Neal Gafter
@gafter
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Interested in programming language evolution (C++, C#, Java, Kotlin), and Bitcoin.
Bellevue, WA
Joined April 2008
@BTCFoundation promises to recognize lifetime members on its home page https://t.co/KsrD1JGnzX. And yet none are recognized there. Just another crypto scam. #BTC
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1. See failure as a beginning. 2. Never stop learning. 3. Assume nothing, question everything. 4. Teach others what you know. 5. Analyze objectively. 6. Practice humility. 7. Respect constructive criticism. 8. Take initiative. 9. Give credit where it's due. 10. Love what you do.
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https://t.co/83L9sSSWhO " ... Meta’s Probability team was the “equivalent of an elite army tactical squad.” ... ." Always happy to leverage the opportunity for a nested quote, especially if they are true at both levels.
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1/ https://t.co/VhrtvR8ZD9 "Meta’s Probability Team, ..., was dissolved entirely. Reportedly, it was a world-class team of experts, but seemingly it lacked a sufficiently visible impact"
towardsdatascience.com
Facing economic headwind, tech giants like Amazon, Meta and Twitter cut thousands of jobs. What does that mean for the future of AI?
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Wow seeing @ericlippert's team being fired from #meta for saving them too much money puts a whole new perspective on how their only goal is to burn as much value as possible on the quest to the metaverse
ericlippert.com
It’s been almost two years since my last update here. A lot has happened. I hope you all are continuing to weather the ongoing multiple global pandemics and other anthropogenic crises. Apolog…
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Today on FAIC: A quick recap of the Bean Machine probabilistic programming language. Next week we'll start looking at the compiler.
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Pattern matching in C# is growing 😲 In C# 11 you can use List Patterns like this #dotnet #dotnetcore
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Interesting talk from the #Devoxx 2022 https://t.co/28ZLX0j9N9 Inspired by the hack and click days from @joshbloch and @gafter . Nice job @JosePaumard and @mauricenaftalin
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@JakeWharton @call_me_anselmo @Square @crazybob together with the comment. And now 2K results for the "Neal isn't either" search is yet another tribute to the great work (no irony here) @gafter had done for Java 1.5.0 (even if it's not the one he anticipated 🙈). 2/x
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We’ve just open-sourced an AD framework for Kotlin! ( https://t.co/JERUT3Zubp). It supports higher-order derivatives, derivatives of user-defined types, and compile-time shape checking. Examples include machine learning and physical simulations.
diffkt.org
A Kotlin Library for Automatic Differentiation
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QAnon star Cirsten Weldon, who said only idiots get vaccinated,... and called for Dr. Fauci to be executed,... has died of Covid.
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Compiler design is definitely not for everyone but there is certainly a significant subset of programmers that truly love doing it and will spend their entire careers in that space.
Compiler design is like the plumbing of computer science. It's hard work and it's not a "sexy" trendy field but it will never stop being needed.
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Attention Parents! 🚨 A teacher in Palm Beach County, FL shared this template with us. It is being shared among teachers to use for grades K-3. How do you feel about this? What will you do when this arrives home in your child’s backpack? Time to take a Stand.
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Just learned about this from @MadsTorgersen. Pattern matching in C# allows matching on things that implement ITuple. It even works when the compiler can't statically determine if the type implements ITuple 🤯🤯🤯🤯. Thanks @gafter! #dotnet #csharp
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🚨Announcement!🚨 JavaOne is back. Yes, you read correctly...#JavaOne IS BACK! ☕️ Join #Java experts at @Oracle and the community. ☕️ Oct 16-20 | Las Vegas, Nevada ☕️ Sign up for updates: https://t.co/HqPKjj3P5F ☕️ Blog: https://t.co/HdlJBVQ1Sq
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programmer: so there's some threads software verification researcher: cool, with you so far programmer: and they communicate with each other software verification researcher: oh no programmer: through some kind of shared state software verification researcher: oh god oh fuck
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