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youronlyone, 1 month ago to climate

“Record-Breaking Ocean Heat Triggers 4th Global Coral Bleaching Event”

> reef systems from Australia to Florida teetering on the brink of disaster following months of record-breaking ocean heat

https://www.sciencealert.com/record-breaking-ocean-heat-triggers-4th-global-coral-bleaching-event

#Climate #Heat #Warming #Nature #Earth

defensereport, 1 month ago to Philippines

First Deployment of Typhon Weapon System to the Philippines

https://www.defensemirror.com/news/36573/First_Deployment_of_Typhon_Weapon_System_to_the_Philippines

#USArmy #TyphonMissileSystem #LockheedMartin #IndoPacific #MilitaryExercises #1stMDTF #JointBaseLewisMcChord #Salaknib2024 #Philippines #USPhilippineDefenseCooperation #SouthChinaSea #HIMARS @usarmy @LockheedMartin @philippines

youronlyone, 1 month ago to gaming

Here are some FLOSS/FOSS gaming–related official fediverse accounts (as listed on their official website(s)).

(in alphabetical order)

I. Game manager and playtime tracker

• Lutris — @lutris

II. FPS (First–person Shooter)

• Unvanquished — @UNVofficial

III. MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game)

• Crossfire — @crossfiremrpg

IV. Platformer

• SuperTux — @supertux

V. RTS (Real–time Strategy)

• 0 A.D. — @play0ad

VI. Sandbox

• Minetest — @Minetest

VII. Sim / Simulation

• OpenTTD (transport) — @openttd
• Simutrans (transport) — @simutrans
• Speed Dreams (racing) — @speed_dreams_official

VIII. TBS (Turn–based Strategy)

• FreeCiv — @freeciv

IX. TBT (Turn–based Tactics)

• The Battle for Wesnoth — @wesnoth

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Meta:

• Games list source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_video_games
• Tags: #gameshogun #Gaming #Games #Game #Gaming #Fediverse #FreeCulture #FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource

@gaming @games

youronlyone, 1 month ago to tv

If I don't see a single #bug in the 2024 #TV adaptation of #Fallout, I'm going to rate it with 1 star. 👻

#gaming #games #bugs #RPG #Amazon

youronlyone, 1 month ago to fallout

This scene in the 2024 adaptation of the #game #Fallout gave me the chills of what might happen if the #APAC issues explodes into #war.

#China #NorthKorea #SouthKorea #Taiwan #Philippines #ASEAN #Japan #Australia #USA #VietNam #Korea #Taipei #AsiaPacific #Asia @tv @scifi

youronlyone, 1 month ago to asia

Huh, so what other #ASEAN #gamers have mentioned, South-East Asia now have a better ping to European gaming servers than US West Coast (or any US-based gaming servers).

This is interesting. I'm going to expand my test in the future. But for now, the results are the same with or without VPN. I guess ASEAN now have a direct connection to the EU IX and uses the latest technology?

I wonder where our connection passes through to get to the EU.

Here in the Philippines, our connection goes through:

1. Taiwan or Hong Kong
2. From there it travels the Pacific Ocean to US West Coast.
3. From US West Coast, it travels to Central.
4. From Central to East Coast.
5. From East Coast to Europe.

If we now have a connection direct to EU IX, then it means we're no longer passing through the US?

Any IX experts out there?

@pilipinas @philippines @gaming @asean

#Philippines #Pilipinas #gaming #Internet

youronlyone, 1 month ago to Korean

#QT - https://c.im/@youronlyone/112249064745762276

Re: K-drama “Vagabond” Season 02 to film in the Philippines.

There appears to be much confusion about this, with most calling it a “rumour”.

A “rumour” is something that is being talked about in whisper, usually without any “notable” source. However, in this particular case, a lot of Philippine news media outlets reported this revelation from a former politician and businessman, Chavit Singson, who claims to be a co-producer.

Philippine news media are members of various legal journalism organisations. If you trust your own local media if they are members of a legal journalism organisation, then I think Philippine media should be accorded the same respect. No one is saying they have not, nor will not, make a mistake. But, at least, give them some credit, no matter what our personal feelings and thoughts about them in other matters (like in politics).

Anyway, instead of calling it a “rumour”, it is more fitting to call it “unconfirmed” or “leak”. I think the latter 99% fits. Why?

Chavit Singson talked to the media about it. He “revealed” it himself, and he claimed he is the co-producer. He also revealed that the writers of Vagabond Season 02 visited the Philippines in 2023, looking for filming locations.

Since he was the first to break this news, then it is a “leak” rather than a “rumour”. Regardless of my personal feelings and thoughts about the man, I doubt he'll risk his political and business reputation for a K-drama. I mean, if you are going to put your reputation on the line, would you do it for a TV show or for something bigger and more significant?

Also, think about it this way:

• If Chavit Singson was lying about it, then he will be roasted alive by mass media. From notable media outfits to social media. We all know what happens if one lies to, and use, the media.
• If he was not lying about it, but the project doesn't push through because of his early revelation (or “leak”), then the fans will roast him instead. Still, we cannot fault him for that other than “being too excited” about it. The ultimate decision lies with the production team, and the actors, producers can only do so much.

Him as a businessman, I think it was a calculated move to “leak” it at this time. They probably have reached a MOA (Memorandum of Agreement) already, thus, he is confident it will push through. Leaking it may increase support for it, especially in Korea, where the ultimate decision lies. Imagine if it doesn't push through, Chavit Singson can explain that the powers-that-be in Korea decided against it. So, yeah, strategic leak; or strategic early announcement.

Obviously, the production team cannot leak anything, and it is better for them to have a plausible deniability about any leaks or agreements. They want to film in the Philippines, they got support from Chavit Singson, now they just have to convince the powers-that-be in Korea. Hence, the “leak”, not a “rumour”. Get everyone to talk about it, and use it to convince the powers-that-be in Korea to green lit the project and to film in the Philippines.

^_~

@kdrama @kdrama @asiandrama

#Kdrama #Philippines #AsianDrama #Pilipinas

youronlyone, 1 month ago to Philippines

There are very few choices of online translation services that offer translations from and into #Tagalog (sometimes listed as #Filipino even though they are not exactly the same).

How few? #Bing and #Google are the go to online translation services; and that's about it. Popular neural translation services like Naver Papago, DeepL, and Reverso, are yet to offer Tagalog and Filipino translations.

However, there is one that is actually doing it better than Bing and Google, that is Yandex Translation — https://translate.yandex.com.

• Translating Tagalog into another language.

So far, my only gripe is that Yandex translates it into past tense. It appears that Yandex still doesn't understand the Tagalog tenses in this translation direction (it does understand tenses when translating into Tagalog).

If you don't understand Tagalog, you also will not notice the tense was changed because the translation into your own language is correct as far as past tense is concerned.

• Translating another language into Tagalog.

This one is good. At least based on what I have tested, tenses were preserved. Depending on the source language, the choice of words might be weird, but it makes sense regardless, from a native Tagalog speaker (maybe not for someone learning Tagalog, or Filipino).

Here are sample texts:

First, this is how it should be in Tagalog (compare the translation to this one if you're not familiar with Tagalog or Filipino):
> Hiniling ni Rielene kay John na bumili ng kanilang lingguhang pangangailangan sa supermarket kahapon. Pumunta siya sa pinakamalapit na supermarket ng isang mall; at pagkatapos ay binisita niya ang sinehan ng mall para tignan ang pinakabagong mga pelikula.
>
> Ngayong araw, ang mag-asawa na sina Rielene at John ay masayang magkasamang nanonood ng sci-fi movie na pinamagatang, “Hollow Earth of the Apes: The Scar Wars”.

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English (source):
> Yesterday, Rielene asked John to go buy their weekly necessities in the supermarket. He visited supermarket of the nearby mall; and afterwards, he visited the mall's cinema to check the latest movies.
>
> Today, the couple, Rielene and John, are watching the sci-fi film entitled, “Hollow Earth of the Apes: The Scar Wars”, and are enjoying their time together.

Korean (through Naver Papago):
> 어제 릴렌은 존에게 슈퍼마켓에 주간 필수품을 사러 가자고 했습니다. 존은 근처 쇼핑몰의 슈퍼마켓을 방문했고, 그 후, 최신 영화를 확인하기 위해 쇼핑몰의 영화관을 방문했습니다.
>
> 오늘, 릴렌과 존 커플은 "속이 빈 지구: 흉터 전쟁"이라는 제목의 공상과학 영화를 보고 함께 시간을 즐기고 있습니다.

Japanese (through Naver Papago):
> 昨日、リエレネはジョンにスーパーに週替わりの必需品を買いに行くように頼んだ。 彼は近くのショッピングモールのスーパーを訪れ、その後、最新の映画を見るためにショッピングモールの映画館を訪れた。
>
> 今日、夫婦のリリーンとジョンはSF映画「猿たちの中空の地球: スカー·ウォーズ」ということで、一緒に時間を過ごすことができます。

Polish (through DeepL):
> Wczoraj Rielene poprosiła Johna, aby poszedł do supermarketu kupić cotygodniowe artykuły pierwszej potrzeby. John odwiedził supermarket w pobliskim centrum handlowym, a następnie udał się do kina w centrum handlowym, aby sprawdzić najnowsze filmy.
>
> Dziś para, Rielene i John, ogląda film science-fiction zatytułowany "Wydrążona Ziemia Małp: Wojny Blizn" i cieszy się wspólnie spędzonym czasem.

Hebrew (through Yandex):
> אתמול ביקשה רילין מג ' ון ללכת לקנות את צרכיהם השבועיים בסופרמרקט. הוא ביקר בסופרמרקט של הקניון הסמוך; ולאחר מכן, הוא ביקר בקולנוע של הקניון כדי לבדוק את הסרטים האחרונים.
>
> היום, הזוג, רילין וג ' ון, צופים בסרט המדע הבדיוני שכותרתו "ארץ חלולה של הקופים: מלחמות הצלקת", ונהנים מהזמן שלהם יחד.

Tags: #Translation #Languages #Wika #LearningTagalog #LearningFilipino #MatutoMagFilipino #MatutoMagTagalog #Papago #DeepL #Reverseo #Yandex #Bing #Google @pilipinas @philippines

youronlyone, 1 month ago to Autism

‘Neural noise’ could be a hidden advantage of the autistic mind

But some research, including our own study, has explored specific advantages in autism. Studies have shown that in some cognitive tasks, autistic people perform better than allistic people.

Autistic people face ignorance, prejudice and discrimination that can harm wellbeing. Poor mental and physical health, reduced social connections and increased “camouflaging” of autistic traits are some of the negative impacts that autistic people face.

So, research underlining and investigating the strengths inherent in autism can help reduce stigma, allow autistic people to be themselves and acknowledge autistic people do not require “fixing”.

The autistic brain is different. It comes with limitations, but it also has its strengths.

https://www.psypost.org/neural-noise-could-be-a-hidden-advantage-of-the-autistic-mind/

#AutismAcceptance #Autism #AutismSpectrum #Autistics #ActuallyAutistics #ActuallyAutistic #Autistic #Neurodivergent @autistics @actuallyautistic

youronlyone, 1 month ago to Philippines

Today's #PpopWednesday #OPMwednesday is 「Shout For Joy」 by Gary Valenciano. A fitting song after Passover, Resurrection Day, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

⇒ https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=D4NHAwgnpIs&si=ejBJubEj94qNrs-u

#Ppop #OPM #PpopDay #OPMday #YourOnlyOne #Philippines #Pilipinas #Filipino #Pilipino #haDerech #Messianic #Christianity #Natsarim @ppop @ppop @asianpop

youronlyone, 1 month ago to Autism

How do you define the term, “Openly Autistic”?

• Is it an autistic person who rarely masks?
• Or, an autistic who isn't afraid and/or shy to share that they are actually autistic?
• Or, an autistic person who is active in the autism acceptance “movement” (if we can call it that)?
• Or, perhaps, an autistic who were interviewed and disclosed they're autistic?

Maybe you have other considerations or criteria that defines “openly autistic” for you?

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NOTE: Being openly autistic is a choice and is not for everyone. I think it is safe to say that we all face discrimination, stereotyping, and prejudice for being actually autistics, thus, most choose not to be open about it.

However, recently, there has been a slow growth in numbers of openly autistics, and like with most things in life, we have different criteria, definitions, and cultural considerations.

Thus, I am curious what you think, personally or maybe your immediate environment or organisation, is an openly autistic person. Or, when do you consider one as openly autistic.

Again, this is not about if an autistic person should be openly autistic or not. ^_^

Thank you for your interesting insights!

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• Autism symbol by: MissLunaRose12
• License: CC By-SA 4.0 International
• Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Autism_Symbol_Proposed_2.png

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Tags: #OpenlyAutistic #OpenlyAutistics #ActuallyAutistic #ActuallyAutistics #AskingAutistics #Autistic #Autistics #Autism #AutismSpectrum #AutismAwareness #AutismAcceptance

Groups: @autistics @actuallyautistic

youronlyone, 1 month ago to linguistics

It's easier to use Hangeul and Kana to write pronunciations of Filipino words, than to use Filipino diacritical marks.

1. Last we were taught about Filipino diacritical marks was in Grade 4 or 5 (early 90s). I don't know why, but after that diacritical marks were totally forgotten.

2. Tracking it down, IIRC, it was late 90s / early 00s when it was officially removed by the KWF.

3. Sometime 2010, the KWF brought diacritical marks back, though limited.

4. In 2014 (or was it 2016?) the KWF introduced a new diacritical mark, the Filipino schwa. It didn't exist before. There are only like 4 Philippine languages with a schwa vowel. They added it in Filipino so words from those Philippine languages can be integrated into the Filipino language.

Here's my problem, no matter how many times I read the KWF document on Filipino diacritical marks, I can't get my head around it. 🤪 I understood it differently, or I remembered them incorrectly. 🤷🏽‍♂️ Or! I've been pronouncing a lot of words wrongly! 🤦🏽‍♂️

However, when I use Hangeul and Kana, I don't have to worry about diacritical marks. Both scripts have stable pronunciations, not like Latin characters where we have to use diacritical marks.

The only catch, the reader should be able to read Hangeul or Kana scripts, which most don't. 🤔 So, back to trying to get a grasp of Filipino diacritical marks. 🤯

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Am I right that the Filipino diacritical marks represent the sound?

Examples:

• e = neutral = abrupt soft stop?
• è = high to low = abrupt hard stop? (paiwa?)
• é = low to high = malumay? (malumanay?)
• ê = low to high to low = ??
• ë = the new Filipino schwa (no idea, since I don't speak the few Philippine languages where a Filipino schwa is needed).

Any experts out there?

(In the revived diacritical marks, we no longer use ē. IIRC, it used to represent a long vowel sound.)

#Wika #Language #Filipino #Tagalog #Latin #Hangeul #Kana #LearningFilipino #MatutoMagFilipino @pilipinas @philippines @pinoy

mima, 1 month ago to Philippines

Wtf, the two provinces in Negros Island are in separate administrative regions? TIL ​:gyate_patchouli_wow:​

Good move btw, just make all of Negros be in Region VI (Western Visayas) ​:seija_coffee:​

@philippines @pilipinas

#Philippines #Negros #NegrosOccidental #NegrosOriental #Siquijor #NegrosIsland

RE: https://mastodon.social/users/TheManilaTimes/statuses/112234030910156771

18+ youronlyone, 1 month ago to earthquake

More and more Filipinos I personally know are earthquake ready. Today, even more are + war ready too.

Q1: Are you #earthquake ready?
Q2: Are you #war ready?

Have you prepared these?

1. Flashlights. (Ones with batteries, not USB.)
2. Batteries. (Include rechargables.)
3. Instant food (especially those with very long expiry dates; yes, not healthy, but…)
4. Drinking water.
5. Traditional radios. (Preferably ones that can be recharged so you can reserve your batteries for other purposes.)
6. Two-way radios (a.k.a. walkie-talkie).
7. Backpacks, belt bags.
8. Maps and compass. Do you also know how to read maps and use a compass?
9. Escape routes.
10. Do you know which places were marked for emergencies?

Some of the people I know also have generators, gas, and bunkers already. Yes, bunkers in the Philippines (oh, and guns, really).

Don't rely on electronic gadgets. The first things to go fast are electricity supply and communication network.

Remember there are 3 major fault lines in Luzon.

1. East Valley Fault System
2. West Valley Fault System (100+ km long; from Angat Dam to Luzon-Batangas boundary)
3. Manila Trench. On the West Philippine Sea, running from Northern Luzon to near Mindoro Island.

We haven't even considered the 1,200-km Philippine Fault System (which itself is major too, but we rarely hear about it). It runs from Northern Luzon to Southern Mindanao.

Then the currently unstable and volatile China issue, which, as I've talked about previously, can easily turn into a major regional or world war.

Are you ready, or, “bahala na si Bathala” again?

@pilipinas @philippines @pinoy #Philippines #Filipino #Pilipinas #Pilipino #Pinoy

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[a] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marikina_Valley_Fault_System
[b] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila_Trench
[c] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Fault_System

Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Relief_Map_of_Metro_Manila_and_nearby_provinces_showing_the_West_and_East_Valley_Fault_Line_(cropped).jpg

Image License: CC By-SA 4.0 International

mima, 1 month ago to China

Beijing has stridently opposed every improvement on Batanes, which falls within some versions of its nine-dash line.

Wait a fucking minute, is #China trying to claim #Batanes from us? A province that has been indisputably an integral part of the #Philippines for centuries?? ​:wriggle_what:​

Do the #Chinese want #war? ​:reimu_sigh:​

@philippines @pilipinas

#TootSEA #AlJazeera

RE: https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/aggualaqisaaq/statuses/112233670984347481

youronlyone, 1 month ago to fediverse

One way to promote the #Fediverse is by making the different fediverse software support custom profile skins and themes. This can potentially create an ecosystem of skin and theme creators, which in turn will make more people talk about it.

I differentiate between a skin and a theme because:

• A “skin” is like changing the CSS of the default layout. Adding an image here and there, new icons, and colours and gradients.
• While a “theme” can change the layout itself. The widgets available, or shuffle them around. Possible even a way to add custom ones (careful with this though).

Remember the original #CMS in late 90s to 2010? #PHPnuke #PostNuke #Xaraya etc.?

You can add, remove, and move widgets around. Use custom ones easily. Change colours easily. Change the widths, the columns, and so on. That is a “theme”. There were even third-party frontend packages a developer can use so they don't have to worry much about it.

Skinning is the simplest method; and this was what made #Plurk popular when it launched in May 2008 (yes, Plurk is as old as the Fediverse network). There was a Plurk skin ecosystem, which in turn increased the number of people talking about Plurk.

Apply the theming feature from the early CMS brands with Plurk's user-level skinning feature, and we create a playground for the users.

#Misskey and forks already had a good start with their user-level skinning feature (and user-level plugins at that). We just need to see it in the other popular fediverse software.

Make it easier to understand. Write guidelines in layman's terms, not dev terms, and maybe, just maybe, we can spark the interest of new users. Who doesn't want a customisable user profile?

youronlyone, 1 month ago to asia

Good morning #ASEAN and the rest of #AsiaPacific / #APAC!

Heat index today in the #Philippines: 31℃ at exactly 07:17 ACT.

Don't forget to bring, or buy, water, preferably mineral water (pH8 to pH10).

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ACT = ASEAN Common Time (UTC+8)

#TootSEA @asean @pilipinas @philippines @pinoy #T2pub @t2pub

youronlyone, 1 month ago to asia

From 2010 to 2017, there was a thing called #AseanCitizen that we Aseans started as a grassroots movement. We were all bloggers from across, well, #ASEAN or South-East Asia.

Some of us joined together to produce one of the best multi-authored regional blogs. We talked about our cultures, write about what makes the region awesome. As well as, try to address the oftentimes silly and sometimes heated debates.

It's all gone now. Forgotten. The blogs dead or offline. We all grew up, got busy with our personal lives, and moved on separately. And the important reason? We lost interest in it as we started to see ASEAN was, is, and will never be for the grassroots.

That was the end of what was once a vibrant grassroot ASEAN Citizens effort. We did it all voluntarily. Without a single recognition from the top-down organisation that is ASEAN.

I had friends from #Cambodia, #Laos, #VietNam, #Thailand, #Singapore, #Malaysia, #Indonesia, #Brunei, and yes, even from #Myanmar (#Burma). (I'm from the #Philippines.) It was fun. It was not tiring at all. It was because we saw a bright future for ASEAN, and we believed in it completely.

But today? ASEAN is still a top-down organisation. They kept trying to get the grassroots involved, but they are always failing. Why? Because it is a top-down organisation, as simple as that. They will never understand until they shift their mindset and approach to bottom-up.

Who is ASEAN really for?

#RandomThoughts

(P.S I want to restart this grassroots movement, but I just no longer have the spark. Give me a very good reason why I should give it another chance. Or, at least, guide the new generation.)

#TootSEA @asean @pilipinas @philippines @pinoy #T2pub

weirdwriter, 1 month ago to Youtube

Today's YouTubers are repeating the mistakes of yesterday's bloggers https://a.wholelottanothing.org/todays-youtubers-are-repeating-the-mistakes-of-yesterdays-bloggers/ #YouTube