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John Carmack on mutable variables

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498 points azhenley | 4 comments | 31 Oct 25 02:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.319s | source
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lopatin ◴[31 Oct 25 03:07 UTC] No.45767913[source]▶
How fast this got to the top, you would think John Carmack just invented nuclear fusion.
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1. villgax ◴[31 Oct 25 10:40 UTC] No.45770508[source]▶
Just like AGI he was supposedly brought on board for but…..checks notes. Nothing.
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2. jpgvm ◴[31 Oct 25 13:36 UTC] No.45771842[source]▶
Dude isn't a god.

That said it's worth listening when he chimes in about C/C++ or optimisation as he has earned his respect when it comes to these fields.

Will he crack AGI? Probably not. He didn't crack rockets either. Doesn't make him any less awesome, just makes him human.

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3. TheAceOfHearts ◴[31 Oct 25 14:23 UTC] No.45772302[source]▶
There are certain figures who are very experienced and knowledgeable in certain domains, so when they speak up about a topic it's usually worth listening to them. That doesn't mean they're always going to be correct, and they shouldn't be worshiped as superhuman entities, but it's almost always a bad idea to completely ignore them.
4. AnotherGoodName ◴[31 Oct 25 14:56 UTC] No.45772658[source]▶
>Just like AGI he was supposedly brought on board for but…..checks notes. Nothing.

His AGI work was entirely his own? As in he literally stepped down from a high level corporate role where he was responsible for Oculus (3D games/applications) to do this in his own time. Similar to his work on Armadillo Aerospace.