Linda Xie (@linda) on Farcaster

Linda Xie

@linda

taking a break to self study physics. previously: dev eco @farcaster, cofounder @bountycaster and scalar capital, early @coinbase, coproducer @ethereumfilm

New York, NY, USA

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Proud of my husband @wwarren for what he and the 0x team built over the past 10 years! Saw him go from smart contracts tinkering in grad school to dropping out due to passion for decentralized exchange to now billions in monthly trade volume and enabling swaps for the major players

Will Warren 🍵

@willwarren

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Today I’m transitioning out of my role as co-CEO at 0x. I remain a major shareholder, I’ll continue to sit on the board, and I will continue to lend my full support to @abandeali1 and the team. I’m proud of what we’ve built and our role in realizing the vision of tokenization

linda

great opportunity, @jake is such a creative, original thinker and strong builder

jake

EXPERIMENT: 7 MINUTE CALLS i've reserved 2 hours tomorrow to take a bunch of 7 minute calls. i'm down to chat about whatever. i'll lead if you have no agenda. audio-only so feel free to walk or whatever. first come first serve. grab a slot if you want one: https://cal.com/0fjake/7-minute-calls

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My friend and I went to the bookstore, picked up a scifi fantasy book and then just popcorn read it out loud for a few hours. Was actually really fun since we could talk about things as it was happening and made it really immersive. Would do again!

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Had a lovely time in Nova Scotia! Beautiful nature and amazing food

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Couldn't tell if these lamp posts were art or it fell down lol

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Biggest mental shift for me starting to learn quantum mechanics has been thinking in terms of probability and being comfortable not always having intuition behind why something is happening. Assuming will just take time to adjust

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Made my own hologram of a circuit board (can be any object) in holography class! Interesting seeing everything had to be very still to record light interference patterns (table that dampens movement, objects glued so no vibrations, no talking/sound waves during laser exposure)

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Every time I'm about to do a trade on Matcha I tell my husband @wwarren and then he asks if he can watch like a user interview. This has been going on for years and I love that he cares so much!

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Learned about quantum tunneling and my mind is blown! Particles have a probability of appearing on the other side of a barrier ("getting through a barrier") even if they don't have enough energy. Insane not just theoretical but has many real applications (e.g. nuclear fusion)

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I know basic for those who learned but months ago I saw this at the start of quantum mechanics and was intimidated. Today I was able to go through it and learned it's getting familiar with new notation, uses past functions, combines / rewrites some. Anyone can learn over time!

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17d

Starting quantum mechanics in my curriculum today! This past week I've particularly enjoyed learning about how electrons can move up/down energy levels by absorbing/emitting photons and how lasers work by making use of this. Also first time seeing uncertainty as a variable!

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Just had my first Zoom call with someone who has a PhD in high energy theoretical physics and teaches physics classes. Learned about their research and string theory and it was so interesting to me! I loved it and going to meet more folks. Everyone has been so nice 😊

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I'd love to make more friends in physics and learn what people are studying or working on! A nice thing about college or working in an industry is getting to make a lot of friends interested in the same topic. Aside from my tutor, self studying has been a lot more separated

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Started reading a philosophy of physics book on the side. My tutor said she took this class at NYU and enjoyed it so I'm going to try it out. I've actually never really been exposed to philosophy so hoping this is an interesting experience

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My dad is a physicist, I vaguely knew what he worked on but today was the first time I knew maybe enough high level optics to ask him in detail. He got excited explaining his work (optical coherence tomography) and that I was following along. Fav personal moment from all this!

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