Comment by wpietri

5 years ago

Wait, what?

I ran down the source for that. It's Carmack himself, and the full story makes Jobs look even worse: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2146412825...

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yakireev 5 years ago

Okay, now I need a similar story telling me how Carmack is full of shit too, to restore the balance. Otherwise I will keep feeling sad that we don't have more of Carmacks (and, if I may, less of Jobs/Bezos)

speps 5 years ago

I'd suggest reading this[1], it's a quick read and paints a slightly different picture, probably still biased as everything is in society in general but you get a different side of the coin regarding Carmack. It's then up to you to decide if you like him more or less :)
[1] https://www.waterstones.com/book/masters-of-doom/david-kushn...
moffkalast 5 years ago
Well he's CTO of Oculus these days, representing the worst business practices the VR industry has to offer. So he can't possibly not be full of shit.
- wpietri 5 years ago
  
  That was my first though too, but recently he did a talk pouring a lot of cold water on VR hype, so he's at least less full of shit than much of the VR crowd: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/10/john-carmack-sounds-a...
- yakireev 5 years ago
  
  > Well he's CTO of Oculus these days
  Oh. That settles it.