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John Carmack

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Computer programmer and video game developer. Co-founder of id Software and lead programmer of iconic games such as Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake. Made innovations... Show More

Computer programmer and video game developer. Co-founder of id Software and lead programmer of iconic games such as Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake. Made innovations in 3D computer graphics, including Carmack's Reverse algorithm for shadow volumes. Former CTO of Oculus VR and currently working on his startup, Keen Technologies.

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COSMOS: Possible Worlds | Watch Full Episodes on FOX
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1 mention by John Carmack
Podcast episode Sep 10, 2023
Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Einstein, Da Vinci & Ben Franklin | Lex Fridman Podcast #395
by Lex Fridman
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1 mention by John Carmack
Book May 1, 2007
1634: The Baltic War
by Eric Flint and David Weber
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1 mention by John Carmack
Book Nov 9, 2021
The Library: A Fragile History
by Andrew Pettegree and Arthur der Weduwen
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1 mention by John Carmack
Book 1957
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
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Course
Dragon Adventure
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Article Jul 3, 2012
Sandia Cooler Air Bearing Heat-Sink-Impeller is Quiet & Dust-Immune – Expect Much Faster CPUs
by Paul B. Wordman
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Book 1982
Fundamentals of Interactive Computer Graphics
by Andries van Dam and James D. Foley
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Tweet Dec 13, 2021
Nope. The economics of the $60 price tag for what are now nine figure budgets are too risky, and the margins become too thin. Corporations exist to make money, yes, but if you aren’t making healthy margins to offset the titles that fail, you end up
by Damion Schubert
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Book 1999
Real-Time Rendering
by Tomas Akenine-Möller and Eric Haines
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Tweet Sep 16, 2020
Due to my journey through Dostoevksy, Camus, Hesse, Kafka, Nietzsche, Palahniuk, Hemingway, Kerouac, Orwell, I've never read the sci-fi classics. I'm working to change that. My current list: - Foundation (Asimov) - Dune (Herbert) - Snow Crash (Stephe
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Book Jan 31, 1996
The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
by Richard Hamming
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