Eric Winer

building something new, formerly CTOing @near_ai @pagodaplatform @niftygateway @gemini

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

curly > waffle > wedge > standard > crinkle > shoestring.

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

alternatively: am i in danger? are they trying to warn me? what does Olivia from Geico know that i don't?

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

why do all my customer service calls end with them saying "stay safe"? is that a covid corporatespeak holdover, or is it like a common way of saying goodbye to people these days?

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

@andrewfullerxyz @Gemini this is chart gore. can you pin these axes please?

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

this tweet inspired me to read Grant's memoirs. thanks!

also vibecoded a map of his travels & battles at https://t.co/oRSov1kIfK, which has been especially helpful for the pre-war bits

[Sandy Petersen 🪔 @SandyofCthulhu]

U. S. Grant's memoirs are the best military memoirs since Julius Caesar. Most military memoirs are designed to defend the actions of the writer, while disparaging their enemies (not their opponents ... rivals who were on the same side). Grant's, uniquely, actually talk about what happened. He regrets errors he made. He praises other leaders, and mocks them when appropriate.

And he did it all while dying of throat cancer. Mark Twain published it and it was an immediate gigantic hit, ensuring that Grant's wife & children were taken care of for life.

"The most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticized." - U.S. Grant

His memoirs are an easy, engaging read. Try them out.

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

@Langerius q: @Langerius did you handwrite this tweet? or was it openclaw, or maybe ironclaw?

i appreciate the engagement regardless, just trying to track a pattern of behavior back to its source.

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

really interesting phishing attempt: they sent me a bunch of phishing emails, then called and did a legitimately decent Google account security checkup! even asked me to delete those emails.

then 30 minutes later they called again and finally tried to get me to click a fake link

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

my single biggest production risk is @natebirdman's physical wellbeing. Nate, please tell me you don't own a motorcycle.

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

huh, i think it's actually been years since i last heard 'mr brightside'

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

@daylightco i would love to play with this

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

seems like they've added some CYA crap to their usage policies, saying it's prohibited for you to use ChatGPT for legal advice without consulting a lawyer.  but i don't see evidence (yet) that they're actually changing or restricting model outputs.

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

is anyone else's battery life tanking after installing the iOS Vista update?

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

@guillewrotethis well there's a few examples of doing that in a NEAR contract:
* https://t.co/PksXBvvsJt
* https://t.co/7gBrmdu8SC

is there any value in doing the oauth verification in a shade agent instead?

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

hey it's time for my monthly panic of "oh crap did i accidentally rack up a bunch of charges to my personal AWS account"

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

yay, more shrinkflation, how exciting.

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

Used to be I had 1Password and Authy. Totally manageable security. Now I've got passkeys littered across iCloud, Chrome, 1Password, TouchID, Yubikey, god knows where else.

I know this is a Me Problem, but my online security has arguably gotten *worse* from the rise of passkeys.

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

Story time:

Back in 2012, I went on a (third? maybe fourth?) date with a girl to a jazz bar that had lots of fun games. We had bonded over being competitive, and thought we could play some ping pong or foosball together. She asked to play Scrabble – but it turns out that makes it tough to have a conversation, since it involves alternating periods of intense concentration.

I'm no Scrabble wiz, but I love using the two-letter combos to put words next to each other. So I kept doing that, and I remember my date getting pretty frustrated. Soon we ended up with the board below. At this point, we couldn't find any other possible moves to make ANYWHERE, regardless of the available letters. The game was stuck. And so was the date. Pretty sure we never talked again.

I didn't remember taking a picture but it just popped up in my Google Photos. Sorry for the 2012-Android-in-a-basement-bar photo quality. If you're out there, fellow former NYC single, I hope you're well, I'm curious for your side of the story, and gg.

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

@near_ai @Google Ultimately, neither protocol has any adoption to speak of yet. We're still waiting for (and building at @near_ai!) the killer apps that will drive demand for agent-to-agent transactions.

Once that happens, either protocol will work great, and work even better with $NEAR. (4/4)

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

Getting a lot of questions about @near_ai's AITP vs @Google's A2A/AP2:

* Pretty similar in vision, goals, scope
* Both move us towards user-owned AI; glad to see @Google making positive moves
* AITP was there first; who cares? (1/4)

[Eric Winer @eric_winer]

@near_ai @Google Payments protocols:
* AP2 is more fleshed out; AITP-01 Payments still has some loose ends
* AITP's referral/affiliate revenue model is vital once you have agent-to-agent-to-agent communication chains (3/4)