#johncarmack — Public Fediverse posts

👴🤔 Ah yes, the OG "social network" from 1971—Finger—a text file that nobody under 50 remembers and somehow still gets mentioned on Hacker News. 🎩👨‍💻 Apparently, the pinnacle of tech nostalgia is writing about a primitive #messaging system that John Carmack once used to jot down his grocery list. 🚀📝
https://en.andros.dev/blog/54572bc7/finger-the-1971-social-network-that-never-died/ #technostalgia #Finger #socialnetwork #JohnCarmack #HackerNews #ngated

🚨 Breaking news! 🚨 John Carmack has discovered time travel and gone back to lament his 'mistakes' with #Quake. Apparently, using the Doom engine would have saved us from the technical apocalypse...or maybe just a few headaches. 🤦‍♂️ Meanwhile, the real issue was the rugpulling, not the brilliant-yet-baffling 6DOF dreams. 🙄
https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/2069799283369345247 #BreakingNews #JohnCarmack #TimeTravel #DoomEngine #TechApocalypse #HackerNews #ngated

John Carmack on the mistakes around Quake that ruined id software

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/2069799283369345247

#HackerNews #JohnCarmack #Quake #idSoftware #gameDevelopment #gamingHistory #techTalks

I admire Fabrice Bellard. He is almost certainly a better overall programmer (twitter.com/id_aa_carmack)

https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/2064095424420487226

#programming #johncarmack #doom #games

John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/2064095424420487226

#HackerNews #JohnCarmack #FabriceBellard #TechTalks #GameDevelopment #Innovation

John Romero & id Software Founders Explain Catacomb 3D
Quick post today, just a pointer to a video John Romero posted on his Youtube channel a couple of months ago (17 minutes), where he gathered (well, edited together Zoom video of) the other founders of id Software (back before it was just another cubicle w
https://setsideb.com/john-romero-id-software-founders-explains-catacomb-3d/
#niche #retro #AdrianCarmack #Catacomb3D #fps #idsoftware #johncarmack #JohnRomero #niche #retro #TomHall

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jplebreton/116355757033992032

Ja inte helt oväntat kanske.
Jag älskade verkligen att läsa Masters of Doom, om "the two Johns".
Men redan där anade man lite att en av dem va en idiot

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

#johncarmack #doom #mastersofdoom #thetwojohns

John Carmack about open source and anti-AI activists

https://twitter.com/id_aa_carmack/status/2032460578669691171

#HackerNews #JohnCarmack #OpenSource #AntiAI #Activists #TechNews #Innovation

I have been studying this interview with John Carmack, for years now. In the past month I must've played through it at least a dozen times. It's such a treasure trove. I think programmers specifically will find it enrichibg, but also everyone who's working on computer games.
Do as I do: download this and listen to it over and over. Week after week I discover new layers to this conversation. #JohnCarmack #LexFridman #GameDev #Programming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I845O57ZSy4

Commander Keen - Le code source enfin libéré pour les 35 ans du jeu qui a lancé id Software

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://korben.info/commander-keen-code-source-release-id-software.html

id Software released its first game 35 years ago today, John Carmack’s breakthrough side-scroller engine — Commander Keen title brought smooth scrolling to PCs

#idSoftware released its first game 35 years ago today — #CommanderKeen title showcased #JohnCarmack’s breakthrough side-scroller engine
Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons - Episode 1: Marooned on Mars: This #DOS #game might be somewhat lost in the sands of time obscured by stellar PC gaming achievements soon to follow, but its success was important as it led directly to the establishment of id Software. You know, folks behind Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and FPS titles https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/id-software-released-its-first-game-35-years-ago-today-commander-keen-title-showcased-john-carmacks-breakthrough-side-scroller-engine

NEU: "Doom III – Wendig und intensiv, auch ohne Bett" von @kkuez

Doom – Ein Name, ein Programm: id Software vor Rage, ein Wagnis. Und was für eins. Was erstmal einseitig-alt-bekannt-öde klingt, unterhält bis heute. Und wenn wir uns zurückerinnern, dann auch eines, das gewagter war, als was Mensch bis dahin kannte.

https://videospielgeschichten.de/doom-iii-wendig-und-intensiv-auch-ohne-bett/

#Doom3 #Doom #idsoftware #JohnRomero #JohnCarmack

Doom III – Wendig und intensiv, auch ohne Bett

Doom – Ein Name, ein Programm: id Software vor Rage, ein Wagnis. Und was für eins. Was erstmal einseitig-alt-bekannt-öde klingt, unterhält bis heute. Und wenn wir uns zurückerinnern, dann auch eines, das gewagter war, als was Mensch bis dahin kannte. Die Rede ist von Doom III, seinen Eigenheiten, der Rezeption, und natürlich, am wichtigsten, des Charakters. Wenn die Ausrichtung, welche Doom damit nahm, so genannt werden kann.

https://videospielgeschichten.de/doom-iii-wendig-und-intensiv-auch-ohne-bett/

#Bethesda #Doom #Doom3 #JohnCarmack #JohnRomero

@technews
> #Meta, once a leader in #AIresearch

I'm sorry, but how were they a leader? I mean, were they ever a leader in anything other than having the biggest #SocialNetwork at some point?

Yeah they did #VR stuff, with #HorizonWorlds, but Horizon never really took off, and I'm not really sure that the #Occulus counts when it's an aquihire and #JohnCarmack left after they wouldn't let him keep expanding. Same with #AI, they did some stuff, but I don't remember it ever being like, the "big thing in AI".

I'm pretty sure #Zuckerburg got richer than his parents off of this #SocialNetworking thing, realized that having a bunch of users doesn't actually pay a bunch of money, and is now struggling to figure out how to turn those financed assets into profits.

John Carmack on Mutable Variables

https://twitter.com/id_aa_carmack/status/1983593511703474196

#HackerNews #JohnCarmack #MutableVariables #GameDev #Programming #Insights

John Carmack on updating variables - (x.com)

https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1983593511703474196#m

#programming #johncarmack #doom #quake #development #coding

John Carmack Rips Into NVIDIA DGX Spark; Claims It Runs At Half Its Rated Power #artificalintelligence #dgxspark #johncarmack #nvidia

https://www.lowyat.net/2025/371334/john-carmack-nvidia-dgx-spark/

🚀 John Carmack's latest diatribe is as enlightening as using a JavaScript-disabled browser to explain tech philosophies. Meta's #XR OS plans are apparently as stable as a cookie policy on a privacy-challenged website. 🤦‍♂️
https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1961172409920491849 #JohnCarmack #Meta #techPhilosophy #privacyChallenges #browserDiatribe #cookiePolicy #HackerNews #ngated

John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS at Meta

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1961172409920491849

#HackerNews #JohnCarmack #Meta #XR #OS #CustomArguments #TechDebate #VRInnovation

John Carmack (Doom, Quake, that virtual reality headset - you know the man) talks about AI, AGI and why training with classical Atari 2600 games is a great way for the ghost in the machine to learn. I did not expect this and thought that AI playing Atari was "done" (i.e.: solved, no need to look into that further) some years ago actually. But as it turns out: There is still more to it. Listen to his talk here, well worth your time if you are fascinated by AI and have a passion for Atari and vintage gaming in general.
https://youtu.be/4epAfU1FCuQ

#ai #AiResearch #johncarmack #atari #gaming #atari2600 #atari2600plus

✨🚀 Wow, John Carmack, the programming legend, is back with a riveting talk buried under a mountain of #legalese and tech support! 🔍🤖 Who knew the pinnacle of technological advancement in 2025 would be... the Supported Browsers page? 📜💻
https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1925710474366034326 #JohnCarmack #TechTalk #SupportedBrowsers #2025Innovation #HackerNews #ngated

John Carmack at Upper Bound 2025 (slides and notes)

https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1925710474366034326

#HackerNews #JohnCarmack #UpperBound2025 #SlidesNotes #TechTalks #GameDevelopment

WOLFENSTEIN 3D
Playing right now in 2025. Using DOS-Box under Linux Mints

#1990s #Videogames #Retrogames #IDSoftware #DOS #DOSBox #JohnRomero #JohnCarmack #Wolfenstein3D

WOLFENSTEIN 3D
Playing right now in 2025. Using DOS-Box under Linux Mints

#1990s #Videogames #Retrogames #IDSoftware #DOS #DOSBox #JohnRomero #JohnCarmack #Wolfenstein3D

John Carmack on AI Tools

Tooling ist für jedes Produkt wichtig, aus Gründen die im Produktmanagement häufig übersehen oder ignoriert werden. John Carmack hat sich vergangene Woche in die Debatte um KI eingebracht, nachdem Microsoft sein Quake von 1996 mit KI in Copilot gebracht hat. Das habe ich mir als Anlass genommen um mir Gedanken über die Notwendigkeit von Tools zu machen.

https://nomorecubes.net/2025/04/john-carmack-on-ai-tools/

Carmack defends AI tools after Quake fan calls Microsoft AI demo “disgusting” - On Monday, John Carmack, co-creator of id Software's Quake franchise, defe... - https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/john-carmack-defends-ai-amid-backlash-over-microsofts-generative-quake-ii-demo/ #aidevelopmenttools #gamedevelopment #machinelearning #gamesynthesis #aicriticism #johncarmack #idsoftware #timsweeney #microsoft #quakeii #biz⁢ #gaming #quake #ai #x