@dang: This excellent article by Steven Levy just came out today, but unfortunately @skilled's submission has been ignored. I just re-submitted it with a trailing # to give it another chance at the front page. <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37397347">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37397347</a>
> John Carmack, the legendary gaming coder behind Doom, Quake, and countless other titles, declined an Altman pitch.<p>Good there are some sane folks left.<p>Greg Brockman raises a few eyebrows for joining the altman bandwagon.