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Eric Lippert
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Eric Lippert is a programming language designer; prior work includes the C#, Hack, JavaScript and Bean Machine compilers. Blog at ericlippert.com.
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    Eric Lippert
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    Nov 10, 2022
    My team at Meta -- which lowers costs and improves decision making of other teams -- has been disbanded as a cost cutting measure, part of the 11K employees laid off yesterday. I'm fine, and not looking for work right now. I am however very concerned for my team.
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    Eric Lippert
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    Nov 10, 2022
    I do keep in touch with my friends on the C# team, but right now I need a "corporate detox". I've been at this for 26 years and I need a break.
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    Eric Lippert
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    Nov 10, 2022
    Replying to @ericlippert
    I know it's a tough market out there but if anyone has leads on positions for smart data scientists with some compiler experience who solve hard problems at scale, please do reply here; thanks!
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    Eric Lippert
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    Dec 30, 2019
    Today on FAIC: One final post for the decade. I have thoughts on the recent tech twitter discussion about work, success and propaganda that do not fit into 280 characters. ericlippert.com/2019/12/30/wor… Happy New Year to all.
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    Eric Lippert
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    Nov 30, 2022
    Today on FAIC: some thoughts on my last day at Meta; I'm starting a series describing my last couple years of work.
    A long expected update
    From ericlippert.com
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    Eric Lippert
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    Mar 11, 2022
    Replying to @ericlippert
    When I'm walking on a slippery dock holding my keys I never tell myself (or others) "don't drop your keys". I always tell myself "hold on to your keys". Visualize the desired outcome, not the unwanted outcome!
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    Eric Lippert
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    Mar 11, 2022
    I am installing Windows 11 right now and I immediately noticed a small but important improvement in the installation script. It now says "please keep your computer on". Previous updates said "do not turn off your computer". This is an improvement in two ways.
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    Eric Lippert
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    Sep 1, 2021
    Replying to @mlkharrington
    There is important context missing from this infographic: the *base rate* is missing. In WA >70% are vax'd. That 2% of breakthrough cases is from a population more than *twice* the size that the 98% of unvax'd cases is from, and that matters!
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    Eric Lippert
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    Oct 3, 2018
    Amazingly enough, after ten years of editing these guys' books, this is the first time we've all been in a room together; great to see you @jonskeet and @MarkMichaelis!
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    Eric Lippert
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    Sep 23, 2020
    Today on FAIC: Our paper has been published so I can finally talk about the new probabilistic language I work on: Bean Machine.
    Introducing Bean Machine
    From ericlippert.com
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    Eric Lippert
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    Sep 13, 2019
    Replying to @codinghorror and @Carnage4Life
    Companies exist to capture the surplus value of worker's labor. The notion that workers ought to not want to keep more of that value for themselves instead of transferring it to billionaires needs some justification.
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    Eric Lippert
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    Aug 3, 2020
    Replying to @shanselman
    I still have to look up whether i++ produces the original or incremented value despite having implemented that operator in multiple compilers. (Which is in part why I almost never use that operator.)
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    Eric Lippert
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    Oct 22, 2018
    After taking a year off, by popular demand I have started blogging again. Coming up: type unification and *anti* unification, whatever that is.
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    That was a long break
    Well that was a much longer break than I intended! In fact I did not intend any break at all. As I’m sure you’ve deduced, I batched up a whole long series of blog articles when things w…
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    Eric Lippert
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    Mar 21, 2019
    Thanks to @shanselman, @danielfe and their colleagues, my MSDN blog is back up. Thanks all for your prompt attention; I very much appreciate it!