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Linda Xie
@linda
taking a break to self study physics. previously: dev eco @farcaster, cofounder @bountycaster and scalar capital, early @coinbase, coproducer @ethereumfilm
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People talk about body dysmorphia in Hollywood/LA where many attractive people continually get cosmetic surgery. I feel there's a version of this in SF/tech of wealth dysmorphia where some never feel satisfied with how much money they make despite sizable financial success
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A lovely aspect of expecting my first baby soon is the support from friends who are already moms. They've been giving me great advice about pregnancy and newborns, sharing helpful resources, gifting or lending me items they liked, or just checking in. It's so heartwarming!
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Uh this shouldn't count as 2FA
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Robot metal arms from MakerMods have arrived and assembling them with @wwarren onto our coffee table. Excited to train it and learn a lot!
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Looking at dogs that need foster homes and her name is Elizabeth Holmes lol
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In retrospect I would have started my physics studying with Feynman's lectures on the character of physical law before my textbooks. He gives such a beautiful and inspiring framing You can watch the lectures or read the transcript in this book. Accessible with very little math
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I just voted to stay and build a techno-optimist community with the Network School Farcaster core team. We’re going to implement a Singapore-like code to ensure positive-sum behavior within this app, as distinct from the hostility of most social media. It’s an experiment in decentralized digital democracy, where everyo...
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My husband got an NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano for robotics experimentation. So cool how much computing power it has given the size and cost ($400)
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Magnesium has improved my sleep significantly. I started taking it for leg cramps during pregnancy which got rid of them entirely but it's also had a huge benefit for my sleep. I only wish I had started taking it sooner!
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My husband brought a metal detector and shovel on our babymoon lmao
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If you like the show How To with John Wilson (highly recommend if haven't seen it), his new documentary The History of Concrete is playing in theaters. It was really creative, entertaining and funny!
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Still wrapping my mind around the fact that in quantum mechanics, all electrons are identical and no one knows which is which
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Finished reading my 3rd physics textbook Intro to Electrodynamics by Griffiths. It was excellent with lots of derivations and helpful examples/problems. My fav topic so far is electromagnetism I emailed Griffiths how much I loved it, he actually replied and it made me so happy!
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Random unexpected benefit of my physics studying the past year has been being way more handy around the house. Physical issues are like little physics problem to me now and it makes it fun to figure out and fix vs defaulting to asking my husband to do it or just ignoring it
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I'm reading these 3 popular physics books in parallel to my textbooks if anyone wants to book club 1 or more with me! Would be fun to have people to chat with about them
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