March 2022 - cypherpunks@lists.ogf.org

Fwd: FOIL Request Confirmation from Open FOIL NY
by Gunnar Larson 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <noreply(a)its.ny.gov> Date: Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 2:56 PM Subject: FOIL Request Confirmation from Open FOIL NY To: <g(a)xny.io> Thank you for submitting your FOIL request through Open FOIL NY. Here is your Open FOIL NY confirmation information for future reference: LARSON_DFS_20220307145647677 *INFORMATION SUBMITTED:* *Records Requested From* Department of Financial Services *Short Title* BitLicense and Global Warming *Description* Dear Madam or Sir: We would like access to any and all records particular to New York's DFS' approach to global warming being cross border, but you do not support the BitLicense being cross border. Gunnar Larson *Uploaded Files* *FOIL Response Format* Email *If fees apply, please contact me if costs will be greater than* $25000 Your FOIL request has been forwarded to the organization(s) you selected, and the respective Records Access Officer will contact you directly for further processing of your request. Please allow up to five business days for such communication(s). For your convenience, here is additional contact information: Department of Financial Services One State Street 20th Floor New York, NY 10004 -- *Gunnar Larson - xNY.io <http://www.xNY.io> | Bank.org <http://Bank.org>* MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107 New York, New York 10001

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[crazy][fiction][spam] Once upon a time,
by Undiscussed Horrific Abuse, One Victim of Many 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

Once upon a time, Whoops! After people say "once upon a time", often they go off into a mode of communication where a slow fantasy is relayed. Maybe let's visit a text generation model and see if it can generate a story we edit. Let's try ai21, because its api gives some per-generated-token information and I have a little exposure to it. $ git clone https://github.com/xloem/codesynth $ cd codesynth $ python3 >>> from codesynth.causal_language_model import ai21 >>> ai21()('Once upon a time,') [{'prompt_text': 'Once upon a time,', 'prompt_tokens': [{'generatedToken': {'token': '▁Once▁upon▁a▁time', 'logprob': -9.43914794921875}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 0, 'end': 16}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': ',', 'logprob': -0.5171183943748474}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 16, 'end': 17}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '▁there▁was▁a', 'logprob': -2.4541430473327637}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 0, 'end': 12}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '▁little▁girl', 'logprob': -3.0728108882904053}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 12, 'end': 24}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '▁named', 'logprob': -1.7874130010604858}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 24, 'end': 30}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '▁Sarah', 'logprob': -4.059205055236816}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 30, 'end': 36}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '.', 'logprob': -0.6026005148887634}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 36, 'end': 37}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '▁Sarah', 'logprob': -1.6510628461837769}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 37, 'end': 43}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '▁was', 'logprob': -1.4048548936843872}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 43, 'end': 47}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '▁', 'logprob': -3.338338613510132}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 47, 'end': 48}}], 'generated_text': 'Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Sarah. Sarah was ', 'tokens': [{'generatedToken': {'token': '▁Once▁upon▁a▁time', 'logprob': -9.43914794921875}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 0, 'end': 16}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': ',', 'logprob': -0.5171183943748474}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 16, 'end': 17}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '▁there▁was▁a', 'logprob': -2.4541430473327637}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 0, 'end': 12}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '▁little▁girl', 'logprob': -3.0728108882904053}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 12, 'end': 24}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '▁named', 'logprob': -1.7874130010604858}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 24, 'end': 30}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '▁Sarah', 'logprob': -4.059205055236816}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 30, 'end': 36}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '.', 'logprob': -0.6026005148887634}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 36, 'end': 37}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '▁Sarah', 'logprob': -1.6510628461837769}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 37, 'end': 43}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '▁was', 'logprob': -1.4048548936843872}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 43, 'end': 47}}, {'generatedToken': {'token': '▁', 'logprob': -3.338338613510132}, 'topTokens': None, 'textRange': {'start': 47, 'end': 48}}], 'finish_reason': {'reason': 'length', 'length': 8}}] Blurg! What a mess! I'd like to see other options at every token. Words that could replace each word of 'Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Sarah. Sarah was ', which can be picked out from the above as the 'generatedText' field. I don't know whether ai21 shows alternative tokens, but I'm guessing that there's an option to, since there's a field called 'topTokens'. I wonder how to enable it? Maybe I can find their api page.

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When Divorce Litigation Finance Turns Ugly
by Gunnar Larson 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

Check out my new article: https://litigationfinancejournal.com/when-divorce-litigation-finance-turns-… When Divorce Litigation Finance Turns Ugly Protecting access to justice is a hallmark of the litigation finance industry. Divorce is no exception. Success stories rain in regarding instances where one party is being ‘jerked around’ with no access to capital. Litigation funders pride themselves on enabling access to justice, but what happens when a funder does its part and the couple decide to push the funder out of its just reward? -- *Gunnar Larson - xNY.io <http://www.xNY.io> | Bank.org <http://Bank.org>* MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107 New York, New York 10001

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Fwd: FOIL Request Confirmation from Open FOIL NY
by Gunnar Larson 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: <noreply(a)its.ny.gov> Date: Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 2:43 PM Subject: FOIL Request Confirmation from Open FOIL NY To: <g(a)xny.io> Thank you for submitting your FOIL request through Open FOIL NY. Here is your Open FOIL NY confirmation information for future reference: LARSON_DFS_20220307144349850 LARSON_EXEC_20220307144349850 *INFORMATION SUBMITTED:* *Records Requested From* Department of Financial Services Executive Chamber *Short Title* Goldman Sachs Resolves Foreign Bribery Case And Agrees To Pay Over $2.9 Billion *Description* Dear Madam or sir: We would like access to any/and all records at DFS with reference if Goldman Sachs knows what a felony is? Love, JP Morgan. *Uploaded Files* *FOIL Response Format* Email *If fees apply, please contact me if costs will be greater than* $250000 Your FOIL request has been forwarded to the organization(s) you selected, and the respective Records Access Officer will contact you directly for further processing of your request. Please allow up to five business days for such communication(s). For your convenience, here is additional contact information: Department of Financial Services One State Street 20th Floor New York, NY 10004 Executive Chamber State Capitol Albany, NY 12224 -- *Gunnar Larson - xNY.io <http://www.xNY.io> | Bank.org <http://Bank.org>* MSc <https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/msc-digital-currency/?utm_source=Google&u…> - Digital Currency MBA <https://www.unic.ac.cy/business-administration-entrepreneurship-and-innovat…> - Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ip) G(a)xNY.io +1-646-454-9107 New York, New York 10001

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BitLicense
by Gunnar Larson 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

Mr. Weber: If global warming is cross border, but you do not support the BitLicense being cross border, you should resign today. Gunnar

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[ot][spam][crazy] muse-lsl bleak work
by Undiscussed Horrific Abuse, One Victim of Many 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

[log] i'm presently interested in making muse-lsl work on my raspberry pi running into this: bleak.exc.BleakDBusError: [org.bluez.Error.NotReady] Resource Not Ready to try to troubleshoot it, i ran with some code of my own called 'pymuse' or 'sqrt(heartbrain)', a small test of accessing the device with different bluetooth backends. i used the same bleak backend. however, i am now running into the same error in the heartbrain code. so maybe it is a system thing.

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Ukrainian drone enthusiasts sign up to repel Russian forces
by jim bell 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

https://news.yahoo.com/ukrainian-drone-enthusiasts-sign-repel-201020826.html In better times, Ukrainian drone enthusiasts flew their gadgets into the sky to photograph weddings, fertilize soybean fields or race other drones for fun. Now some are risking their lives by forming a volunteer drone force to help their country repel the Russian invasion. “Kyiv needs you and your drone at this moment of fury!” read a Facebook post late last week from the Ukrainian military, calling for citizens to donate hobby drones and to volunteer as experienced pilots to operate them. One entrepreneur who runs a retail store selling consumer drones in the capital said its entire stock of some 300 drones made by Chinese company DJI has been dispersed for the cause. Others are working to get more drones across the border from friends and colleagues in Poland and elsewhere in Europe. “Why are we doing this? We have no other choice. This is our land, our home,” said Denys Sushko, head of operations at Kyiv-based industrial drone technology company DroneUA, which before the war was helping to provide drone services to farmers and energy companies. Sushko fled his home late last week after his family had to take cover from a nearby explosion. He spoke to The Associated Press by phone and text message Friday after climbing up a tree for better reception.

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Fwd: Question
by Gunnar Larson 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

Can he answer this question? ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> Date: Mon, Mar 7, 2022, 7:50 AM Subject: Question To: Weber, Richard (DFS) <Richard.weber(a)dfs.ny.gov> Mr. Weber: Is Global Warming cross-border? Is the BitLicense cross border? Gunnar

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Collapse of govts
by professor rat 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

Cypherpunks collapse governments. Subject: Everyone a remailer: Everyone a Mint: Everyone an assassin https://marc.info/?l=cypherpunks&m=100872510706876&w=2 Strong-crypto, digital money, anonymous networks, pseudonyms, zero- knowledge proofs, reputations, information-markets, netwar, collapse-of-governments. There is no doubt that governments all around the world now realize that they cannot rely on the global economic and technological infrastructure. Nations and blocs of nations will need to set up their own infrastructures for banking, cloud computing, internet, semiconductors etc. because they may suddenly find themselves under an economic DDos attack due to their self-defense policies, foreign policies, arms sales, carbon emissions, “gender identity” policies etc. https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2022/03/the-u-s-is-really… " . . . his system, if tolerated, would merely force government to operate secretly rather than openly. . . " https://theworld.com/~mhuben/cypher.html Merely force the USG underground - MERELY! Crypto suits are supposedly ahead of the curve - truth is most of them don't have the first clue. Thankfully!

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Marxist biological warfare costs 6 million lives
by professor rat 07 Mar '22

07 Mar '22

The Associated Press - en Español Death toll nears 6 million as pandemic enters its 3rd year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unrestricted_Warfare

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