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No, future is when your body is just a replaceable peripheral device. Everything is progressing so slowly at the moment :(.

A multi-paradigm, multi-type-system, multi-runtime, cross-platform one: C#.

Modern approach: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entity_component_system

One of the proponents: http://t-machine.org

Did you have to pay for your own education?

Russian variant ends with "... if you can't crawl then at least lay and stretch your body in the direction of the goal ..."

Does evolution matter for a species where every sick offspring is saved at birth?

Only C# is actualy used ;).

There is no real alternative to ASP.NET.

So it's crappy HTML and JS underneath? I was hoping for cross-platform WPF :(.

Single modern language is still a strong selling point for Xamarin.

Steve Ballmer had x < 8% initially, if this helps :) (from wiki).

Depending on where you live, ~1/3 of the answer is "to fund people who don't work".

Era of "modern" browsers.

Who needs more than 10 route points anyway? New feature allows you to not being able to enter more than that!

It doesn't have to be about children, every person goes through different stages in a period of any 15 years. Single people deserve same (good) treatment as married.

It's not HN's fault, the blog is not performant :).

"Post PC era"

Give Akka some time :).

Isn't Erlang superiority to Node.js grounded in the underlying VM as well?

"...open web, in the form we know it now, is under threat..." - so there is a chance that I might not be forced to use or transpile to JavaScript/HTML/CSS in future?

To me "open" means I can use a language of my choice. Android, iOS and WP are all very open in this respect. I am not forced to transpile to Java, ObjC or C# respectively while others are using them directly.

Agile in a big company:

http://dilbert.com/strip/2005-11-16

http://dilbert.com/strip/2007-11-26

Well you know what people want: freemium Candy Crush Saga and Clash of Clans.

Wow, Bethesda is sure greedy in a self-punishing way. I mean you have to buy the game before buying mods. Surely 5-10% would be enough.

Too afraid to lose users to proceed with their vision.

I am sure every civil rights movement faces similar kind of backlash in the beginning.

It reflected the state of things in 1996.

I thought it was a satire.

As an upside they get a real choice of programming languages (unlike "Open" Web).

Consider reading this:

http://www.amazon.com/Worthless-Young-Persons-Indispensable-...

Or at least watch some of his videos about degrees, e.g.:

"Before You Get Your MBA or Law Degree"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNQqXyfsye0

More about prestige than security.