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Re: John Carmack is reading and contributing to OpenBSD source code

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:19 PM UTC

blakesterz wrote: post #5

If you're like me and can't remember names very well but thought "I know I've heard of him"... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carmack "He co-founded the video game company id Software and was the lead programmer of its games Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Quake and their sequels."

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Re: John Carmack is reading and contributing to OpenBSD source code

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Post by solotronics » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:19 PM UTC

rozgo wrote: post #7

toisanji wrote: post #3

I thought he was working on AGI? Gave up already?

The road to AGI is paved with yak shavings.

First I have to have a stable OS. Then I have to make kernel updates to support the kind of process management I want. Then I have to fix the other kernel bugs affecting my update. Then I have to modify the network drivers. Then I have to ... 5 years later what was I even working on in the first place?

Re: John Carmack is reading and contributing to OpenBSD source code

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Post by montebicyclelo » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:23 PM UTC

lm terrlble wlth letters, l always use l lnstead of l

Re: John Carmack is reading and contributing to OpenBSD source code

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Post by ywhjaknskkkw » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:24 PM UTC

toisanji wrote: post #3

I thought he was working on AGI? Gave up already?

Maybe he is, and that's not really Carmack ;)

Re: John Carmack is reading and contributing to OpenBSD source code

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Post by cbsks » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:26 PM UTC

TeaDude wrote: post #2

Oooh. Very interesting. I really hope he does write an article on the source. I'd read the hell out of it.

Does John Carmack have a blog somewhere? I did a quick search and couldn't find anything.

Re: John Carmack is reading and contributing to OpenBSD source code

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Post by s_dev » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:27 PM UTC

Is it possible Occulus has a big need for such an OS and this is the cause of the contributions? Or is this Carmack being a hobbyist and simply making contributions for its own sake?

Re: John Carmack is reading and contributing to OpenBSD source code

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Post by Lammy » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:28 PM UTC

s_dev wrote: post #16

Is it possible Occulus has a big need for such an OS and this is the cause of the contributions? Or is this Carmack being a hobbyist and simply making contributions for its own sake?

I assumed his use of an armadilloaerospace address was a signal that it isn't work-related.

Re: John Carmack is reading and contributing to OpenBSD source code

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Post by jimbob45 » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:30 PM UTC

cbsks wrote: post #15

TeaDude wrote: post #2

Oooh. Very interesting. I really hope he does write an article on the source. I'd read the hell out of it.

Does John Carmack have a blog somewhere? I did a quick search and couldn't find anything.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoo...

His Twitter is a pseudo-blog

Re: John Carmack is reading and contributing to OpenBSD source code

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Post by chongli » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:30 PM UTC

s_dev wrote: post #16

Is it possible Occulus has a big need for such an OS and this is the cause of the contributions? Or is this Carmack being a hobbyist and simply making contributions for its own sake?

John Carmack stepped down as consulting CTO of Oculus in November 2019.

Re: John Carmack is reading and contributing to OpenBSD source code

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Post by wmichelin » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:31 PM UTC

Here is your daily reminder to read "Masters of Doom", a book about the early days at ID Software. It's an amazing look into a really cool time in gaming and software as a whole.

It's a great book, mostly about John Carmack and the guys at ID!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_of_Doom