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On the other hand, not all managers with a tech background have good people skills to manage engineers.

What would make this list even better is adding links to the relevant HN articles.

The stingray engine seems to be data-oriented using the Entity Component Systems pattern. Their blog is an excellent read - http://bitsquid.blogspot.in/. This is the first post in a really good series about data oriented entity systems - http://bitsquid.blogspot.in/2014/08/building-data-oriented-e...

How does this compare against/differ from Ogre 3D? I'm trying to make an Entity Component System (ECS) based game engine purely for educational purposes and was looking for a graphics engine to integrate. Ogre 3D seems to be too rigid for my purpose.

You're not even allowed to read the article unless you turn off ad-block!

This is not true. Only the LGPL allows you to link to an open source library. That is why OpenJDK has a classpath exception (http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/119436/what-d...).

GPL requires you to release the source code to the customer of your software upon request. The person who buys the phone is the customer.

I'm curious - Why does the Govt. have such a hard time regulating Uber in the US? In India, the state governments quite easily crack the whip whenever they deem it necessary. http://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/karna... http://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/yes-we-ll-do-it-arvind-k...

>> X most recent photos are stored locally, and everything else is pulled down on the fly as you search/browse for them.

Which app are you talking about? The desktop app is merely an uploader. It doesn't really sync photos.

>Some pages on google.com contain deceptive content right now. Talk about being honest about oneself..

Found this - http://pastebin.com/raw/0SNSvyjJ

The link doesn't work anymore - getting a 404. Are there any other links?

I think the impact on the sales would depend on the type of game. Like he explains in the blog - "it can especially benefit those who make competitive or sandbox games. However, for a short, relatively linear experience like ours, for millions of viewers, Let’s Play recordings of our content satisfy their interest and they never go on to interact with the game in the personal way that we intended for it to be experienced. "

Thank you for some truly wonderful memories! Back in school, my goal was to join Ensemble Studios. I was really disappointed to hear that it shut down. I'm now in the games industry and I owe it mostly to Age of Empires!

Change dependency from libart -> libopenjdkjvm.

Does this mean they're discarding ART for OpenJDK's VM?

This is really nice. I had been looking for something like this. Are you planning to continue developing this? Could you add an option to export to PDF?

From the release page "We are seeking volunteer contributors in programming, art, sound, documentation and more. Programmers are especially welcome and can get started immediately."

If you're a programmer, you can start here - http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/GettingStartedProgrammers

Yeah, that was the most talked about need when I was working on the project too. The release notes for Alpha 19 say there's a new Pathfinder.

Because, with anonymous sources you can sway public opinion, saying pretty much anything you want without the possibility of being held accountable for it.

Michael Morton's book on the whole ordeal is a fascinating (and sometimes depressing) read - http://www.amazon.com/Getting-Life-Innocent-25-Year-Journey/.... His answers on Quora - https://www.quora.com/profile/Michael-Morton-8

How does this compare with RoboVM (https://robovm.com/)?

It is free as in beer, which is the natural definition of "free" for most people.

Not really. Android apps are still HUGE (~60MB for an empty project). I'm waiting for them to optimize for mobile before getting into it. About the HTML5 build, I read that they were waiting for a fix on Emscripten itself.

I think they were using libGDX* previously for the rendering - that could explain the layout-related problems.

*I can't see any references to it now, but previously one of their job postings required knowledge of libGDX.

FWIW I felt the same way too. The contributing section wasn't funny enough to justify the negative tone.

This is not true. There is no such thing as UDK any more. You need to pay $19/month for full source code access to the engine. You could however pay for just one month, cancel your subscription and continue using whatever you have downloaded.