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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by treis on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @01:39PM (#33805427)
It wouldn't surprise me if someone glanced at the "Probabilistic Programming Team" name and said "I don't know what that is but I doubt we need it" and added them to the chopping block.
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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by musk_micropenis on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @01:52PM (#33805664)
Facebook/Meta is an engineering-first organisation. There's no way that is how it went down.
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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by alasdair_ on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @02:50PM (#33806603)
Facebook/Meta is a Zuckerburg-first organisation.

Moreover, there are still a lot of decisions being made that are basically down to politics rather than engineering merit, or there were while I was there.

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Re:A long expected update (probablistic programming langauge... by cableshaft on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @03:21PM (#33807056)
Meta hired the consultants from Office Space. "Probab...probabli... probably not going to work here anymore, anyway!"

Scene from Youtube: https://youtu.be/9ZUw8LYOQ-g

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