3 ms·
> At her thoughtful suggestion, we are shipping a workstation out with us He sure picked the right woman. The Web being the Web, there's more, courtesy Wikipe
by jll29 5y ago
> At her thoughtful suggestion, we are shipping a workstation out with us
He sure picked the right woman.
The Web being the Web, there's more, courtesy Wikipedia: "He met his wife, Katherine Anna Kang, at the 1997 QuakeCon when she visited id's offices. As a bet, Kang challenged Carmack to sponsor the first All Female Quake Tournament if she was able to produce a significant number of participants. Carmack predicted a maximum of 25 participants, but there were 1,500. Carmack and Kang married on January 1, 2000, and planned a ceremony in Hawaii. Steve Jobs requested that they would postpone the ceremony so he could attend the MacWorld Expo on January 5, 2000. Carmack declined and suggested making a video instead."
- wpietri 5y agoWait, what? I ran down the source for that. It's Carmack himself, and the full story makes Jobs look even worse: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2146412825593223&id=100006735798590 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2146412825...
- yakireev 5y agoOkay, now I need a similar story telling me how Carmack is full of shit too, to restore the balance. Otherwise I will keep feeling sad that we don't have more of Carmacks (and, if I may, less of Jobs/Bezos)
- moffkalast 5y agoWell he's CTO of Oculus these days, representing the worst business practices the VR industry has to offer. So he can't possibly not be full of shit.
- yakireev 5y ago> Well he's CTO of Oculus these days Oh. That settles it.
- wpietri 5y agoThat was my first though too, but recently he did a talk pouring a lot of cold water on VR hype, so he's at least less full of shit than much of the VR crowd: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/10/john-carmack-sounds-a-skeptical-note-over-metas-metaverse-plans/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/10/john-carmack-sounds-a...
- speps 5y agoI'd suggest reading this[1], it's a quick read and paints a slightly different picture, probably still biased as everything is in society in general but you get a different side of the coin regarding Carmack. It's then up to you to decide if you like him more or less :) [1] https://www.waterstones.com/book/masters-of-doom/david-kushner/9780749924898 https://www.waterstones.com/book/masters-of-doom/david-kushn...