Drew Volpe

@drew

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Farewell Warpcast, I just minted the new POAP! Get yours too and support Farcaster choooo chooo🚂! All proceeds from mint go to @purple DAO to support RetroPGF across Farcaster. Thanks @gabo @sandiforward.eth and 👨‍💻 @samuellhuber.eth

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“Venture capital firms based in locales that are venture capital centers outperform, regardless of the stage of the investment. Ironically, this outperformance arises from outsized performance outside of the venture capital office locations, including in peripheral locations." https://x.com/credistick/status/1925855919323091285

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the original "Pizza for bitcoins?" thread: "I'll pay 10,000 bitcoins for a couple of pizzas.. like maybe 2 large ones so I have some left over for the next day. I like having left over pizza to nibble on later..." https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=137.0

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Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day!

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Did the prisoners dilemma with my kids tonight. They each did Y or X to decide if the other person gets dessert. If they defect and choose X and the other person Y, they get 2 desserts. If they both choose Y, both get 1 desert. Both X, they each get 1/2 dessert. No honor among thieves. Or siblings.

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this is what "fake it 'til you make it" is supposed to mean. Act like you can do the job while you work crazy hard to learn something fast enough to actually be able to do it well.

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parenting goal: "My oldest son will be 7 soon. And while I miss the 3 year old version of him, I at least don't have any regrets over what might have been. We had the best time a daddy and a 3 year old ever had." https://www.paulgraham.com/vb.html

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Robigo planted their first soybean field trials w/ their engineered microbes. This is a major step forward for using microbes as crop protectants instead of synthetic chemicals. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7325968913630912517/

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majority of the main speakers at Consensus are finance personalities and politicians. crypto is in a really weird place.

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Matt Crane has a new video series on startups + VC in Boston. I did a short video with him on deep tech startups and what we (First Star) are up to. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7326598799303352322/

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Our Roxbury Russet is in the ground. One step closer to a community apple tree.

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Muon catalyzed fusion is an old idea that's having a resurgence with new technology. Fusion plants would be much simpler and not the $10B, 25 acre+ facilities that other approaches require. (disc: I'm a tiny investor in Acceleron Energy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3x6m8r2vEg

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Joined a fun project where a group of us are growing apple trees. Cuttings will be taken from each one and grafted onto one large tree at a school, so it will grow all different kinds of apples: https://www.thecommunitygraftingproject.com/

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Packed house for the final lecture of my advisor, Prof Harry Lewis at Harvard SEAS.

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Monero spiked today and CT was buzzing with reports of people finally appreciating XMR's technology. turns out it was just a hacker laundering their spoils: https://x.com/zachxbt/status/1916756932763046273

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Niagara Falls, worth the trip

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Maybe I’ve been in crypto too long but I 100% don’t care about the Trump coin dinner. 1) It’s providing liquidity for retail who got dumped on. 2) It’s transparent and straightforward. 3) Isn’t going to tank the economy or send anyone to jail.

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Logan airport the day after the Boston marathon is a vibe. Tons of people with blue-and-yellow pullovers, wearing their medals.

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One reason Farcaster feels kinder than other places: many of us have met in person. You give people the benefit of the doubt when you know them and they aren't just avatars.

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And I a robot? I see no cars in any of these photos

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