Sheldon Trotman
@sheldon
Founder. Builder. Advisor | MIT EECS | Building
on something new. Prev @syndicate @skyoneer @goldchain @meshlink | Daily thoughts streamed: /lostfounder
OG frame v1 energy 🥹🫰🏾🫰🏾🫰🏾
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26.03.23 - Presented a glimpse of the future this weekend to ~100 people. The live demo got an incredible reception. Back in the arena building!
Big appreciation to @robin . The community he’s building in LA is dope!
Excited to share more details soon 😏
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Not sure if yall been following AutoResearch but it’s fascinating.
You can now let an LLM run continuous research loops:
idea -> experiment -> evaluate -> iterate -> repeat
Agents literally run experiments overnight and keep the improvements. 
Found this video pretty helpful breakdown since it has some ideas too:
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AI isn’t a feature…it’s leverage.
The people using AI every day are quietly separating from everyone else.
The curve is steepening.
x.com/mattshumer_/...
Original essay:
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WOWOW 😯
Neynar is acquiring Farcaster.
Over the next few weeks, we’ll transfer ownership of the protocol contracts and code repositories, the Farcaster app, and Clanker to Neynar. They will run and maintain everything going forward.
Some members of the Merkle team, Varun, and I will step back from day-to-day work on Farcaste
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Kicking off the year with my last game with the NYC poker cabal. All in for one final hand 🗽♥️♠️♦️♣️
@debbie @slobo.eth @dylanb.eth @garrett @chrislarsc @igoryuzo.eth
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26.01.01 - gm gm! This is not just the beginning of a new year, it’s the beginning of a whole new chapter.
Super excited for a year of growth, hustle and positivity. The motto for this year is “lock in”!
More coming soon 😁
gm gm and a very happy New Year everyone!
Casting this mainly for accountability to myself but everyday I will log a thought privately in this book and publicly here to track how I evolve!
Wish I did this in 2023 because it was such a crazy year 😂. Excited to see what’s to come this year.
LFG 2024!! 🥳🥳
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Loved this @nickysap ! It really speaks to my experience. For context, I got on FC in Jan 2023 (I rep the “old guard” title pretty proudly 😊). I’ve been pretty active ever since but lately I’ve felt pretty meh about the direction things are going.
There’s been this shift from “come for the social network and stay fo...
Enough yapping. Let's get serious about something. The old guard are demonstrably leaving the platform.
I've heard several people say that Farcaster's pivot to trading/wallet is focusing on the users who churn quickest. But I'm not a fan of anecdotal evidence.
In this case, however, the hard data tells a similar sto
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🗣️FUSAKA!!
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Chasing 550lbs now!
Deadlift ladder: 510×1 → 455×3 → 405×6
Honestly felt like I could’ve pushed one more on every set 😁
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