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12:00 AM
sounds like a cheesy manga
 
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Q: Add a visual artefact to usernames of unregistered users to differentiate them

ʇosɥıuon ʞʎonʞoHere on the site, we get a number of identification-type questions by unregistered users that are tolerated at best. From time to time there are that unregistered users just abandon these account and their questions, because they might have loss their session cookie. Currently, it's takes a bi...

 
@Taisho what
 
@Mysticial seems to be an original
 
That explains why I didn't recognize it.
 
12:11 AM
@Mysticial where were you expecting it from?
 
Some Anime.
 
@Fro could you say you're still strongly in favor of keeping ID requests, excluding anything anybody else thinks?
 
@Hakase I am in favor of keeping ID requests, although I am one of the few who don't see any problem with it at the moment
Let's face it: anime caters to casuals and popular questions are going to get shit upon like no tomorrow
 
I just worry that people might get sad if they work hard on IDs and not much happens in response
 
the only difference between this and Death Note is that Death Note is more pertinent, but that's irrelevant considering casual SEs aren't hyperfocused on pertinence
 
12:23 AM
I know there's no stopping them, so I'd like to see what I could do to make it better for those who work on IDs
 
@Hakase I always upvote answers and questions on IDs where effort are shown
 
12:51 AM
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Q: Do native speakers distinguish well the pronunciations of "L" and "R"?

Makoto KatoSometimes I have a problem in distinguishing "L" and "R" in spoken English. I wonder if native speakers distinguish well the pronunciations of "L" and "R". For example, how about "leave" and "reave" or "elect" and "erect"?

it's a bit surprising to think somebody would have a hard time distinguishing those two
 
1:39 AM
I suppose you're right and this is why I haven't done a lot about it personally
it feels very discouraging to know my efforts are gonna be for nothing 99% of the time and the 1% is just not enough for me
honestly I don't know if 100% is enough either
reminds me of madoka
 
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@ton.yeung Rebellion
 
why was it revolting tho
psycho pass season 2 can go to hell
 
@ton.yeung revolution A political upheaval in a government or nation state characterized by great change.
@ton.yeung It means I aint got time to learn your $5 words
 
@ton.yeung search engines
 
1:46 AM
!!wiki rebellion
 
Rebellion, uprising, or insurrection is a refusal of obedience or order. It may, therefore, be seen as encompassing a range of behaviors aimed at destroying or taking over the position of an established authority such as a government, governor, president, political leader, financial institution or boss. The methods can be peaceful, such as civil disobedience, civil resistance and nonviolent resistance, or violent, such as terrorism, sabotage and guerrila warfare. Those who participate in rebellions, especially if they are armed, are known as "rebels". Throughout history, many different groups that...
 
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A: "Rebellion" vs. "revolution"

AnixxI think the dictionary says it all. A revolution can be bloodless, without rebellion. And rebellion being an organized armed resistance may or may not lead to a revolution. Even the aim of a rebellion may not be a revolution at all: it may be for example to get certain privileges from the gov...

 
@ton.yeung rebellion fixes that....unless you count an incubator slaughter as revolting
 
think of it as alternate universes and what-could-have-beens
rebellion is basically people rioting and trying to change the political situation, and revolution is where they actually achieve that, but not necessarily with riots
difference makes sense in context of the movie
ok this is a fantasy animated movie where things are different than in the real world
watch the movie already it's not that long
fair enough
 
@ton.yeung well keep in mind that it was Gen Urobochi who wrote Madoka. this is the guy who considering the end of the world and all of humanity being forcefully mutated into monsters as the best ending one could get
 
1:54 AM
yea almost hahaha
 
to be honest Rebellion's ending is about as good as we can get before he forces every magical girl into a blood bath and Homura goes insane because she either see/causes Madoka's body to be brutally murdered
which is why i do not hope for him to continue the series. to much of a risk
 
this kinda things people seem to wanna watch for various reasons, so it keeps on going
@ton.yeung which three?
 
@Hakase Fate/Zero, Song of Saya and Madoka?
 
only know madoka
 
though personally i dont like Song of Saya
Saya no Uta (沙耶の唄, lit. Song of Saya) is a Lovecraftian horror visual novel by Nitroplus with erotic content. The original plot is written by Gen Urobuchi. In 2009, an English fan translation patch was released. Later, in 2013, JAST USA released an English localization using an improved version of the fan translation. A three-issue comic book based on Saya no Uta, called Song of Saya, has been produced by IDW Publishing. The issues were released from February though April 2011. == Plot == Fuminori Sakisaka is a young medical student whose life completely changes when he is involved in a c...
Fate/Zero is easy enough to find
 
1:59 AM
hmm interesting
 
@ton.yeung haven't heard of the last 2
 
mm I remember adding gargantia to watchlist but never got to it
 
2:24 AM
Concrete Revolutio (コンクリート・レボルティオ~超人幻想~, Konkurīto Reborutio: Chōjin Gensō, lit. Concrete Revolutio - Superhero Fantasy) is a Japanese superhero anime television series produced by Bones, directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Shō Aikawa with character designs done by Yoshiyuki Ito. It will air on in Japan in October 2015. == Characters == Jirō Hitoyoshi Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa Kikko Hoshino Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka Emi Kino Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki Fuurouta Voiced by: Eriko Nakamura Hyōma Yoshimura Voiced by: Tokuyoshi Kawashima Daishi Akita Voiced by: Tetsuo Kanao Raito Shiba Voiced by:...
^ i love that picture they used
 
2:39 AM
@ton.yeung because they used an advertisement image. generally from what i see on wikipedia if there is no cover image of a game/show/book they don't display
 
3:02 AM
@ʇosɥıuonʞʎonʞo If the anime were that vibrant, the characters will become background, lol
 
huh guess you're right but this is just one backdrop so maybe they could have been okay at full saturation for that scene
 
No, it would be strange for the rest if you do so
 
there are rare moments in movies where they show the city, places, views, and there aren't any main characters so it's fine
this is very common so wouldn't be surprising
(ok internet is not dead)
 
Well, this is GochiUsa, where the scenes with character walking around in town are plenty
 
oh then this wouldn't work so well in it
 
3:13 AM
@Hakase but are they animated?
 
mostly not at all, either still or just moving slowly, sometimes sliced into layers and parallaxed, rarely you can see figures moving or even rarer some people walking around
 
Nyanpasu~~~
 
@Hakase so what i mean is it like action shows or animated shows because screwing with contrast for real life images is about as stupid as holding up a tinted visor to your face and turning real life into HD
@ToshinouKyouko you the real one?
 
@Memor-X We are all real
 
@ToshinouKyouko well original tomato of the chatroom then
i know Krazer is @ʇosɥıuonʞʎonʞo because of the upsidedownness and i'm quite sure @ToshinoKyouko isn't the original one because i remember seeing a U at the end of Toshinou
 
3:32 AM
I am
There's >1 with a u now
I hope people don't take fake kyoukos opinions as my own
Back to sleep~
 
oh that got weird. i didn't notice that the one i was talking to wasn't blue
@ToshinouKyouko but it appears only 1 of them is blue
blue with U = real one
Black with U = someone else
Upsidedown = Krazer
Black without U = someone else
 
Me was Sakurai Tomoko
the one without U I think was Mathav Raj
 
3:52 AM
@ToshinouKyouko you knwo i really should have known that from the "Nyanpasu~~~"
@ton.yeung what? all the Toshino's?
@ton.yeung i just thought it was going to be saved for the next @Mysticial days
 
4:39 AM
@OshinoShinobu you still alive?
 
@Hakase ok, if it wasn't for that accept vote i would assumed nothing since the 20th of September. but out of all the people i usually see here in the chat Shinobu is one of the ones i least see now-a-days
maybe a new Monogatai anime was released and Shinobu is doing a marathon of the series
 
haven't seen it yet
 
@ton.yeung isn't Monogatari more about the conversations than plot? and shaft just throws money at it to make impressive artistic styling
like ufotable but they throw money at anime to make them good
 
4:54 AM
 
@Memor-X Too much CG this time around
 
O hi yo/
 
@nhahtdh well i haven't seen past Nisemonogatari yet so i haven't noticed any sort of increase in CG yet
@mirroroftruth hello
 
5:09 AM
@ton.yeung i've never thought of that either....then again i pick off the topping on my pizza so all a fork would be good for is scraping off topping
you would think i would have already thought of it watching an episode of Signfeld where people ate Snickers Bars with knives and forks
@ton.yeung if i remember right Gorge tells Jerry about seeing his boss or someone eat a Snickers Bar with a knife and fork and there was a comment made about maybe they're doing it to keep their fingers clean. at the end of the episode they see an entire restaurant of people eating hand food with knives and forks
@ton.yeung don't think i've seen those though i don't particular like snickers to begin with
i prefer mars
@ton.yeung no nuts so a mars bar is softer. also i like the nougat and caramel
i think i remember seeing a mars icecream
 
@ton.yeung The Wikipedia contains no knowledge of such a thing
Snickers is a brand name chocolate bar made by Mars, Incorporated. Consisting of nougat topped with caramel and peanuts, enrobed in milk chocolate, Snickers has annual global sales of $2 billion. In the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and Ireland, Snickers was sold under the brand name Marathon until 1990. Snickers brand Marathon energy bars have since been sold in some markets. == History == In 1930 Mars introduced Snickers, named after the favorite horse of the Mars family. The Snickers candy bar consists of nougat, peanuts, and caramel with a chocolate coating. The bar was marketed under the...
 
Good morning
 
@ToshinoKyouko yo/
 
@ToshinoKyouko morning
!!tell ton.yeung wiki Mars Incorporated
 
5:17 AM
@ToshinoKyouko i think i should put one in side wise with more tomato
 
@Memor-X i am not mavay someone :o
 
@ToshinoKyouko then which one are you?
@ton.yeung full stomach?
 
@Memor-X the one who is not inverted and have diamond
 
you need inner eye to see :D
 
5:19 AM
Hehe
 
@mirroroftruth i get that but i'm looking for old user name because up until a few months ago the original Toshino wasn't inverted or blue
 
sounds filmy :D
@Memor-X that is why you need inner eye :D
 
@ton.yeung i don't know how you can eat frozen pizza to begin with
@ton.yeung rX?
@mirroroftruth if that's the one which causes my heart to almost explode when i find shoujo ai/yuri then it's probably a good idea for me not to use it
 
@Memor-X similar
 
5:23 AM
@Taisho what
 
@ton.yeung never heard of rX for prescription medicine before....not sure where the X comes from or why it starts with an r
 
RX is the telegraph and radio abbreviation for "receive", "receiver" or "reception". RX, Rx, ℞, or rx may also refer to: ℞, medical prescriptions Rx, the symbol used to describe apparent retrograde motion of planets rx, an abbreviation for a chemical reaction RX, IATA code for Regent Airways, a Bangladeshi airline Rx, nuclear reactor == Aeronautica == Rocket eXperimental, an Indonesian experimental rocket series == Computing and electronics == RX Microcontroller Family from Renesas Electronics Rx meters, a term used in electrical engineering Rx bridge, a device for measuring the characteristic...
 
@ton.yeung mod for?
oh
a moderator
for some reason I thought you asked for a game mod :P
you asked something about midriffs and for some reason i thought of those sexy skyrim mods Japanese players made
 
5:39 AM
@ton.yeung Not really any more than here afaict
If you're talking about the picture, that's fanart from the episode where Sun and Luna had an idol battle, so their outfits aren't really representative of what they wear normally.
 
@ton.yeung you mean senshin?
 
@ton.yeung @Martin-マーチン
 
6:28 AM
You called my masters...
 
@Martin-マーチン no, ^ was trying to remember your name, so i helped
 
Nyanpasu~
 
Ha-ha I see... I am currently waiting at city hall so I welcome the distraction
 
yo/
@Martin-マーチン so how is the day going
 
Mostly waiting for papers to be issued
 
6:38 AM
what paper
 
I am renewing my visa
So I'll need to go to many places
 
so you will continue staying there
 
Until March, then my contact expires
 
then you will return
 
But before leaving I will travel a lot
 
6:40 AM
nice to hear that
 
I don't have much holiday, so there are still places I have not visited
So many places
 
so did you come to Japan as teacher to work, something like that or
 
I hope I can do that, but after that I will return
 
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I am a researcher at the university, that's my job and my compassion
It's quite nice getting paid for things you like doing
Just got my tax form back... So many taxes paid O.o
 
6:43 AM
no i mean you come over japan as student or teacher
 
Neither, just a researcher
Teaching is not in my job description, but I try to help the students of my group
 
postdoc?
 
Probably the best job in the world
 
6:46 AM
but it is not permanent
 
and Japanese language
 
So much freedom
Nope I am a scientific nomad
 
it is only the case if the job is quite stable, but postdoc is not in general
 
I wish I had more time to learn the language, but I am at the office to long
 
so you don't need to speak in Japanese in office
 
6:50 AM
Most of my coworkers speak English quite well and they like the opportunity to speak to me to improve
 
Hence we mostly converse in English even when we speak about everyday life
 
@Martin-マーチン riken?
 
No, Ibaraki Daigaku that's in Mito, north of Tokyo
 
what is riken, place name
research center
 
7:04 AM
ahhh... back at my office... feels nice
yes riken is a research centre
 
riken.jp/en it's close to tokyo
 
i found that in google after i saw your post about Ibaraki Daigaku
 
well actually that is in tokyo :D
but i am still happy I am living in the countryside
I have a friend who was working there, he said it is quite fabulous
 
is it
how many year have you been there in Japan
 
7:11 AM
i am now here since two years
hence the visa renewal
 
so to stay there till march you have to renew your visa
 
yes, otherwise they would ask me to leave... and my sensei would not be happy about that
 
then you will return to your home country after march
 
i am not too sure about that yet, I mean where i will be going after japan, but a short stop at home with my mum and dad will be nice...
i have not seen my family for two years now and i miss them
 
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Q: Is that true Luffy's mother have been shown in the series?

JTRWell, I've read some article that said Eiichiro Oda has been draw and shown Luffy's mother in the series. I forgot about the source, but is that true or not?

 
7:21 AM
it is basically the only thing i miss
 
How many places have you been during your nomad life
 
after the phd that is my first station, but i intend to add some more
i still consider myself a nomad though, even if i call mito my home now
 
i am planning to enter one of the daigaku there but for entrance exam i need to take it from there :(
 
i want to go somewhere else, too
 
A true nomad should go to many place :)
 
7:24 AM
oh yeah the entrance exams can be quite terrifying
 
ya keep roaming and gain lots of experince
 
at least that is what my student friends said
 
haha, i don't about that
 
the world is too big to stay in one place all of the time :D
What do you want to study in jp?
 
AI
if i pass the exam :D
Robotics
 
7:26 AM
 
or i need to study under professor, to do any of that i need to go to Japan
 
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Q: What happened to the second kira?

BCLCAfter Light and Misa were cleared, everyone seemed to just forget about that there's more than one kira. What was up with that? I seem to recall Light instructed Misa to make a response to the task force's kira video, then L deduced that the two kiras have met, then Light and Misa were confined, ...

 
@mirroroftruth That sounds great, I am sure Japan is a great country to study robotics... I am thinking of
!!wiki ASIMO
 
ASIMO, an acronym for Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility, is a humanoid robot designed and developed by Honda. Introduced on 21 October 2000, ASIMO was designed to be a multi-functional mobile assistant. With aspirations of helping those who lack full mobility, ASIMO is frequently used in demonstrations across the world to encourage the study of science and mathematics. At 130 cm (4 ft 3 in) tall and 50 kg (110 lb), ASIMO was designed to operate in real-world environments, with the ability to walk or run on two feet at speeds of up to 6 kilometres per hour (3.7 mph). In the USA, ASIMO is part...
 
but there are sure many more things to study :D
 
7:33 AM
@Martin-マーチン that is why i am planning but you know, i need to 1st enter Language class and then apply to University from there
@Martin-マーチン there are but i like those things
 
I understand... entering a japanese uni means you need to be fluent in the language
There was a student here once who came to become a software developer
 
it is but to enter in daigaku you don't need to be fluent, there are english medium also
@Martin-マーチン is it bad there
 
he had half a year of language class and then started regular courses, so that did not seem to be a problem
 
i am planning to do similar
 
@mirroroftruth no i think its quite good, but he had to move to a different city
he was only here for the japanese courses
 
7:38 AM
if i could take entrance exam from here i would not have to face so much trouble but no other option, need to work hard
 
Good luck with that! Whatever you want most, you will have the strength to achieve it!
Japan is a wonderful country to live in :D
 
if you stay more or if ever return back, who know we might meet each other :)
@Martin-マーチン thank you
 
:D we might... or maybe someday there will be a meet in japan or somewhere else... there are plenty of opportunities
 
there are,you are a nomad, there are lots of opportunities :D
 
Japan does sound like a very nice country to live in, low crime, people seem (from what I hear anyway) kind to eachother, I'd guess one thing to get used to is work-ethics/-drive?
 
7:46 AM
@Martin-マーチン nomad as you said above :D
@AsadaShino i might go and try that
 
Try what? xD
 
@AsadaShino living experience
 
I'd like to, but I will need to put more pressure on myself to get more serious with learning Japanese
 
at least we might be able to conduct g2g in Japan as discussed
 
socialising is learning... most of the exchange students who come here quickly adapt...
work ethics can be tough to get used to, but it also very much depends on where you work
at the university most of the people are a little bit more relaxed
 
7:51 AM
Heck, before I'd want to even think about living there, I'd want to go there on vacation :)
But that is also quite a ways away, due to monetary reasons haha
 
@AsadaShino one of the reason for most of the people
 
I suck at saving money xD
 
then you need to come here to work ;)
 
I don't make much, but I also spend too much... I've been thinking about it and I am going to make a list of my regular expenditures this weekend and see what I can cut out
But to work there, I'd need to have learned the language quite well
 
@Martin-マーチン i tried but i heard that when you go there to work you will not have time to study
is that just rumor or other
 
7:54 AM
When I was in uni, the first thing I did was take part of my money and put it somewhere, where i can't access it... its gone and you stop thinking about it
 
one of the way
 
I try to put away 300 euros a month in a savings account
 
Are you native english speakers?
 
But when I go to a con, it comes back out~
 
but you need to live there so need it
who
 
7:54 AM
I'm not... I'm Dutch, but my English is practically better than my Dutch at this point
 
heck, I reckon my English is better than quite a good part of native speakers, seeing how peole speak/spell online
 
i think most of the user here who are in chat are non native English speaker
 
@Martin-マーチン Was that related to ELT?
 
@AsadaShino ELT?
 
7:56 AM
English Language Teaching
But requirements for ELT are you need to either be from a country where the native tongue is English or have lived in such a country at least... was it 4 or 5 years?
Or was it have completed a highschool or college degree in such a country or something
 
well, it does not hurt to apply to such a programme
 
how good, you become teacher just because you born with native English tongue
 
They call it ALT here... as in assistant language teacher
 
Ahhh, ALT
I knew it was ?LT, and the first thing that popped up was English, so ELT :P
D-oh, haha
 
english pronunciation is very hard for japanese, asians in general, so they hire natives to guide the students
 

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