Deep Thoughts Engineering Speaker Series: John Carmack

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• JL

  @jlouzado · 6 years ago

  If I had to summarize:<br>- don&apos;t be too attached to your ideas, because most ideas aren&apos;t actually that valuable<br>- when you get an idea, try to think about it and prove why it won&apos;t work.<br>- if you can&apos;t do that, start prototyping as soon as possible. The longer you delay it, the higher the risk of getting attached to it<br>- once you get attached to an idea, it&apos;s difficult to maintain objectivity.<br>- falsifying an idea (either by thinking about it or prototyping) is often the way to get better at having ideas or at understanding the problem you&apos;re working on.<br><br>This process leads to better idea generation as you keep iterating.<br><br>Loved the talk &lt;3

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• CO

  @Consural · 6 years ago (edited)

  * Carmack randomly looks at the ceiling *<br>* proceeds to deliver a detailed lecture on ducts *

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• DU

  @dungeoneering1974 · 6 years ago

  I&apos;m not an engineer, but I always enjoy his talks. He has a way of clearly articulating ideas, problems, and solutions, and never talks down to his audience.

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• SI

  @SiddharthKulkarniN · 6 years ago

  This guy can talk sensibly for hours.

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• SÉ

  @SébastienPortebois · 6 years ago

  (one of the many) QOTD from this talk: «The ideas aren’t the important thing, it’s the execution where a good project is the result of hundreds or even thousands of good decisions that are made along the way.»

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• DE

  @Definesleepalt · 1 year ago

  nothing short of a legend

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• DU

  @dustin_echoes · 6 years ago

  The god king of nerds himself.

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• ST

  @StartuePotoya · 4 years ago

  Mr. Carmack , hello, I think you know and can imagine how many people use your base and &nbsp;enchanced QuakeC , thanks a lot for digital prescios ! &nbsp;Everytime when developers starts talks about 3d FPS they remember Quake , you and John Romero . You are living Legend . Thanks for all.

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• HA

  @HaroldCombs · 6 years ago

  I think we can all agree we&apos;d like Carmack to work on fusion energy.

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• MR

  @MrMarlonski · 3 years ago (edited)

  This man is truly something else... a force of Brilliance and a true human World Wonder in science, engineering, entertainment, intelligence etc. etc. Pushing the boundary of what Human&apos;s biologically and mentally are capable of. I&apos;m by far not working/skilled in your field of work, an advid player of your legendary games, expecially Q1 and Q3A and Doom. I Grandiosely Salute you mr. John Carmack.

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• BE

  @bengonshaw8228 · 6 years ago

  I gave a talk about John&apos;s talk, only yesterday morning, after spending hours searching for it. &nbsp;What serendipity for John to get the clearance to post it on the very same day.

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• AN

  @andrewcampbell7011 · 1 year ago

  There’s a saying in the art world, “the quality comes from the quantity.”

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