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Re:John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard by latexr on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @12:57PM (#48558264)
> Deciding what to work on might be the most important question in life.

Work on being a positive influence in the world. Help your neighbour when they are in need and fight for the rights of those less fortunate than yourself.

Re:John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard by FpUser on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @01:06PM (#48558419)
>"Work on being a positive influence in the world."

Different groups have different "positives" / negatives. So unless trivial like don't eat babies who's the judge?

Re:John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard by latexr on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @01:10PM (#48558485)
> who's the judge?

You are. Decide for yourself what it means to be a positive influence in the world and do that. This isn’t that hard, it’s not a gotcha. If you are capable of empathy, you are capable of understanding what it means to be good for others, learn from mistakes, and do better.

Also, I provided examples:

> Help your neighbour when they are in need and fight for the rights of those less fortunate than yourself.

Seems unambiguous to me.

Re:John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard by umutisik on Tuesday June 16, 2026 @04:42PM (#48561757)
Customers / users are the judge.
Re:John Carmack on Fabrice Bellard by butlike on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @12:12PM (#48572534)
Everyone wants to feel special. A little common humanity goes a long way.