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Eric Rachlin

@eerac

Yo, I’m a scientist! NYC➡️CS PhD➡️Body Labs cofounder (acq. by AMZN)➡️BK dad➡️principal scientist➡️corporate dropout➡️aspiring roboticist?

Brooklyn, New York Katılım Nisan 2008
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Eric Rachlin
Eric Rachlin@eerac·
Human language evolved ~100,000 years ago Written language is much more recent, only about 5,500 years old Written language was the catalyst for global civilization. Its inception changed the planet The impact of software being able to understand language is hard to overstate
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Eric Rachlin
Eric Rachlin@eerac·
I totally get why this rubs people the wrong way, but doing this “the real way” wouldn’t work. The cake would need to be way denser than what people want. They may not be the world’s best bakery, but they def run a tight operation when it comes to delivering a great looking, reasonably fresh/tasty cake. Also their boxes are ridiculously well-designed. Not saying $47 isn’t expensive, but they’re selling a high quality experience that photographs super well. I can see why they’ve exploded in popularity.
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SonnyBoy🇺🇸
SonnyBoy🇺🇸@gotrice2024·
People are criticizing the rainbow cakes at Paris Baguette. In the display you see this beautiful rainbow cake for about $47. People started buying them because of how nice they look. When they get home, they see the outside layer is just a plastic sheet with the rainbow cake texture printed on it. Granted, the inside of it is rainbow once you cut into it, however once you take off the printed plastic you are left with a cake that does not look as nice as what was advertised. Should Paris Baguette offer refunds for false advertising or do you feel this could just be a misunderstanding?
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Eric Rachlin
Eric Rachlin@eerac·
@FreyaHolmer It looks super compelling! Maybe you could make it so that every time you do a full rotation everything outside square clears and square reduces by one? Or maybe there’s a way to have the square go away and then everything collapses inward somehow?
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Freya Holmér
Freya Holmér@FreyaHolmer·
been feeling kinda stressed lately so I made a little prototype is this anything
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Jon Barron
Jon Barron@jon_barron·
@cmarschnerde oh TIL. I'm used to calling them "fiducials" which has always felt awkward.
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Jon Barron
Jon Barron@jon_barron·
There's an engineer on YouTube building his own room-scale laundry-picking UFO catcher robot out of QR codes and string, it's one of the most compelling robotics demos I've seen in a while.
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MWT
MWT@mountainwesttax·
Just found a 53 page PDF about this property’s landmark status in Denver. Designed by a student of FLW. What a dream. No way I’ll get it. But I’m gonna go see it!!!!
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MWT@mountainwesttax·
is there any way to add central air to a MCM like this? (radiant heat)
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Eric Rachlin
Eric Rachlin@eerac·
listing: "a working olive grove that produces oil" me, after purchase: "so is there like a button I press?"
Tim@TimurNegru

5.2 acres of land in Italy, a working olive grove that produces oil, private woodland, a renovated stone farmhouse and an 80m² cellar. €260k ($300k). A lot of people are rethinking where they live and how they live. This is what that looks like in practice. A courtyard with a wood oven and grape pergola. Three connected structures, 150m² (1,615 sq ft) of living space, 2 beds and 2 baths. Get Starlink, run your business from anywhere, add solar panels, collect your water. You're largely off-grid. One hour from Rome if you ever get bored and need the city. Is this the kind of property that starts making more sense the more the world changes?

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Eric Rachlin
Eric Rachlin@eerac·
@rafaelyglesias @mattyglesias And to think, I had no idea this whole time. When I met him later at Stuy, my friend Andy's theory as to how how Grace's pre-K class was selected was that it mostly came down what color plastic bear kids selected during their interview (green)
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Rafael Yglesias
Rafael Yglesias@rafaelyglesias·
@eerac @mattyglesias Don't kid yourself. We had to get compromising photos of Heads of School and a murder of a rival for a pre-Kindergarten place may have happened. Getting you and Matt an education nearly killed Larry and me. Still have PTSD.
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Eric Rachlin
Eric Rachlin@eerac·
@samhaselby Why are you quoting a post that is obviously arguing against our current military actions?
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Sam Haselby@samhaselby·
Israel First Democrats will now write hundreds of words arguing the US and Americans should fight wars on its behalf, but without ever mentioning the name of the country itself:
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Eric Rachlin
Eric Rachlin@eerac·
@paulg Accurate. When I was 22 making mashed potatoes "from scratch" was noteworthy.
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Paul Graham
Paul Graham@paulg·
Something I told 17 yo: Till their early 20s most people are so completely incapable of cooking that if you can make even basic things like pasta and scrambled eggs you'll seem to your friends like brilliant cook.
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Eric Rachlin
Eric Rachlin@eerac·
@malikatifsaleem @garrytan Sure, but I just meant helping you find a plumber and making sure they show up and such. This is what a good personal assistant would be able to do.
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Atif Saleem
Atif Saleem@malikatifsaleem·
@eerac @garrytan First, personal assistance had to be solved to reach physical AI assistance. OpenClaw is a step forward in personal assistance, which will lead to personal AI robots doing our chores without hard-coding them.
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Garry Tan
Garry Tan@garrytan·
One of the most important questions for founders is: How do I make sure agents know about my product and service and choose it? All the old tricks won’t work. People who figure this out will win big
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Eric Rachlin
Eric Rachlin@eerac·
What I would say is this (and it has nothing to do with Garry). I think MacKenzie decided to give away a lot of money in a very low-key way, specifically not wanting to make some whole big fuss around her and her organization. It's a very non-male, non-tech approach to philanthropy, and as a result... there's not some big fancy narrative around how her orgs grand plan to change the world. I don't even have a problem with big fancy narratives, I like them, but we don't need every rich person coming up with some overblown plan before they just give away some money!!
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Lisa Glass
Lisa Glass@LMplusG·
@eerac @garrytan Crazy thought, isn’t it? Something tells me Garry would be just fine if this were a white Republican male giving away his money.
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Garry Tan
Garry Tan@garrytan·
MacKenzie Scott has given away $26B faster than anyone in history — with no oversight, and no accountability for the chaos that follows. This is not stewardship. Real philanthropy requires real care and attention. Pour sugar on the floor? You get ants. garryslist.org/posts/mackenzi…
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Eric Rachlin
Eric Rachlin@eerac·
Yes! I like Garry, and he recently replied very reasonably to a question I posed about his wealth tax post. I really don't want to be some dude attacking Garry in his DMs. That said, I also really don't like this trend of claiming that MacKenzie's Scotts desire to give away a lot of money she obviously doesn't need is somehow a problem for society. If a random billionaire gives a random sum of money to a random person, I strongly suspect that on average that's net positive for society. MacKenzie's giving is obviously not random, but she's giving to a lot of very normal non-profit institutions.
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John Jannotti
John Jannotti@jannotti·
@eerac @garrytan I think I've agreed with or at least respected everything I've ever read from Gary Tan, until this. It has 3 examples. Howard leads. Nothing bad is actually described, he just tries to let the reader imagine that a college with ~$1B can't handle 80M.
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Eric Rachlin
Eric Rachlin@eerac·
What better taxes would you support? Yes there are some people who are anti-billionaire people, but there are also many people who correctly understand that very wealthy people are able to avoid taxes through borrowing and also just generally pay lower tax rate to capital gains vs income. If we don’t want a wealth tax, what better options should we be supporting?
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Garry Tan
Garry Tan@garrytan·
The ultimate goal is asset seizure There are better taxes that are not unrealized gains tax killing startups or a double taxation on assets you already paid taxes on But if they can trick California into asset seizure, 0% chance it stops at billionaires
Autism Capital 🧩@AutismCapital

🚨AOC: "I don't think that we have to wait for any one president to impose a wealth tax. I think it needs to be done expeditiously." REPORTER: "The US is uniquely placed to do it because people can't flee." This is DEMONIC! They're EXCITED to steal

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Eric Rachlin
Eric Rachlin@eerac·
@Noahpinion "mostly-useless people" Is the claim here that going to school in SF has become mostly useless? Or that the current crop of unionized teachers are crowding out better, cheaper teachers? I'm not saying I stand with the teachers union, but I also do think teachers deserve respect
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Eric Rachlin
Eric Rachlin@eerac·
@SterlingCooley Got it, certainly seems like a promising line of research. Thanks for the response 20 months after you wrote: "Dementia and Alzheimer’s is as good as cured as of Today" and then "We are coming to rescue your microtubules - hang on just a few more months"
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Sterling Cooley
Sterling Cooley@SterlingCooley·
We made it - we fucking made it This is really going to happen Holy shit Dementia and Alzheimer’s is as good as cured as of Today We are coming to rescue your microtubules - hang on just a few more months Hang on to your loved ones - you must not let them slip away ❤️❤️❤️
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