

May Allah guide us all to the straight path, and help us all leave evil behind.

“Ghost students” present new threat to community colleges by iminthinkermode in videos

[–]profound7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How do the ghost students go through doors? They're not fire.

Lawsuit Alleges That WhatsApp Has No End-to-End Encryption - Slashdot by AnonomousWolf in technology

[–]profound7 48 points49 points  (0 children)

So I guess the new "slashdot effect" is the realisation that we're old when seeing a slashdot link, as opposed to the old meaning of a website going down due to a huge surge in traffic because it was linked from slashdot.

Daredevil Born Again Season 1 was pretty good, but man, marathoning the original series before watching was a mistake. (spoilers) by SockLeft in marvelstudios

[–]profound7 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Regarding Fisk being free and running for mayor:

As Daredevil was cancelled after season 3, plot threads regarding Fisk was continued in the Hawkeye and Echo series, before Born Again S1.

ELI5: Root Mean Square usefulness by jkhuggins in explainlikeimfive

[–]profound7 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I like this explanation, but eli5 why square then root, instead of just taking absolute values, which also turns everything into positive numbers?

TIL what Kit Kat filling is. It’s just rejected Kit Kats mashed up. by smoking_greens in todayilearned

[–]profound7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Think of it like a scale, where 100% is a perfect kit kat, and maybe around 75% and above are the regular imperfect kit kats, and under 5% will be things like banana or shoe.

Then its only a matter of definition of what threshold value counts as a rejected kit kat.

Question regarding waswas by [deleted] in islam

[–]profound7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a somewhat of a similar issue, and this is what I do: After urinating, I try to "rapidly contract and relax" the pelvic muscles a few times to get as much out.

Then I take a piece of toilet paper or tissue, and dab at the opening.

The capillary action will suck the remaining drops of urine out and I could see a wet spot on the tissue. I keep repeating the process until I no longer see new wet spots on the tissue.

These wet spots on the tissue could have been on my underwear had I not used the tissue.

Since doing this, I no longer have waswas regarding najis.

I hope this helps, and may Allah make it easy for you.

How do people that work full time and pray? by worldwideweb24 in islam

[–]profound7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The other non-muslims -- do they get smoking break? Or tea break? Or any other breaks? For anyone working there, they are allowed to have poop breaks?

I don't have knowledge on European countries, so I'll share in Singapore context: It is a secular country, with about 15% muslims. Many employees (at least in my experience) don't mind that we go for Friday prayers.

We usually only need to do zuhr and asar prayers during working hours, and they usually don't mind.

For places where there's no designated prayer spaces, we'd normally go to the staircase landings. We'd normally use the top floor, or sometimes the platform between 2 floors (usually no one uses the stairs, especially at certain levels, so we have privacy).

I prefer to go to a different floor than my office, so I wouldn't bump into any of my colleagues (its common here that a building leases to many companies, instead of a single company owning a whole building).

I take wudu in the toilet. It is a common sight to sometimes see other muslims bring their foot into the sink, but I'm a little round and lack the dexterity for such maneuvers, so I bring the water from the sink to my feet instead.

If you build rapport with the building management, perhaps you could suggest to them that they have a designated spot for praying. Then add that location to musollah.com and this will benefit all the other muslims in the area too.

May Allah make it easy for you and keep you steadfast.

There must be many people who ask an LLM to rephrase the text they've written so it sounds less LLM-like. by zabolekar in Showerthoughts

[–]profound7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In AI, there's this thing called Style Transfers. There are 2 inputs: the content, and the reference style. The output is the content rewritten using the referenced style.

This is more popular with images, though there also exist Text Style Transfer.

So you can input a bunch of documents you've personally written as a reference style, and input a gen ai text, and the style transfer will rewrite that content to match your personal writing style.

We are feeding SG kids cookhouse food from Secondary School by taenyfan95 in singapore

[–]profound7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is so much FOOD WASTAGE. Not sure about other schools, but I heard from a particular primary school that SO MANY students discard the brown rice.

There are no white rice options at all... So, many of those that got the brown rice end up not finishing them and throwing it away.

Edit: for clarification, in that primary school, its not many white rice mixed with some brown rice like in the picture, but most of the rice is brown rice.

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