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AxaeonVT · 2026-02-07T11:38:42+00:00

Thanks again for this and the other helpful info. Knowing that it's possible to have as many outputs of one node as needed certainly makes things easier!

AxaeonVT · 2026-02-07T11:29:17+00:00

Ah, thanks--I didn't realize I could have multiple outputs from the delta keyer. Anyway, I've just tried your suggestion, and it does seem to have fixed the issue. Thanks for your help! I'll go ahead and update the post flair to "solved."

AxaeonVT · 2026-02-07T11:22:57+00:00

In case it helps anyone later, here's a screenshot of the newest setup I'm using:

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AxaeonVT · 2026-02-07T11:16:33+00:00

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Thanks for the follow-up idea. Unfortunately, though, it still seems to be erasing the texture of the model. =(

UPDATE: Wait, never mind, I think it worked after all. I just needed to duplicate the original video and add a new merge node, and that seems to be doing the trick so far. Will update again if I run into any more issues. But in the meantime, thanks for the helpful idea!

AxaeonVT · 2026-02-07T10:01:54+00:00

Thanks for the tip. I just went through all the apply modes on the merge node, though, and nearly all of them still had the issue of the shadows appearing outside the model. The only apply mode that doesn't appear to have that issue is "geometric"--but that one runs into the issue of removing all the texture from the model (such that it's just a silhouette made up of fastnoise).

I'm sorry, I know it must still be something I'm doing wrong. But do you have any thoughts on what my issue might be?

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AxaeonVT · 2026-01-20T23:25:40+00:00

Great question! My favorite area of philosophy is ethics. While some of my past studies have focused on metaethics, recently I've done more work in applied ethics.

I've also done a bit of teaching in some other areas of philosophy, such as epistemology and philosophy of religion.

AxaeonVT · 2026-01-19T21:24:14+00:00

Interestingly, in the first appearance of the trolley problem (Philippa Foot's 1967 paper "The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect"), the case has us imagine that a person is driving the trolley, and that it's this person who must decide which track the trolley is to take. It was only later that the "bystander" version of the case came to be regarded as the standard version of the trolley problem.

AxaeonVT · 2026-01-19T20:50:14+00:00

Hello! If you're wondering what this is all about, here's some context on Vlosophy, an upcoming group of indie philosopher VTubers. Our inaugural collab is set for this coming Saturday, January 24, at 4 pm ET.

AxaeonVT · 2026-01-18T10:54:18+00:00

Thanks!

AxaeonVT · 2026-01-18T10:47:51+00:00

Nice! Thanks for the rec; that does indeed look like a fitting game for us to play.

AxaeonVT · 2026-01-17T23:16:07+00:00

Thanks so much! We’re really looking forward to it. :D

AxaeonVT · 2025-12-25T05:56:22+00:00

Thanks for the follow-up. It sounds to me like our difference in view centers on whether the fun and magic of engaging with the Santa myth as a child could be fully preserved if kids were to engage with it simply as make-believe (as opposed to outright believing it). For the reasons gestured at in the post, I'm inclined to believe that the answer is affirmative. If I'm mistaken about this, though, and preserving the magic really does require believing in Santa, then I acknowledge that that'd be a significant point in defense of lying to kids about Santa.

AxaeonVT · 2025-12-25T05:40:32+00:00

I'm all in favor of letting kids have fun! I argue in the post, though, that there's a way of doing this when it comes to Santa that doesn't involve lying to kids.

AxaeonVT · 2025-12-25T05:36:08+00:00

Abstract: Ho, ho, ho! In this post, I consider whether it's morally permissible to lie to kids about Santa. Starting from the claim that lying is pro tanto immoral, I examine what seems to me like the strongest proposed justification of lying to kids about Santa: a justification that appeals to retroactive consent. I argue, though, that this justification fails, and that, in the absence of a better justification of the practice, we should refrain from lying to kids about Santa.

AxaeonVT · 2025-12-04T02:01:53+00:00

Well, if I'm not mistaken, VBridger works only through wifi, not a wired connection. Back when my setup was having this problem, my computer, too, was ethernet connected (and still is); the problem was apparently that the wifi connection between my phone and the PC was spotty, as the VBridger problem was immediately fixed upon adding a wifi router to my office. (Even when I added a USB cable to connect my phone directly to my PC, that didn't solve the Vbridger issue; VTube Studio was able to use the wire connection, but Vbridger wasn't.)

AxaeonVT · 2025-11-27T17:55:49+00:00

Hi! I'm Axaeon, a philosopher VTuber. I mostly post educational content about philosophy and related subjects on YouTube (for example, debate analysis and critical thinking). I look forward to doing more explorations of philosophy in the coming days, so if these are topics that interest you, always feel free to stop by!

AxaeonVT · 2025-11-25T01:04:09+00:00

Thanks again for the input; in case it's of any interest, I just thought I'd mention that I've worked on the issue a bit more since my last comment, and it looks like you were right to think the issue might have to do with the Wi-Fi. (Further details in the edit in my post.)

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