Author: Jeff Atwood

Self-Driving Car Bet Between John Carmack And Jeff Atwood

blog.codinghorror.com

2025-12-302022-03-04 by Jeff Atwood

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It’s my honor to announce that John Carmack and I have initiated a friendly bet of $10,000* to the 501(c)(3) charity of the winner’s choice: By January 1st, 2030, completely autonomous self-driving cars meeting SAE J3016 level 5 will be … Read more

The value of downvoting, or, how Hacker News gets it wrong (2009)

stackoverflow.blog

2025-12-302021-04-14 by Jeff Atwood

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Paul Graham’s Hacker News is a great website to find interesting programming links and sane discussion. The site reflects a sort of post-Reddit sensibility; the design of HN was directly intended to address the shortcomings of programming.reddit.com from someone very … Read more