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But now CastAR's newly announced VR mode does indeed make them direct competitors.

CastAR now also comes with VR which means that in VR mode you won't see anything but the game, exactly the same as on the Rift. In which case, the relevant question is whether CastAR VR is as good as the Rift's VR.

Is this what PG would describe as Ad Hominem?

"I can't even decipher whether it is pro-Oculus or against it"

Should an author always be expected to take sides?

Nobody here seemed to address the issue that I thought was the one most pertinent to HN.

The 'comment management system' in Slashdot makes the best comments 'bubble up to the top' because they obtain higher 'scores'.

Why is Reddit's 'comment management system' so much more primitive than Slashdot's?

I have this cerebral tic where I often read stuff wrong the first time.

Upon rereading, it wasn't about parents, and it didn't involve a time-travel paradox.

Thanks Diego, I checked out the posting you linked and you're right, he definitely raises other highly relevant issues, probably much more eloquently than I did in my own article.

The mental resource that is being impacted by such things as exercising self-control seems to go far beyond anything we typically define as 'ego' as in self-image and I think the implications are therefore even more wide-ranging than ego-depletion, although he does seem to imply that he appreciates this.

Maybe side projects may actually just rock? They typically introduce tighter constraints (otherwise they risk undermining 'main' projects) and yet they almost inevitably feel much more 'safe-fail'. Isn't this special mixture likely to make side projects leaner, yet more 'outside the box' startups than main projects , combining an improvisation-encouraging restriction of resources with a creativity-inspiring 'fear-deficit'?

This article is based on the current rose-tinted view of employment as 'the safe option' which says 'if you don't want to be a founder or co-founder of a startup, don't worry, with the right skills there'll always be a nice safe, steady job for you with one of those big reliable old operations who are all so great at innovation that they'll always be around'. Alan, you're right, entrepreneurship does have a dirty little secret: failure. But unlike big established employers, a determined serial startup founder can even be bankrupt and still get together with a mate and start another. Failure is good for the fledgling entrepreneur, because it releases the hardest-won experience back into the startup ecosystem. It's the big guys whose failures will leave employees with skills which will be less likely to be transferable in any future downturn. The days when the likelihood of failure was a good excuse for not starting a startup were over the moment that it became possible to try it at zero cost, before or after getting a job, or even being on the dole. Get out there. Do a startup. Fail fast, fail cheap, get the bug, pass it on, share what you learn. If you succeed, become an Angel. If you don’t, become a mentor. Failed first-timers who retain enthusiasm and commitment can make inspiring mentors.