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I thought the juxtaposition between the cringey, overproduced keynote and Carmack’s talk was amazing. Just a guy in front of some monitors telling you the whole
by meheleventyone 5y ago
I thought the juxtaposition between the cringey, overproduced keynote and Carmack’s talk was amazing. Just a guy in front of some monitors telling you the whole thing you just watched was nonsense. It was beautiful.
- shafyy 5y agoI know, right! I just love how Carmack delivered the line: "... But Mark Zuckerberg decided it's time to build the metaverse..." Edit: Here's Carmack's keynote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnSUk0je6oo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnSUk0je6oo
- cblconfederate 5y agoThanks, Carmack's video looks a lot more human than the other one with blond Mr. Data pretending to talk to photorealistic avatars.
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- mettamage 5y agoHaving watched Zuckerberg’s keynote, I get the feeling he wants to feel excited again by building something new. Maintenance is a bit thankless and boring. That’s the vibe that I got.
- xwdv 5y agoThere are worse things incredibly rich people could do to have fun. Why not just build a metaverse?
- 8eye 5y agoright? or why can’t he just build some space stuff like the rest of the billionaires lol
- ricardonunez 5y agoWe commented the same thing at the same time lol No wonder Buffett was doing new deals all the time, probably his way of coping with it.
- tim333 5y agoOne smart thing with Buffett is he likes the day job and doesn't need to go off and build rockets or similar. """ I can do anything in the world I want to do but what I want to do is run Berkshire Hathaway. Now why do I want to run it that way? There's a couple of things: A) I get to paint my own painting. I go down there every day and I feel like Michelangelo working on the Sistine Chapel or something. [...] And the second thing I like, frankly, is I like applause. I like appreciation. So I like having shareholders who feel good about what I've done.... Everybody in our family has got all of their money in Berkshire, and so those people are counting on me. And that's kind of fun to have something where you can actually deliver for other people and change their lives in positive ways. """
- SyzygistSix 5y agoBuying up mobile home lots in order to double the rent is hardly art.
- IshKebab 5y agoYeah everyone loved it when Bezos did that...
- xwdv 5y agoPersonally I’m wondering why a billionaire hasn’t undertaken projects to explore the deepest depths of the oceans, and perhaps start ambitious projects like underwater habitats for small communities.
- ricardonunez 5y agoOr build a rocket and go to space? Oh wait.
- neither_color 5y agoThere is another billionaire building a giant dorm complex with windowless rooms, if there's another deadly variant wave those kids will need the metaverse to see the sun.
- ttiurani 5y agoCarmack's point about it being about products is so important. Same way a game engine is an almost accidental side result from a great game, a worthwhile "metaverse" will be a accidental result of one or more great, useful products. Have to say it's entertaining to see Carmack roast Zuck publicly.