John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS at Meta

Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by lll-o-lll on Friday August 29, 2025 @06:50PM (#45070291)

And stupid. Like it or hate it, a non-nonsense, direct speaking, but fair and objective boss is the one you want. No one is served by failure; not the people at the top, nor the people at the bottom.

There is a difference between “this project is not going to work” vs “these people are incompetent and the project should be cancelled as a result”. The former needs to be said, the latter is a HR violation.

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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by dedup-com on Friday August 29, 2025 @08:58PM (#45071015)

Carmack absolutely 100% percent did not say "these people are incompetent". What he said boils down to "these people are world's best experts on writing operating systems and they'd love to write a new one from the scratch but I strongly believe that writing a new operating system is not the best path forward."

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Re:John Carmack's arguments against building a custom XR OS ... by lll-o-lll on Friday August 29, 2025 @10:29PM (#45071429)

> Carmack absolutely 100% percent did not say "these people are incompetent".

Sorry if I wasn’t clear; this was the point I was actually trying to make. Direct and to the point should not a HR incident make. I was trying to contrast with something that would.

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