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Mason Hall
@mason #50
a16z crypto, prev engineer @ bloXroute labs, Consensys.
Creator of farcaster-py.
0xMasonH.twitter
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The Github contribution graph but it's Conway's Game of Life. I had to do it.
Excited to announce that we at @meritsystems have raised $10m from our friends at a16z crypto and Blockchain Capital (with participation from @dwr.eth) to accelerate what we are calling Open Source Capitalism.
Open source software is eating the world. It empowers every major company - and supports trillions of dollars of value every year. It’s a lever on the world - the way to make more with less. What if we could give it superpowers?
We are a team of open source veterans with a fresh perspective on capital formation. @samrags and I worked together at a16z as hybrid engineers/investors, and @rfs comes from Blockchain Capital and AWS before that.
Open source software is eating the world. It empowers every major company - and supports trillions of dollars of value every year. It’s a lever on the world - the way to make more with less. What if we could give it superpowers?
We are a team of open source veterans with a fresh perspective on capital formation. @samrags and I worked together at a16z as hybrid engineers/investors, and @rfs comes from Blockchain Capital and AWS before that.
PERSONAL UPDATE: After an amazing 3.5 years, I’m leaving a16z to work on something new (more on that below).
It’s been an incredible experience getting to work with our portcos alongside some of the smartest people I know.
To the entire a16z team, especially @cdixon and Ali and the rest of the deal team: thank you for showing me what having a truly world-class culture means. You make a16z special.
To all the founders I’ve met and worked with: it’s been an honor to be a part of your journey. I’ve learned so much from you and am excited for the things to come.
So what’s next? I’m joining the indomitable @samrags and @rfs to build Merit Systems. We are building tools, markets, and mechanisms to create an entirely new economy for software creation and contribution.
Stay tuned for more information and announcements in the coming weeks. It’s time to build.
It’s been an incredible experience getting to work with our portcos alongside some of the smartest people I know.
To the entire a16z team, especially @cdixon and Ali and the rest of the deal team: thank you for showing me what having a truly world-class culture means. You make a16z special.
To all the founders I’ve met and worked with: it’s been an honor to be a part of your journey. I’ve learned so much from you and am excited for the things to come.
So what’s next? I’m joining the indomitable @samrags and @rfs to build Merit Systems. We are building tools, markets, and mechanisms to create an entirely new economy for software creation and contribution.
Stay tuned for more information and announcements in the coming weeks. It’s time to build.
Cicadas are so cool
What has nerdsniped you recently?
Guys I actually think we cooked with this one. New framework for how to build compliant and economically robust application tokens!
with @milesjennings and @shuel.eth
https://x.com/0xMasonH/status/1821566711776047171
with @milesjennings and @shuel.eth
https://x.com/0xMasonH/status/1821566711776047171
“You are the only part of the ship that Theseus did not replace. Himself.”
The X feed quality is abysmal right now, Warpcast is a safe haven rn
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Translate Bot
@translate·01:59 08/04/2024
To translate a cast, install the action below or tag me:
➔ “@translate to Japanese”
➔ “@translate French”
https://frames.neynar.com/f/b6ffba84/3fa85f64
➔ “@translate to Japanese”
➔ “@translate French”
https://frames.neynar.com/f/b6ffba84/3fa85f64
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@fiveoutofnine.eth·15:52 04/04/2024
welcome to farcaster 51409 $DEGEN
Anyone got an invite for your boy?
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Small Brain
@0xsmallbrain·06:08 29/02/2024
Introducing YONK: Venmo, but worse
Yonks are payments unlocked by voice messages. To claim a yonk, listen at max volume (no headphones!). The longer you wait, the less $$ you get 😉
It's fully onchain & on the App Store. 🧵👇
Yonks are payments unlocked by voice messages. To claim a yonk, listen at max volume (no headphones!). The longer you wait, the less $$ you get 😉
It's fully onchain & on the App Store. 🧵👇
Damn I wish I had thought of this! I really loved https://eloeverything.co/ ,awesome to see it come to Frames
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borodutch
@warpcastadmin.eth·02:21 08/02/2024
EloEverything
eloeverything.co
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Ryan Sproule
@rfs·21:39 06/02/2024
🦠 SUPER SPREADER 🦠
A virtual virus has erupted across Farcaster! Can the community unite to overcome, or will the virus claim victory?
https://super-spreader.vercel.app/
As patient zero, I have spread the virus to some superspreaders: @dwr.eth @samrags @kinjal @anay-sim @ster @horsefacts.eth @will
A virtual virus has erupted across Farcaster! Can the community unite to overcome, or will the virus claim victory?
https://super-spreader.vercel.app/
As patient zero, I have spread the virus to some superspreaders: @dwr.eth @samrags @kinjal @anay-sim @ster @horsefacts.eth @will
There's a lot of shared realizations that come from Stoicism and Illusionism / believing in the Cartesian Theatre
Sometimes I'm getting issues where my clicking the "place cells" button does not do anything. Can anyone reproduce?
Lane 8 released his much-anticipated winter mixtape today.
It's a bit on the deeper end, but very good so far:
https://twitter.com/Lane8music/status/1737519556678070641
It's a bit on the deeper end, but very good so far:
https://twitter.com/Lane8music/status/1737519556678070641
I've been 6'3 for my whole adult life, and I recently clocked in at 6'4 as a 26 year old... what is happening??
If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
--Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
--Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
In the market for an e-scooter.
@bountybot $10 for a reccomendation that leads to a happy purchase after 1 month
@bountybot $10 for a reccomendation that leads to a happy purchase after 1 month
Spent my 4 hour flight today working with a local LLM as a personal tutor.
I used Ollama to get the Mistral model and asked it to use the Socratic method to determine my level of knowledge on Information Theory, and then teach me from there.
Overall a very positive experience
I used Ollama to get the Mistral model and asked it to use the Socratic method to determine my level of knowledge on Information Theory, and then teach me from there.
Overall a very positive experience
How do people do bookmarking these days? I've used the Pocket extension but their data collection policy is absurd so I'm looking to switch to something else.
Maybe a Raycast extension connected to my Notion, but open to ideas
Maybe a Raycast extension connected to my Notion, but open to ideas
Put on your airpods and play, this, loudly. I promise it's a vibe
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Y6tsWU7hFsEa4MnjSQDay?si=f90bd4fd0faa4ee3
https://open.spotify.com/track/2Y6tsWU7hFsEa4MnjSQDay?si=f90bd4fd0faa4ee3
I don’t even play this game but this was an absolutely electric watch:
https://youtu.be/SsY16hdTfj8?si=NPWXzeoEj_wHYEEC
https://youtu.be/SsY16hdTfj8?si=NPWXzeoEj_wHYEEC
Would love an intents API so that we can add a "Share to Warpcast" button on our a16z websites!
cc @sagar @gabrielayuso.eth
cc @sagar @gabrielayuso.eth
Turn-by-turn accuracy is poor but the overall route is solid
Soooo Chesscaster NYC meetup soon?
Another tracking opt-out bites the dust (Reddit)
New Le Youth album dropped today.
For those that don’t know him, I think he’s one of the most promising up and coming EDM artists. He’s in This Never Happened, Lane 8s music label, with Sultan+Shepard and a few other great artists.
https://spotify.link/oQ7REugwuDb
For those that don’t know him, I think he’s one of the most promising up and coming EDM artists. He’s in This Never Happened, Lane 8s music label, with Sultan+Shepard and a few other great artists.
https://spotify.link/oQ7REugwuDb
I think these two would have been friends.
Lots of shared beliefs between mindfulness/interbeing and stoicism.
Lots of shared beliefs between mindfulness/interbeing and stoicism.
After the Romans conquered Greece in the 2nd century BC, Horace famously said that “conquered Greece was the true conqueror” because of how widespread and popular Greek culture and philosophy became.
Many such examples.
Many such examples.
This book was awesome. Highly recommend. Such a detailed and personal account of a harrowing, epic true story
I want to play Sea of Thieves but don’t know anyone that plays 🥺
Would it still be fun solo?
Would it still be fun solo?
This is my most anticipated track of the year:
https://twitter.com/Lane8music/status/1687174924883075072
https://twitter.com/Lane8music/status/1687174924883075072
