Ryan Sproule

@rfs

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Excited to announce that we at @meritsystems have raised $10m from our friends at a16z crypto and Blockchain Capital (with participation from @dwr.eth) to accelerate what we are calling Open Source Capitalism. Open source software is eating the world. It empowers every major company - and supports trillions of dollars of value every year. It’s a lever on the world - the way to make more with less. What if we could give it superpowers? We are a team of open source veterans with a fresh perspective on capital formation. @samrags and I worked together at a16z as hybrid engineers/investors, and @rfs comes from Blockchain Capital and AWS before that.

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Software needs better funding models. I am excited to announce that we at @meritsystems have raised $10M from @a16zcrypto and Blockchain Capital to build the new economy for Open Source Software. My co-founder @samrags and I have spent our careers working as software engineers in big tech, then in venture. We've been working together for nearly a decade, starting with early projects in our college dorm room. We are builders who prioritize experimenting in production. We have observed first-hand the leverage of Open Source Software, but also the tragic state of its funding. We believe in a new future for Open Source funding. We are building Merit Systems to unleash its full potential. https://merit.systems If this is a mission that you align with, we are hiring: https://merit.systems/careers. We believe that the future belongs to those who build it. Join Us.

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Assembling the dream team over here at Merit Systems

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This looks so much better than the paper back copy I got that fell apart before I even got to the pilgrimage

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average bug bounty audit finding: "HIGH SEV: this cryptographic protocol is not sophon resistant"

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someone did I vaguely remember. Try again only transferable on pi day

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Happy Pi day. Someone should launch a stable coin pegged to 3.14 dollars

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if you look closely at @zksync L1 commitment fees you can see when dencun went live

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Why are these not hexagonally packed

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please help me overtake @anay at the top of the leaderboard. this is insane

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🔥 Who's the top caster? 🔥 A subjective, relative ELO ranking system for Farcaster users. Select your preferred caster in head-to-head matchups and observe their ascent up the leaderboard. https://rank-da-casters-frame.vercel.app/

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Lotr symphony. 10/10 experience

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https://api.witness.co/getLeafIndexByHash?leafHash=0xe56935a48457888be5d1f90cd751ba0e44f9886342ba7fed3380e0a04b755386

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Book 3 was the worst of the 6 so far. Take a break before reading next 3

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That sounds fun let me know if you find

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what % of all global disk utilization is text that looks like this:

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If you look closely you can see when I posted my first frame

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😳🦠 A pandemic social game embedded in a frame? As a player you can help others or stay on the sidelines and let this virtual virus spread freely through Farcaster. 😱 I think it was developed by @rfs, is that correct? Great job! Try it now, it's entertaining. ⤵️

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🦠 SUPER SPREADER 🦠 A virtual virus has erupted across Farcaster! Can the community unite to overcome, or will the virus claim victory? https://super-spreader.vercel.app/ As patient zero, I have spread the virus to some superspreaders: @dwr.eth @samrags @kinjal @anay-sim @ster @horsefacts.eth @will

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