Justin Smith
@odd-dimensions.bsky.social
Sr. Unity + C# game developer with 20+ years of XP.
website: https://odd-dimensions.com
LFW, freelance and consulting, DMs open.
#solodev #indiegame
ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/talljustinsmith
website: https://odd-dimensions.com
LFW, freelance and consulting, DMs open.
#solodev #indiegame
ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/talljustinsmith
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You can hear how angry and hurt these devs are. It's in their shaky voices and the way they talk about their work. It's an awful situation, for those who were forced out and those who remain
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
You can hear how angry and hurt these devs are. It's in their shaky voices and the way they talk about their work. It's an awful situation, for those who were forced out and those who remain
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
L, uncredited, 1975; R, uncredited, 1970
#scifi #sciencefiction #books #literature
L, uncredited, 1975; R, uncredited, 1970
#scifi #sciencefiction #books #literature
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
L, uncredited, 1975; R, uncredited, 1970
#scifi #sciencefiction #books #literature
L, uncredited, 1975; R, uncredited, 1970
#scifi #sciencefiction #books #literature
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second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
second verse on this is one of the funniest things i've ever heard
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I have a full time job in a HCOL city - rent eats almost half my monthly income, never mind my student loans. I cannot imagine how people making less than I do manage to support a family in my city. It’s a crisis.
It seems crucial (and long overdue) that our national political discourse has finally shifted from an obsession with "the economy" to what actually matters: whether people can afford the basic things they need to live.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I have a full time job in a HCOL city - rent eats almost half my monthly income, never mind my student loans. I cannot imagine how people making less than I do manage to support a family in my city. It’s a crisis.
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Unless you own a whole portfolio of real estate, or multiple millions of dollars in stock, you should not concern yourself with "the economy".
Instead, you should be concerned about the cost of living, and what happens to people who cannot afford the cost of living.
Instead, you should be concerned about the cost of living, and what happens to people who cannot afford the cost of living.
It seems crucial (and long overdue) that our national political discourse has finally shifted from an obsession with "the economy" to what actually matters: whether people can afford the basic things they need to live.
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Unless you own a whole portfolio of real estate, or multiple millions of dollars in stock, you should not concern yourself with "the economy".
Instead, you should be concerned about the cost of living, and what happens to people who cannot afford the cost of living.
Instead, you should be concerned about the cost of living, and what happens to people who cannot afford the cost of living.
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Attention Indie Devs!
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
Lone Wulf Studio 2025 Indie Showcase Submission
Submit 15 seconds of game footage from games you worked on in 2025!
lonewulfstudio.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Attention Indie Devs!
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
I just need 15 seconds ... of your game footage! A lot of people jumped on the 15s video trend, so I thought it would be cool to make a compilation to help indies get some visibility.
The anti-spam key is "kook".
lonewulfstudio.com/indieshowcas...
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Democrats shut down the government, only to pass a bill that bans.... CBD products for some reason?
of all the things about this deal that are pissing me off this might have pissed me off the most
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Democrats shut down the government, only to pass a bill that bans.... CBD products for some reason?
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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I miss Turbo Pascal...
November 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I miss Turbo Pascal...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
And if they don't resign? Then what? I live in California and somebody in another state just f****d me and every other American. Tired of being pissed off and watching people I care about starve and die. Politicians do need to fall on their swords. Tired of "asking politely".
Jesus, people, I'm not saying they'll all fall on their swords because we ask politely.
You demand a politician's resignation not because you think it will actually happen, but because you want to make it clear you think it *should* happen, you're that pissed off.
It's a vote of no confidence.
You demand a politician's resignation not because you think it will actually happen, but because you want to make it clear you think it *should* happen, you're that pissed off.
It's a vote of no confidence.
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
And if they don't resign? Then what? I live in California and somebody in another state just f****d me and every other American. Tired of being pissed off and watching people I care about starve and die. Politicians do need to fall on their swords. Tired of "asking politely".
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Extremely badass illustration technique
November 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Extremely badass illustration technique
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i dont think there’s ever been a point where corporate america has had a sincere sense of morality but it is probably a sign of the times that the culture at most major firms does not even pretend to encourage ethical behavior anymore. the transformation is really stark in tech.
i honestly do not know what major company in america isnt involved in some ghastly shit at this point? i just would not *do* the ghastly shit yourself.
are we shaming people for having worked for companies that did ghastly shit elsewhere but far away organizationally because I'll be the first to say I ran a poop plant for a company that was/is major defense contractor and I'm pretty sure was involved with NEOM and *am* sure works with the UAE
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
i dont think there’s ever been a point where corporate america has had a sincere sense of morality but it is probably a sign of the times that the culture at most major firms does not even pretend to encourage ethical behavior anymore. the transformation is really stark in tech.
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there was an incredibly stark change at my job between 2023 and 2025. just absolutely day and night.
i dont think there’s ever been a point where corporate america has had a sincere sense of morality but it is probably a sign of the times that the culture at most major firms does not even pretend to encourage ethical behavior anymore. the transformation is really stark in tech.
i honestly do not know what major company in america isnt involved in some ghastly shit at this point? i just would not *do* the ghastly shit yourself.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
there was an incredibly stark change at my job between 2023 and 2025. just absolutely day and night.
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They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
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when your pet frog is missing, you do whatever it takes, damn it, even if it requires you getting in a kick-ass futuretank and go on an incredible adventure into the vast and wondrous subterranean world lurking right underneath your house.
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
when your pet frog is missing, you do whatever it takes, damn it, even if it requires you getting in a kick-ass futuretank and go on an incredible adventure into the vast and wondrous subterranean world lurking right underneath your house.
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If a budget deal goes through without restoring Medicaid & ACA subsidies, they will never be restored.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
If a budget deal goes through without restoring Medicaid & ACA subsidies, they will never be restored.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
That's a death sentence for millions of Americans but also to the entire republic and economy: Health care is a for-profit business generating TREMENDOUS economic activity & will grind to a halt.
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The Democrats who caved just taught Republicans that using mass starvation as a weapon works.
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Democrats who caved just taught Republicans that using mass starvation as a weapon works.
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Roy Ward Baker's Quatermass and the Pit - the Hammer Film production - was released 58 years ago today.
"A mysterious artifact is unearthed in London, and famous scientist Bernard Quatermass is called in to divine its origins and explain its strange effects on people."
"A mysterious artifact is unearthed in London, and famous scientist Bernard Quatermass is called in to divine its origins and explain its strange effects on people."
November 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Roy Ward Baker's Quatermass and the Pit - the Hammer Film production - was released 58 years ago today.
"A mysterious artifact is unearthed in London, and famous scientist Bernard Quatermass is called in to divine its origins and explain its strange effects on people."
"A mysterious artifact is unearthed in London, and famous scientist Bernard Quatermass is called in to divine its origins and explain its strange effects on people."
How I read ALL these classics as a kid. The illustrations were lovely. My favorites were The Time Machine, Swiss Family Robinson, and War of The Worlds. Honorable mention to Sherlock Holmes.
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
How I read ALL these classics as a kid. The illustrations were lovely. My favorites were The Time Machine, Swiss Family Robinson, and War of The Worlds. Honorable mention to Sherlock Holmes.
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"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
How Catastrophic Is It If the AI Bubble Bursts? An FAQ.
The AI industry's most important product is not a chatbot or a video generator; it's the story the AI industry is telling about itself
www.theringer.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"The AI industry’s most important product at this moment is not a chatbot or a video generator; it’s the story the AI industry is telling about itself.... According to an MIT study, 95% of businesses that have deployed generative AI have gotten no value from it." www.theringer.com/2025/11/04/t...
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Wow, they have “Come and See” (1985) too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjIi...
Come and See | WAR FILM | FULL MOVIE
YouTube video by Mosfilm
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Wow, they have “Come and See” (1985) too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjIi...