Jason Doucette
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"Having a healthy disregard for the impossible."
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32 years old
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
Canada
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Software development / engineering, real-time graphics technologies, rendering technologies, realistic simulation / physics engines, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, video games design / development / playing, cars (racing / technology), logical analysis, problem solving, intellectual stimulation, philosophy, pyschology, etc. | | Music |
Dance, Rap, Pop, Top 40, Alternative, Techno, Country, Rock, Soft Rock, etc., just about everything, really... a good song is a good song. Even the old school. | | Movies | Cars. The Incredibles. Brad Bird is a genious. Iron Giant was cool, too, but doesn't hold a candle to The Incredibles. Back to the Future I (II and III were ok, not as good). The Terminator, Terminator II: Judgment Day, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Toy Story 1 and 2, Forrest Gump. | | Television |
I don't remember the last time I watched TV. Life is too short. | | Books |
"Masters of Doom", by David Kushner. I relate to John Carmack and John Romero more than anyone who knows me could imagine...
"Think and Grow Rich", by Napoleon Hill. It centers all of its examples around finances (with a good explanation why), it is fundamentally about success. A good read for anyone wanting to accomplish something new. Be prepared for a strict self-evaluation, and to have your eyes opened wide. However, if you already have a passion, and are sacrificing to chase your dream, you are already doing most of what it suggests. Still a good read, though, as it helps optimize your efforts for efficiency.
More books I like are listed on my brother's book list: MD.com/books | | Heroes |
Albert Einstein, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton, etc. Anyone who desires to find the truth against any and all odds. |
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Jason Doucette's Details
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| Status: | Single | | Here for: | Networking, Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends | | Orientation: | Straight | | Hometown: | Yarmouth | | Body type: | 6' 1" / Slim / Slender | | Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian | | Religion: | Agnostic | | Zodiac Sign: | Virgo | | Smoke / Drink: | No / Yes | | Children: | Someday | | Education: | Post grad | | Occupation: | Graphics Technology Developer | |
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Jason Doucette can solve the rubik's cube in under 1 min! (watch my vid!)
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About me:
About Me Elsewhere:
hi5.com: jasondoucette.hi5.com
facebook: facebook.com/p/Jason_Doucette/508265405
resume: jasondoucette.com
company: xona.com
Having a Healthy Disregard for the Impossible:
This is quoted from Larry Page, a co-founder of Google. He explains, in 'The
Google Story':
"Optimism is important. You have to be a little silly about the goals you are going to set. There is a phrase I learned in college
called, 'having a healthy disregard for the impossible.' That is a really good phrase. You should try to do things that most people
would not do."
The limits you set in your mind manifest themselves in reality. There is real truth to the phrase "you can do anything you set your
mind to." Perhaps it is easiest to understand it in terms of negativity. The negative outlooks people have on their likelihood of
succeeding are powerful. The mind will actively seek out and find reasons to fail to satisfy the limits it believes to be true. Your
brain will go to great lengths to defend its creations. An example is the attempt to convince yourself that you are wrong; most have
extreme difficulty admitting mistakes. This is a very powerful realization: You can gain immense power merely by placing effort
to remove the foolish limitations you have set for yourself. So, take care in what you let your mind believe.
I am involved in a graphics technology project. It is research intensive, and largely theoretical. A decent portion is uncertain
because it has never been done. I choose to believe it is possible, which means that if it fails, it will be because I failed.
Notice the onus is on me. There is no one or nothing else to blame. Compare this attitude to someone who says the problem is
unsolvable, since no one has done it, yet. They accept no responsibility for their failure, just as most people have no
'responsibility for self'. They have already imposed a limit, and given up. During times of difficultly, they have a grand excuse as
to why the work is not being done -- because "it's impossible." They will never succeed. How could they possibly
succeed without any effort? That is why you have to be silly about your goals. It is the only way you can properly test to see if
they are feasible. Also, since these poor souls have convinced the mind that any effort would be futile, they have effectively shut
off any unconscious energy the brain would normally devote to working on the problem. I have solved numerous problems while
'away' from conscious effort. You will never know your true self until you make an effort to push the limits of your potential. It is
sad to realize most people will never know themselves because they are their own worst enemy.
"Your future depends on many things, but mostly on you."
- Frank Tyger
Software Engineer / Developer:
"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."
- Edsger Dijkstra
You wouldn't believe the number of people who think I actually enjoy the physical act of sitting down in front of a monitor and
depressing keys. The computer is nothing more than a tool that I use to express my creativity and solve extremely complicated
problems. I do not like pounding away at keys. I like being creative and solving problems. People seem to misunderstand that the
keyboard / monitor are merely an interface to this incredible tool. It is a tool that most people are ignorant towards because its
results appear intangible.
A junior high school teacher discovered our (my brother and I's) interest in 'computers'.
After school, he gave us a sheet of data that had to be labouriously typed into a computer database. Seriously. I was wondering and
waiting to see if he was going to show us something fun. To my dismay, it never occurred. He actually thought we enjoyed
sitting down and typing sheets of data into a computer like a mindless drone...
Meanwhile, at home, at the same age of 13, without access to the Internet (it was 1988), graphics books, or references, I invented the
3D formula that allows 3D graphics on a 2D screen to be possible, invented bilinear texture mapping by re-working this equation (the same texturing
method used in Doom in 1993), and created the same pseudo-3D road
engine (which was a better algorithm than the available PC racers of the time: Test Drive) which was the primary foundation for my final year project at Acadia University (in 1999).
Actions and Motivation:
People say talk is cheap, and that actions speak louder than words. Of course, this is true. You can say one thing, and convince
others and yourself all you want, but your actions show the real deal. But, it shows more than what most people think. People's
actions show where their motivations lie.
Yes, people will hide their true motives, and tell you a different story for a number of reasons, usually to entice you to follow suit
with their desires. Likely, you would not follow suit if the true motives were revealed. But, searching deep into these persuasive
minds will likely show that these people actually believe their desires and motivations for controlling others are legitimate. They
are not conniving individuals scheming an evil plan. They truly believe, themselves, they are doing the 'right thing'. It is why they
are so convincing.
It should not surprise you that people can do things and not know why they did them. Ask any kid who has performed a bad act,
"Why?" He is unlikely to be able to formulate a reasonable sentence explaining the cause. This is partially due to his inability to
put thoughts into words, but more likely, and much more importantly, it is because he simply does not know. The brain does a
lot of stuff without conscience thought. (When was the last time you thought about walking? Realize you can program this
subconscious, and thus make it better, so you will never be that kid under the interrogation light at a loss for words.)
I digress. Back to the main point: People actually believe their motives are different than the true motives. This may exist because
they have convinced themselves otherwise, but it is more likely because they simply do not know what their true desires are. The
desires of humans can be quite astonishing at times. Wouldn't it be nice to know what they really were? Well, there is a simple hint
at what the truth is -- and I am all about searching for the truth -- it lies in that a person's action is indicative of
their motivations.
You can convince me all you want that your desires are whatever your wildest dreams are and whatever you have convinced yourself, and
you can show me all of the evidence that supports this, and you may not even be lying, you may even believe in all of this yourself
when you go to bed at night and it is just you and your brain... but... your actions tell the truth. Look at your actions.
What you do is what you want to do. You just learned something about yourself. We are a lot more robotic than we think. It is
called the subconscious.
This notion should not be used merely for the evaluation of others, although it may help you decide who you wish to surround yourself
with, which is quite important if you hope to continue positive growth in yourself, but it should be used to initiate change in the
only thing you have power to change... yourself. Look at your actions and give yourself a hard, honest self-evaluation test and
realize what you are all about. Your actions are a clear indication of the truth. You are what you do. If you do not like the
self-evaluation -- and you probably won't to some degree (if not, you are not being honest enough) -- commence the change. Remember that
tomorrow never comes, so the change must start now.
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Who I'd like to meet:
People who are passionate, motivated, and positive thinking. People with goals, who believe their future depends on their decisions, actions, and inactions. People who have dreams and are willing to sacrifice to chase them. People who are real, who are comfortable being themselves, who need not live through other people. People who don't conform, and who reject the superficial society we live in. People who believe you can never truly be happy without following your passions. People who are not judgmental towards other people's passions merely because they don't relate to them. People who can respect someone for following their passions regardless if it doesn't make them popular, or let them fit in to a preconceived notion of how people should be. People who believe that knowledge is useless without intelligence to apply it. People who believe that the knowledge, intelligence, and understanding gained is more important than the test mark which is supposed to represent them. People who believe we live in a world of probability, not chaos, and that we have a large impact on the outcome. People who believe success has little to do with luck or natural talent, and almost everything to do with work ethic, and this is where true genius lies. People who choose to see opportunity because they look for it. People who believe that life is short, and want to make the most out of it. People who are never bored. People who do not believe that the world owes them a favour. People who accept responsibility of self. People who believe the fact that we have free will may mean we already live in the 'heaven' that so many of us hope exists in an afterlife. People who find it refreshing that you get out what you put in, and wouldn't want it any other way. People who are not just willing to find faults, but who will make effort to understand the reasons behind them, who can appreciate their existence, and who can place efforts to correct them. People who can respect other people's worlds. People who are open minded. People who can play devil's advocate on their own thoughts. People who are humble, who realize how fallible our memory is, as well as our logical reasoning powers. People who don't resort to memory to find 'truths' because it is always faulty. People who realize that we remember only our perception of the past, and not its particulars; that we never remember exact words, but only our understanding of them. People willing to admit they could be wrong. People who realize just how little we all know, who understand that the notion anyone could completely understand any subject, without ever needing to consider new information, is ludicrous. People who understand freedom is of ultimate importance, as it allows people to pursue their goals, and be themselves. People who do not expect obligation (a form of control), especially from favours. People who do not attempt favours without first looking for understanding. People who are searching for the truth, and thus wish to know and deal with reality. People who don't believe their view of the world is the only way it should be viewed. People willing to listen more than they speak. Not people who are insecure that they may be wrong, thus creating their own perception of reality to satisfy their opinions, to protect their ego. In other words, people who look at the facts first, and then form opinions, rather than form opinions first, and create facts to support their views. People who allow their ideas to be challenged, with the notion their thoughts may be wrong, and are willing to accept change. People who understand that time is a person's most cherished possession, and when you take it away, you are taking away the potential of that person, and thus a part of them.
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