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Question for musicians! 🎶🎄🎶

I’m helping someone put together a set of Christmas music for a last-minute holiday party gig.

Looking for simple/easy arrangements for one guitar and one female vocalist. Both are talented but have limited prep time and minimal Christmas repertoire.

Any recommendations on where to get good sheet music online?

It’s getting hard to tell which websites are legit and which are just spammy slop.

Free is great, but a small fee or subscription is doable.

Thanks!

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I was sent this very technical presentation on the potential of a 'digital control grid'. The presenter is very skeptical that technology is sufficiently advanced to run an individualized technological slavery system.
I'm currently writing up my response, but I'm curious for thoughts from any of you who have the time to sit through this.
In truth, I wholeheartedly disagree with many of the conclusions and assertions made, but I found much of it to be a valuable overview of critical concerns.

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@coolboymew This is the same country that banned Mortal Kombat and was the reason why the European version of Contra featured an all robot cast.

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God's Disdain Version 1.0.14 Patch Notes 

-Fixed a bug where the rock puzzle in the Great Loot Dungeon wouldn't reset when you pressed the switch.
-Fixed the audio repeating glitch for the rock puzzle in the Great Loot Dungeon.
-Fixed collision in the Zantobir Art Gallery to make sure NPCs can't lock you inside.

If you are playing on Newgrounds, there seems to be an issue with Brave Browser where it erases save files. I'm trying to find the source of this issue but for now, I would recommend using a different browser or downloading the game instead.

I think as I gamedev, I'm probably most similar to Chris Sawyer. Granted, I don't make the type of games he's known for, but I compare his stubborn insistence on writing his games almost entirely in Assembly, even when that practice was obsolete to my insistence on writing my games in C++ and SDL when even the triple AAA studios are using pre-built engines like Unity and Unreal. Also, he specialized in isometric games which I have a soft-spot for.

It's such a shame that he stopped making games after Locomotion (the mobile ports of RTC don't count). Though him being a private person kept him out of drama and controversy unlike most other gamedevs. Seriously, he is probably the least polarizing gamedev because of his privacy.

A few years ago, I would've said John Carmack, but he was focused on making his games as cutting-edge as possible while I'm perfectly content with just making simple engines. Plus, I'm not a fan of his post-game endeavors. His work on Oculus obviously helped the creation of the Metaverse, and I don't think his AI startup is going to go anywhere and might even end up worse than his failed space start-up.

inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Q15Py17

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Could anyone see if my game loads up in their browser and works with Chrome OS and Mac OS? I'm curious and don't have access to either of those. My phone running android doesn't work with it so I want to know what devices are actually supported.

newgrounds.com/portal/view/100

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_AI initiatives fail 95% of the time – we’re about to face a crisis no one is talking about_

It's worse than the "dot com" bubble. It was also predictable, if you actually understood the LLM / "deep learning' technology.

https://expose-news.com/2025/12/08/ai-initiatives-fail-95-of-the-time/
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God's Disdain Version 1.0.13 Patch Note 

-Fixed a bug that caused the player to teleport when using the Map item.

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By "generate income", they mean "buys stuff in stores using welfare". By "pays local taxes" they mean "there's a line item for sales tax on the receipt when they buy stuff in stores using welfare".
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If you've supported social media censorship to crack down on 'misinformation' and hate, don't be shocked when governments use age verification and other means to silence any and all dissent.
It's been reassuring to see more "mainstream" digital advocacy orgs pick up resistance to Digital ID, but jarring to see how they supported effectively the same scheme during the covid years.
Hopefully people are just learning.

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God's Disdain Version 1.0.12 Patch Notes 

-Added mouse functionality to the difficulty option.
-Changed default options as a failsafe in case the included configuration file is unavailable.
-Locked input after selecting New Game on the title screen.
-Removed the free map item given to the player at the start of the game.
-Fixed dialogue positioning in Kowan Town and the overworld when clicking on boats you don't own.
-Fixed an issue with the Supply and Demand quest where interacting with Slim would cause the player to become permanently invisible.

If you have saved your game while in this invisible state, please navigate to the pool of water beneath Pacho Town. It is right next to the road you took to find Slim. If you click on it, your character will become visible again. It will be easier if you use your mouse to do so. Apologies for the large inconvenience.

@Mr_NutterButter That sounds a lot like Georgism or the Land Value Tax, since you are talking about land specifically.

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