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QuakeCon 2011 - John Carmack Keynote

QuakeCon Official · 295.2K views · 2011-08-05 · 1:26:39

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Overview

John Carmack's keynote at QuakeCon 2011, an hour and a half of wide-ranging talk about id Software, Rage, engine open-sourcing, patents and programming practices.

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Cited as a source for Carmack's views on static analysis, open source and languages, and praised as a captivating, conversational speaker.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2011–2018

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hotwire · 2018-04 · Strong recommendation

John Carmack is an absolutely brilliant speaker. Conversational, captivating and effortlessly natural. I could listen to him talk all day about the most arcane bits of graphics development which i'll never understand but am fascinated by regardless. His QuakeCon talks are particularly good. QuakeCon 2011 - [VIDEO] QuakeCon 2012 - [LINK] I like his talks because he's always interested by what he's doing and it tends to make me interested again in code. Linus Torvalds is another surprisingly good speaker. His talk on git - one of the dryest possible topics - was very interesting. There's not many other people I'd sit and listen to talk about SCM. [LINK]

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mitchty · 2012-03 · Recommendation

You might find John Carmack's 2011 quakecon keynote video interesting, he addresses a fair amount of your questions. [VIDEO]

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johno215 · 2011-12 · Recommendation

Here is an accompanying segment from QuakeCon 2011 in August where static code analysis is discussed. This topic must really be on his mind. [VIDEO]

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