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Erik Berlin

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Erik Berlin

@sferik

consistently candid, ineffective accelerationist, loss-of-function researcher, epicurean hedonist, stochocract, Pigovian, 🏆husband, anti-adultist, ex-𝕏

City of Yes, California

thiswebsiteisntfree.com

Joined July 2007

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Erik Berlin
@sferik
Oct 21, 2025
6yo: What’s the biggest number? Me: There are an infinite number of numbers so there’s no biggest one. 6yo: What’s the biggest number you know the name of? Me: A googolplex. 6yo: Which is bigger, a googolplex or a googoobazillion? Me: There’s not a number named a
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Erik Berlin
@sferik
Jul 28, 2023
Twitter was able to change the logo of their iOS app but not the name, since Apple requires app names to be at least 2 characters 😂
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Erik Berlin
@sferik
Nov 5, 2022
I can’t believe this didn’t work
Erik Berlin
@sferik
Apr 25, 2022
Just another day, commuting to Twitter HQ in my Tesla vehicle: a great car made by a great man.
Erik Berlin
@sferik
Jun 28, 2024
2012
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Erik Berlin
@sferik
Jul 29, 2023
Replying to @yalp122
He already has a company called SpaceX 😂
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Erik Berlin
@sferik
Mar 15, 2023
I know it’s a long shot, but does anyone know an engineer at Airbnb named Jeroen who’s using my listing (Room.first) as sample data for testing? If so, could you please ask him to find a different room?
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Erik Berlin
@sferik
Oct 21, 2025
Replying to @Michael_Druggan
I’ll let him know.
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Erik Berlin
@sferik
Jul 28, 2023
Replying to @JohnnyWinston
It will not. Multi-byte characters are still characters.
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Erik Berlin
@sferik
Dec 10, 2019
Ordering my new Mac Pro with wheels, for obvious reasons
GIF
Erik Berlin
@sferik
Jun 25, 2022
3yo asked why clothing gets darker when it gets wet, since water is clear. It’s a good question that had never occurred to me to ask before. Had to look up the answer: total internal reflection (light bouncing around inside the water layer instead of bouncing straight off).
Erik Berlin
@sferik
Jul 28, 2023
Replying to @BasicInteger
Wanna bet?
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Erik Berlin
@sferik
Feb 2, 2020
This is the best argument I’ve seen for @AndrewYang
MS NOW LIVE
@msnowevents
Feb 1, 2020
Poll: Will you support the Democratic nominee even if it is not your candidate? #AMJoy
Erik Berlin
@sferik
Jan 5, 2023
Yesterday was my last official day at Twitter. I was not offered “3 months of severance” nor was anyone, to my knowledge. I was offered zero. By Elon’s own admission, this is illegal.
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Nov 4, 2022
Regarding Twitter’s reduction in force, unfortunately there is no choice when the company is losing over $4M/day. Everyone exited was offered 3 months of severance, which is 50% more than legally required.
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Erik Berlin
@sferik
Mar 15, 2023
Replying to @bchesky and @Airbnb
🧠💬 please let it be Jeroen
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