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Apparently the voice actor for Sheen from The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron passed away today.

Planet Sheen was a shitty spinoff but I really liked the original show for it's sometimes entertaining moments. Like the episode where the town becomes addicted to Jimmy's candy.

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the new digital ID laws in Australia specifically exempt Bluesky
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@Mr_NutterButter
Trades jobs are good paying and "low skill/entry level." A few lawn care clients can pay a good amount.

Also he should talk to the local churches. I won't lie, some are caught up in themselves and may not even try to help. But there will be at least one that will.

If he is close to any business district, window cleaning is cheap to start and you can get $10-40 per store front. A few a day and that's a days pay.

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It looks like RWS was planning on publishing some Postal spin-off game but later pulled the plug because of accusations of the game using AI generated assets, despite there being no proof and the only evidence is the art-style giving the vibe and the appearance of a triple-barrel shotgun.

I personally think the game looks garbage either way because it looks like someone put pixelshit billboards in the Unity engine, but I can't tell if it's AI generated or not. If it is AI generated then I'm pretty sure it was an image to image conversion which to me used enough human input to not be considered "slop", but I don't know what other people think.

The anti-AI crowd can be a bit extreme to the point where even the use of AI filters is enough to call for boycotts. And personally, I think AI slop is 100x better than "asset flipper" slop because at least AI will produce something that is somewhat original, even if it is using data from other works.

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The International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC29) is in "pending state," meaning the contest is open for you to register:

ioccc.org/next/register.html

Feel free to register today, even if you are not sure if you want to enter, instead of waiting until the last minute near the contest deadline.

On 2025 December 14th at 23:00 UTC, there will be an IOCCC Discord hangout to discuss IOCCC29. To join the IOCCC Discord server:

discord.gg/Wa42Qujwnw

#ioccc #ioccc29 #ioccc2025

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Which type of arguments do you hate the most?

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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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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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