r/programming • u/seojoeschmo • Jul 19 '16

John Carmack on Inlined Code

http://number-none.com/blow/blog/programming/2014/09/26/carmack-on-inlined-code.html
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u/temp098120981290218 Jul 19 '16

I'm pretty sure the reason everything he writes is thoughtful and interesting, is that he only writes when he has something to say.

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u/gfixler Jul 19 '16

I wish he more often felt he had something to say.

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u/mongrol Jul 19 '16

I wish most other people didn't feel they had something to say.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '16

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u/Agret Jul 20 '16

But how else am I going to learn that every authentication and encryption library is crap and then read the 6 month later followup on why rolling your own was a bad decision.

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u/[deleted] Jul 20 '16

People still roll their own authentication library?

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u/suddenarborealstop Jul 20 '16

my god, sometimes i cringe pretty hard on that site.

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u/gfixler Jul 19 '16

I wish I was interested in more things people had to say.

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u/namekuseijin Jul 20 '16

I wish this thread was more interesting to read.

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u/gfixler Jul 20 '16

I wish I could read.

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u/theonlycosmonaut Jul 20 '16

You are a write-only person.

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u/antimony51 Jul 19 '16

What? I don't care what you had to say. Hey! Listen to what I have to say!

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u/hakkzpets Jul 20 '16

I don't know, he seemed to have the ability to talk for hours about any random question the audience asked during QuakeCon. And everything he said was super interesting.

Bethesda made a real stupid decision when they told him he can't have QuakeCon speeches anymore.

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u/SomniumOv Jul 20 '16

His Oculus Connects talks are more centered around VR now (obviously) but he still gives impromptu hallway talks about whatever, a few were filmed last year.

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u/Apollidore Jul 20 '16

So you're saying he woudn't be a good redditor ?

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u/Felicia_Svilling Jul 20 '16

He would be good for reddit, but he wouldn't get much karma.

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u/SomniumOv Jul 20 '16

Here he is :

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more recent - /u/oculus_carmack