1. I'm really sorry you wrote that long comment because I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you and I'm not some Enterprise Java nut (I actually really, really hate Enterprise Java).
2. "Lol, are you serious about that? That's not true at all! I work at a fortune 500 company" Awesome tone there; fuck you. So your big super rich company got sold on .Net and you're switching over to it. Good for you? I honestly don't care. Though I totally agree on most of your points comparing .Net to Java and by that criteria I can absolutely see why your company did the switch.
3. From what I have seen your saying Java is being "weeded out" is completely accurate. No disagreement from me there!
4. .Net isn't the only framework you can use with multiple languages - though I would question using one framework end to end when it may be more efficient and mangable to instead take a pre-module-framework approach with specialized dev teams on each module. Note that I said "may be" in the last sentence - definitely not one-size-fits-all.
5. Not bashing .NET but not my cup of tea. Keep your mind open, play with some alternative frameworks, and most of all have some fun.

You are a .NET dev in a .NET company with .NET devs. Why on earth would someone there just up and say "Oh hey, .NET isn't as popular as it was before and many new systems at other companies are being developed in other frameworks. Let's just change all our stuff at increidble cost and huge risk with a massive learning curve".

Of course you're not going to hear that and I'm most certainly not going to tell you to drop or weed out .NET for where you are at. But please be aware your personal experience in your own enclosed environment likely does not reflect global trends. Also, do yourself a favour and check out other frameworks and languages - even it you don't feel compelled to switch you may learn some tricks and new ideas you can bring back into your .NET dev.

Uhh... .NET usage has been falling for many years now, that's why they made it open source to try and recover from that trend. I'm confused as to why you are asking for citation when the whole discussion is sort of based on this issue. Also note that headhunters looking for .NET devs could be the result of devs *leaving* .NET causing a lack of hands and thusly an increased need.

If you want a more detailed answer: .NET was generally used in these huge systems where end to end would be built with the same framework. The thing is .NET is not always the "right tool for the job" and increasingly it is rarely the framework devs want to work with. Because of this the general trend is to have more modular systems where each component is built separately and just connected with an API or some cross-component communication protocol (EG Rails server app with API and native mobile clients).

Of course there are a variety of mertis and demeris, cost issues, etc. to consider so I'm not going to tell you to get off .NET but it would probably be a good idea to keep an open mind and to at least try out some other frameworks (and languages) in your spare time. That "gradual increase" you are preceiving in .NET could end and it would be good to have a fallback; not to mention you can reverse-import some tricks from other frameworks into .NET once you know them (or bring some tricks from .NET into other langauges or frameworks).

It would seem that all of their sets are based on the original set plans which were designed for the 4:3 aspect ratio. Trying to shoot in a widescreen format would likely show parts of the set which weren't intended. I mean, check out how much of that bridge set is open plywood. That set requires some strictly framed shots to work right.

.NET is slowly beeing weeded out of the enterprise though and that's a trend I don't want to see diminished by devs picking up .NET because it's now "open source". It's OK to hate .NET, open source or not.

The Americans are not exactly known of their honesty either. Both are equally liable to be lying.

They gain more by claiming that the Americans are idiots who make wild accusations, and offering their technical assistance. At the same time their primary goal, stopping the release of the film and drawing attention to their displeasure with it, has been achieved.

On the other hand, we know for certain that the US has launched cyber attacks against other countries. They hit Iran with Struxnet, for example, and are suspected of various other attacks. We know that the NSA has infested many, many systems. We know that their British partner agency, GCHQ, hacks other countries on a regular basis.

Any complaints from the US are at best hypocrisy. It's hard to believe US intelligence after all the lies of the past, so I'd say it's equally likely that North Korea is telling the truth. Would be a nice bit of misdirection by the hackers.

It will be interesting to see what the US does. Any retaliation would open it up to similar retaliation over its own hacking.

Time to fight back. Write a computer program that produces music automatically using some algorithm. Allow some trivial amount of control so that the user can claim it is a musical instrument, like a synthesiser. Release over 9,000,000 limited edition (1 copy) albums, and then sue every artist working for Sony for copyright infringement on every new work they release. One of your millions of tracks is bound to sound like theirs.

I was going to post RPGMaker as well. It has some good tools for character and story development. Picked this up for my kid a year or so ago. She loves it.

Maybe you could look at modding existing games as a start. Take what is already there and change it, learning how it works and how things like game logic are implemented. Modern games have some pretty powerful tools that allow the designers to do what you son wants to.

It's a terrible summary. Here's what happened:

Zoe Quinn's jilted ex boyfriend made a blog post accusing her of stuff. There was a vague accusation that she slept with a journalist in return for good coverage of her game, but it turned out to be untrue. That didn't stop GamerGate repeating the lie over and over and over again though, and using it to justify their "corruption in gaming journalism" angle.

Anita Sarkeesian made some videos about how women are often portrayed poorly in games. GamerGate went ape shit over this and accused her of all kinds of things, most notably defrauding her Kickstarter backers (note that she delivered the promised videos) and of organizing a vast false-flag operation against herself. There has been a little bit of thoughtful criticism of her work, but most of it is just ranting. She largely ignores the rants, except for documenting them to use in her talks.

So basically GamerGate is based on a lie that is still being perpetuated long after it was debunked (see the other comments), and rage against women pointing out that games could do a little better when it comes to female characters. When asked about the corruption angle most GGers steer away from Quinn now, but point to articles about how gamer culture has become toxic because apparently disagreeing with them = corruption.

There is no need for "mandatory inclusion", half of gamers are already women. There isn't any "radfem" here either, just people complaining about abuse.

So we are both in agreement that focusing on extremists isn't helpful.

As to specific steps, you could look at what European countries are actually doing. You seem to be mis-informed, the EU is moving forwards quite rapidly on these issues. For example, the EU noticed that consumers have been suckered in to thinking that moar power = better when buying vacuum cleaners, when actually the best ones are fairly low power and efficient. To fix that they introduced limits on wattage and a rating system where they independently test every model and put the results on the box. Similar measures will be introduced for other appliances, and limits will be tightened to keep manufacturers improving things.

You may think that more efficient vacuum cleaners isn't a big deal, but it really is when you look at the amount of energy they use.

Germany is leading all other countries by re-building its grid and moving to renewable energy on a very large scale. There is a lot of FUD about high prices (they are not the highest in the EU, and unlike other countries that just give that money to shareholders at least Germany is investing it in improving their infrastructure and making electricity into a public utility again) and outright lies about massive increases in coal use. The real end result is going to be very significant and beneficial to Germans though, and keep in mind that they are only about 1/3rd the way through their plan (end date is around 2023).

Also note that quality of life in Germany is going up at the same time. Better houses that cost less to run, less reliance on imported gas and Russia, lots of new jobs and opportunities in the renewables industry, less pollution. In the end their energy will be cheaper too. German industry is still a powerhouse as well, with more exports than China.

I never really understood this feature. I can look out of a window to see the current weather. What I want to know if the future weather, but every random smart device gives me information that I already have to hand. I can see if it is raining now, what I'm interested in is if I should take an umbrella for later.