John Carmack is reading and contributing to OpenBSD source code

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Post by hellschreiber » Mon, May 18, 2020, 4:29 PM UTC

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

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Post by TeaDude » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:02 PM UTC

Oooh. Very interesting.

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

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

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Post by toisanji » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:04 PM UTC

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

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

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Post by bgorman » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:09 PM UTC

toisanji wrote: post #3

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

Maybe he is testing AGI by seeing if it can pass the turing test for writing device drivers.

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

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Post by blakesterz » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:11 PM UTC

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."

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

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Post by yAak » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:12 PM UTC

toisanji wrote: post #3

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

I don't feel like this precludes him from working on AGI -- and for him, it seems to be related: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2110408722...

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

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Post by rozgo » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:12 PM UTC

toisanji wrote: post #3

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

The road to AGI is paved with yak shavings.

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

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Post by weavie » Mon, May 18, 2020, 5:17 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."

I am terrible with names, but John Carmack is one of the few that I never forget.

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

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

Cool and exciting. Carmack has a level of brilliance that I find astounding.

Some of his youtube video's of him talking about graphic rendering and compression are really cool.

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

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

If OpenBSD knows what's good for them they will encourage him to read and contribute as much as possible!

What I'd give for John Carmack to clean up my code...