Author: justinaquino
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汉语 课 Chinese Classes for a Long time.
There are Chinese classes in the Ateneo Confucius Institute of basic, intermediate, advance and practical speaking. There are about 6…
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In Medias Res – Why can’t we just have all Action?
The Anime Hai to Gensou no Grimgar triggered this post. It was an experience which had promise at first but…
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Basis, Up2, and Fitbit Charge HR Review
Yes I wear 3 trackers. not Counting my Phone (which has Google Fit) I’ve been using fitbit for a while.…
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Macros or Protein Counting,
So I measure by Meat to Grams. Since most meat tends to have ~20% protein, then 5 meat grams is…
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Adding Yogurt to my Diet, Protien Shake Alternative
You may have heard that yogurt is “healthier”, I’m curious why. Simplified: Yogurt converts the Lactos Glucous into Lactic Acid.…
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Framing and its Ethics; the Framing of Condition Level Systems
The relationship to Games is the GMing Skill in Framing Affect: The ability to Frame in: Opportunity Seeking vs Loss…
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A5/Statement Booklet Analysis Notes: Breaking up Ideas in 5min chunks
I’m currently fascinated by the Statement Sized (half letter) and A5 booklet format. One reason is because it is easy…
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Scoping GURPS Crusades Character Creation and Campaign Book 4E
This is how GURPS character creation crusades would look like if I had the permission/blessing to make it with just…
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Scoping: If I ran GURPS 4E Again
GURPS was my core go to material for a while and because it was too tough to digest I gave…
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Curiously Scoping: If I ran D&D Again
wondering what I would do different. if I would ever run D&D again. If included the time I would do…
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Food Metrics and Trying to be more Frugal
So I looked at my diet and I can barely get the 60g of maintaining protein content I need to…
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Update in Homebrew Traveller SRD, Careers
An exercise of categorical thinking and how I understand my world. This Traveller homebrew has more stats. Str, Dex, Con,…
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HIT vs Endurance my Self Analysis
the draw backs of HIT vs regular Endurance Training (or Lactic Acid tolerance build up) it may take 200hr of…
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Meal Prep Sunday: 50% beef chili
Total Time: set up and cooking was about 1 hour. Sorry I cant seem to order the pictures lolz. 50%…
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Booklet Creation
Things you can only do with an Open SRD Type System: Splitting up Booklets so that its modular and can…
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The HSK or the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi 汉语水平考试, Chinese learning Update.
The HSK Article in Wikipedia is very informative, I’ll be talking about that and my experience so far. I know…
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Scoping / Sketching what a Blender Workflow for Sci-Fi GMs
Expectations going in: GMs learning to use Blender enough to make one’s own ships and scenes. Allowing GMs to Model…
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the Problem of Screening Offers
So I’m getting offers for my AEGs and they always ask for “Last Price” my counter is *“is this going…
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Blender, Krita, and Make Human.
Anyway, if you are a gamer who gets inspired by the Game to do Art then we have a lot…
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Sci-fi Musings – Grainy Videos
I have a guess that spaceships sensors and beam attacks would be slugging it out at ranges where we only…
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Scope of reworking the Ship Creation System
I did some of the calculations and initial research and here’s what I got. Step 1: Hull, Costs and Tons…
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Scope of Making a Sci-fi Reaction Drive Doctrine
In reaction to the Rob Garrita’s Reaction Drives discussion I’ve done some basics research. So i’ve inputed some of the…
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Experience with a Heart Rate Monitor
I very much appreciate heart rate monitors to the point that I started searching in Aliexpress where I can get…
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A scope of the impossible, now to trim it to something doable.
So I have to stop right now and focus on the adventure for the Mini-Con in Nov 27. But I…
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Chinese Classes
I’m not ready to advance to the next level of my Chinese classes but I find the schedule helpful in…
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Progress update of Traveller SRD, Character sheet Draft
Draft of the Traveller Character Sheet I made. Its meant to be folded as a Booklet (spine on the left…
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GMing Technique: Minor Problems for Any Game System
The Minor Problem Technique is basically the GM thinking up of problems that the player overcomes without having to roll,…
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IMTU: Defensive Doctrine Spitballing
Common features in Star Systems that have a built up Defense. This is in settings with no FTL communications and…
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IMTU: Panspermia, Phylogenic Tree, “Democratic Republic”
Bouncing ideas off +Nick de Vera when I learned this term. For lack of imagination I will move the panspermia…
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Scope of a Hard Sci-Fi RPG Setting
One of the things I’ve mused is what I would need, as a non-programmer, to run a hard sci-fi setting. …