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Re:How I’m Handling My Depression Using an App on Tuesday November 24, 2015 @10:15AM (#10621136)
Anyone know of similar services for people recovering from addictions? Has a lot of similarity with accountability - wanting other people to be notified when certain indicators are present.
Re:Using Virtual Reality to Create Software: A Likely Future on Sunday January 25, 2015 @10:13PM (#8945392)
Article writer here - thanks for the comments. I think the key for VR is that it will be awesome for specific domains (e.g. game development) but won't show much benefit to general programming.

Once VR has become more commonplace then I see it integrating more and more into programming as it becomes useful in other scenarios.

Re:Ask HN: How to use small chunks of time productively on Wednesday December 31, 2014 @09:04AM (#8819361)
I might try this in an Evernote notebook! Thanks!
Re:Ask HN: Advice on founding startup during PhD? on Thursday December 18, 2014 @06:17PM (#8770257)
I don't really want to be a prof, I'd rather be in industry. I like making things too much :)

I see value in doing the PhD though, so it might very well come down to one off the other.

The timing of the startup is going too be really important, so that will likely drive things. Thanks!

Re:Ask HN: Advice on founding startup during PhD? on Thursday December 18, 2014 @06:12PM (#8770238)
Which do I want more? That is a good question, will have to ponder that. I see value in both at this point. I see what you're saying about stress though, startups and a PhD are both very stressful, which is why I'm trying to use this time to research stuff for my future startup. Thanks for the advice!

Ask HN: Advice on founding startup during PhD?

I'm in a CS PhD program at a decent school. My eventual goal is to launch a start-up. I'm also just getting by financially (I support my family).I know of people who've launched a startup after their PhD, but anyone have advice on how to launch one during?Reasons: - money - want my ideas to come to market quickly, not stagnate in conferences forever

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Re:How do you communicate if you won't hit an estimate? on Monday October 20, 2014 @04:06PM (#8484198)
Any advice for easily communicating with non-technical clients who wouldn't use technical tools?
Re:Data Visualization with JavaScript on Monday October 20, 2014 @11:43AM (#8482675)
Looks cool, but only license and readme in GitHub?
Wow, having a hard time realizing that the fifth amendment doesn't apply as much as I think it should...
Re:An Opinionated Guide to Modern Java Development, Part 1 on Thursday May 01, 2014 @04:46PM (#7682591)
Modern Guide to Java... using our tools.
Re:An Opinionated Guide to Modern Java Development, Part 1 on Thursday May 01, 2014 @04:45PM (#7682585)
> Java in Play is definitely a second class citizen compared to Scala

Much agreed. I started a side project with a quick deadline with Java in Play and switched to Scala (even though I had to learn Scala) just because they played better together.