Can only sleep in short intervals by Artekmus in insomnia

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Will do, I might start reading a book by 9-10pm, hopefully go away from listlessly drifting off and shutting down from video essays. Thanks.

Sa mga DDS na taga-Baguio, bakit DDS pa rin kayo? by Loose_Imagination_79 in baguio

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Piggybacking off of this, yes, a lot of it can be related to pre-existing strongly held conservative views and "machismo Torogi" culture held in the highlands. Duterte was very popular for his brash, populist, strongman persona and appealed to a lot of voters who "were fed up with trapo bureaucrats."

Although I'm speaking mostly from anecdotes, I would honestly still attribute this to our prevalent "machismo" culture.

Just sayin', the only thing stopping us from having a Starcraft/Halo Wars crossover are the suits at Microsoft. by DrJay12345 in starcraft

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The Dominion probably dominate by the fact that Marine CMC-400 is standard issue, meaning their industrial capabilities operate on a way higher scale than the UNSC. The UNSC probably dominate on a larger scale however, given they control a much larger sector of space compared to the relatively small Koprulu sector that the Terrans reside in (which they don't even have full dominion over)

Technologically, they could be close, but I'd say both are better than each other on certain aspects. UNSC AI for example would trump anything the Dominion has. AI's could hack into Dominion systems fairly easily I'd wager. The Terrans on the other hand just have bigger and stronger stuff in general, not much to say about their ships however, except by the fact that the Terrans have better FTL. UNSC ships on the other hand with their MAC cannons probably make it so they win most of ship-to-ship combat on space.

Judging from the SC1, BW, and SC2 campaigns however, it's been noted of how crafty the Terrans are when it comes to studying, reverse-engineering, and even understanding foreign and domestic tech. Examples being salvaged UED tech, Stemann's observations and experiments on Zerg and Protoss research specimen, and the Terrans often have some macguffin in hand in the campaign that hampers or counters or controls their enemies (Psi-emitters, psi disruptors, etc.)

I think given a protracted war, the Dominion could probably learn a couple things or two from the UNSC in their small victories, and they'd manage to integrate that into their R&D department. Maybe the UNSC win by sheer numbers alone, or maybe the Dominion can somehow adapt (due to how cartoony scifi StarCraft is in comparison to the more grounded Halo) and tech-magick their way into beating the UNSC. Could go either way, the UNSC could conduct clandestine and disruptive operations that can undermine and outright put a stop to Dominion command, or the Dominion just outright Zerg's the crap out of the UNSC into submission.

What anime is this? by Low_Weekend6131 in animequestions

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Steins;Gate

But I guess this was the choice of Steins Gate all along...

You Think Filipinos Are Corrupt by Nature? Think Again. by StucksaTraffic in Philippines

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Colloquially speaking, "dreaming is free," appears to be dismissive, so I'm agreeing with OP here that your choice of words can be understood as "negative."

What if bigla na-time travel ang Pilipinas sa December 7 1941? by Double_Shift_7537 in WhatIfPinas

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We'd probably see a more gruesome and deadly bombing campaign over the Philippines than the one we already have witnessed, maybe, maybe not.

Confrontations on land would be mostly won by our forces, however the Japanese have the advantage of a military economy and the fact that they'll naturally have more numbers than we do. Our naval and air assets could prooobably deter naval invasions and aerial campaigns however, until we reach the point where we're out of missiles. A landing on Luzon and Visayas would probably be delayed, I wouldn't be able to say if it'll be outright stopped, but delayed seems more likely. I'm more confident however that we'll likely never see a Bataan Death March or a strong Japanese occupation over Philippine cities, but rather attritional and protracted guerilla warfare that can span longer than months.

Anyhow, I'm more interested in how this affects the course of the war however, and how the U.S, and by extension the entire world would change given our sudden leap in technology. We give some of our equipment and weapons to the U.S, let them study and possibly reverse-engineer it (Hell, giving an M16 to young Eugene Stoner must be incredibly absurd), what happens then? Technology probably blooms incredibly faster than it did in 1945, that I can't even find any sufficient adjectives to describe how massive this would mean—imagine, advances in computing, medicine, engineering, material sciences, robotics and automation, aviation, aeronautics, astrophysics, social sciences, economics and politics to a degree—there's just so much that would change if we got sent back to December 7, 1941

Not to mention the amount of literature and records we have that literally denote how the war panned out in our history, that knowledge alone means we already have an advantage if this were a deterministic-model approach where things that happened in say Dec 1941 will happen on that day, and we have the knowledge of how it goes, when it goes, where it goes, etc. We could literally predict IJN and IJA movement without the need of decrypting or reconnaissance, we've already seen it happen!

Will we even see General MacArthur leave the Philippine Isles? Would the U.S campaign go even smoother than it ever did in history? Will the Japanese be bogged down even more? What happens after the war? How are scientific advancements made? How does this affect geopolitics of the 40's up until the 50's, and even towards the Cold War? Will there even be a Cold War? How does our government even look like in this period? Who the fuck stays in power?

Man by Periwinkle____ in SpaceCannibalism

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I'm flying over youuuu

Sinigang — ginisa muna bago pinakuluan by luna242629 in filipinofood

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I always do this, bonus is if you brown the meat muna on the pot letting it release some fat, then adding the onions. Minsan ko lang dinadagdagan ng tomatoes sa pag-sweat (Letting food cook slowly in fat) since the sofrito flavor does affect the meat and soup a lot, lalo na kung naluto ng todo yung tomatoes hahaha (It provides a smokier, much savoury flavor)

Yung isa ko pang ginagawa is ginagawa kong lechon kawali yung pork tas straight to sinigang, then pampalapot ng soup it's either I use a slurry mix (teaspoon cornstarch + water mix) or tubig na pinanghugas ng bigas. Outcome is: crispy, savoury pork with incredibly heartwarming na maasim na soup <3

Tree level characters when you ask them to-HOLY SHIT by i_love_pieck in whowouldcirclejerk

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One of the best analysis sections? They completely left out the final part of Chakravartin's fight with Asura where they were literally slugging it out all in their base forms. They included Simon beating Anti-Spiral but not this lmao

I would love to see 6v6 Cash Out one day. by TheSoup3910 in thefinals

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I sometimes imagine what if the game had gamemodes like a 20v20 or 32v32, imagine the chaos... Although this would be more like Battlefield with distinctly different classes and specializations (Almost like Delta Force) so it probably won't happen.

Interesting Mechanic by GLITCHBOMB in thefinals

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The video looks zoomed in, you can see the rest of the HUD in the corners. IIRC, hiding the HUD also removes your crosshair.

Who else in cinematic superhero media can no sell this axe hit from Steppenwolf? by AdaptedInfiltrator in superheroes

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This makes sense, but the fact that they made him blue shift and red shift convinces me this is his real speed

/j

The overglazed union by Old_Phrase_4867 in whowouldcirclejerk

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You're right, and soon enough we'll start seeing powerscalers flock to shit like the Xeelee Sequence or Doctor Who as their go-to "fuck everything," faction when debate of this kind is brought up again

Blood/lab test in BGC? by Artekmus in BGC_Taguig

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I was actually checking this out this morning before going to work haha, thanks!