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Re:Exclusive Q&A John Carmack’s ‘Different Path’ to Artifici... by moffkalast on Friday February 03, 2023 @09:33AM (#34641462)
The prerequisites of course being in the right place at the right time, with the right people and a little luck on your side as well.

So many people are remembered just because there were first at something by like a week, and the dozen others who also thought of it elsewhere but were a bit late or didn't publicize as well are forgotten forever.

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Re:Exclusive Q&A John Carmack’s ‘Different Path’ to Artifici... by MonkeyMalarky on Friday February 03, 2023 @10:02AM (#34641892)
I was going to make a joke about being born in the right place but he's from Kansas.
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Re:Exclusive Q&A John Carmack’s ‘Different Path’ to Artifici... by moffkalast on Friday February 03, 2023 @10:06AM (#34641954)
Still aeons ahead from being born in a slum in India.
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Re:Exclusive Q&A John Carmack’s ‘Different Path’ to Artifici... by throwaway4aday on Friday February 03, 2023 @10:37AM (#34642444)
id wasn't first in a lot of things. They were essentially porting existing graphics technology to the PC. They succeeded because other programmers turned their noses up at the "underpowered" PC in favour of systems with "better" hardware. Carmack certainly did a lot of work and devised some ingenious ways of getting the most out of PCs but he was adapting things more than pioneering them.
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Re:Exclusive Q&A John Carmack’s ‘Different Path’ to Artifici... by Tepix on Monday February 06, 2023 @06:04AM (#34675839)
In his case it is also having the right ideas and taking the initiative. But being in a good environment is a huge factor for sure.
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Re:Exclusive Q&A John Carmack’s ‘Different Path’ to Artifici... by roguas on Monday February 06, 2023 @07:34AM (#34676430)
Very rarely being first counts imo. If you are building something novel in parallel there is a good chance you will have enough of difference.

Examples: other search engines, social networks, 3d games still exist. For many folks a different graphic on your homepage can be differentiator enough. (If you ever wonder why A/B, SEO, copywriting, design/ux is important)

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