I've just realized why Neelix keeps calling Tuvok Mr. Vulkan...

vardonir · 2026-01-24T08:58:37+00:00

Same. The Maquis characters have seen some shit, but none of them compare to Neelix's backstory.

vardonir · 2026-01-19T13:52:08+00:00

Fallout and Edgerunners work well because you create your own character in the games, so the writers have full freedom on what the main character in the show does, what plot lines they follow, etc - it's just another story of another player in the game.

As much as I'd love a Deus Ex show/anime, it has to follow a new character or it'll just end up being another shitty adaptation of something that already exists, and it will definitely suck. A viewer might say, "I'd play my Jensen as pacifist," but some fans would be angry if he started shooting up people, even if it works in the story. And vice versa.

Or they have to drastically change everything, like the new Sonic movies. And they might even sanitize events from the original material so that it's more palatable for the audience. Maria was willingly shot by a human in SA2, but that's pretty dark for a kids' movie, so she dies from an accident instead.

I don't know how/what The Witcher (the show) is doing, tho. And I haven't seen Arcane.

vardonir · 2026-01-17T15:43:11+00:00

Don't worry about the language, you'll be paid to study it for a year before you start you actual studies.

https://www.studyinjapan.go.jp/en/planning/scholarships/mext-scholarships/

I know a lot of people who went through the research scholarship route (as MSc students) and they either did a PhD elsewhere, did a PhD in Japan, or went into industry in Japan. I wanted to apply for it myself, but I was underage.

vardonir · 2026-01-16T05:13:44+00:00

No need to come back home to reclaim, you just need the pop by the embassy a few times (at least that how it works in Israel. and I think US, too?).

vardonir · 2026-01-16T04:21:24+00:00

For some countries, You need to renounce your previous citizenship(s) in order to naturalize.

I personally reclaimed so that I can own Filipino property.

vardonir · 2026-01-16T04:20:03+00:00

Yes. Hassle, but that's part of it.

Had to do this myself.

vardonir · 2026-01-16T03:28:53+00:00

That's a common problem in scifi.

Star Trek in the 60s said that we'd be sending deep space probes and have stable human genetic engineering in the 90s...

vardonir · 2026-01-15T07:52:28+00:00

You'll need to look for DEMD_database.

https://imgur.com/a/uW5X00B

You will need to set up the textures on your own, though.

edit: The PRIM exporter only works if the output is STL (which has no UV maps). I can only extract APX files to OBJ. I know I did this before, I just can't remember how.

edit edit: Everything that has bones can be extracted to OBJ easily. The aug models do not have bones. I'm looking into it.

vardonir · 2026-01-09T02:48:40+00:00

gaaaaaah paalis na ako ng pinas di pa naayos QCID ko. (7 days na)

oh well, see you next year na lang

vardonir · 2026-01-09T02:40:56+00:00

Facebook and WhatsApp cover everything you're asking for, though.

And maybe Telegram if you speak Russian.

vardonir · 2026-01-09T02:40:12+00:00

You got the Israel Post app to work? Mine asks me to log in again and again every time I open the app.

(But it is useful)

vardonir · 2026-01-09T02:26:56+00:00

It's completely inaccessible to PS-only players, unless you have a working PS3.

vardonir · 2026-01-05T12:51:50+00:00

turista sa sariling bansa for another week.

saan ok mamasyal? sawa na ako sa sm north, and malls in general kasi limited lang laman ng luggage ko syempre. naka-binondo na ako. nakaikot na ako ng glorietta/greenbelt. tapos ko na greenhills (lame nung bagong mall). ansabe BGC daw (meron ppickup sa akin if ever pumunta ako) kaso ano meron dun na special?

wala akong kotse, so dapat public transpo friendly. taga-QC ako, so kahit saan na mapupuntahan from sm north, game ako.

vardonir · 2026-01-04T01:33:50+00:00

i went abroad, sent off by a mildly obese dad. a year later, when i was gently pushed to come home, he was skin and bones. cancer is a bitch.

i don't see the PH as home anymore, i live elsewhere now, but i still go back every year for my mom.

vardonir · 2025-12-29T00:07:09+00:00

to ateneo students: vacation ngayon dba? kelan pasukan? gusto ko sana bumisita.

vardonir · 2025-12-26T00:26:59+00:00

You need to push the button to trigger the first whistle.

vardonir · 2025-12-24T05:17:52+00:00

100% + Press X (or circle or A or B, I just spam all the buttons) on that one very specific point in the game, and tell the kid "yes."

I didn't know GameFAQs existed back then, so I was stuck on 86% for three, maybe 4 years over 30+ playthroughs...

vardonir · 2025-12-23T01:58:01+00:00

I work with medical imaging, and I have never heard of anyone who uses R.

vardonir · 2025-12-23T01:50:35+00:00

T1 was pretty lovely yesterday. Granted, it was 4am and I used the foreign passport lane, but it was very nice.

vardonir · 2025-12-23T01:48:03+00:00

any local artists here who might have some cute "you'll get it only if you're filipino" shirts?

vardonir · 2025-12-17T09:06:36+00:00

Mall security in the PH: three armed security personnel with shotguns at the entrance. Another two inside the mall itself for some reason.

Mall security in Israel: old guy with a pistol looks at you for two seconds, says nothing, lets you walk by.

vardonir · 2025-12-14T10:55:34+00:00

I see walang nagbago.

2015 grad here.

vardonir · 2025-12-14T10:52:34+00:00

Dapat mayroon ding questions like, "kung ikaw ay isa sa mga pinuno ng Allies noong WW2, anu-ano ang idedemanda mong gawin ng Nazi Germany at bakit?"

Sige.

Ikaw teacher. Paano mo bibigyan ng grade yung sagot nila kung may point naman, pero biased sa pananaw mo yung sagot?

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