March 2023 - cypherpunks@lists.ogf.org

Dr Evil discovers a billion dollar crypto-currency
by professor rat 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

He was a hard-charging forensic accountant and good at his job until, one day, he gave evidence against other hard-charging forensic accountants; hard-charging forensic accountants gone bad who tried to kill him but got his main deduction instead. Now he roams the literary badlands. Cod sciFi, tacky cyberpunk and recycled Neal Stephenson. An outlaw. A fugitive. A renegade. https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1638510072610406401 Reposts not brown-nosed conformist cyberpunk bores as bad, or worse, than Bruce Sterling

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Female Execs Are Exhausted, Frustrated and Heading for the Exits
by Gunnar Larson 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

Female Execs Are Exhausted, Frustrated and Heading for the Exits https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-02/gen-x-female-executives-… The data alarmed employers and economists as the shock waves of the pandemic hit the US. Women were leaving their jobs in droves. By the end of 2020, their share of the labor force had fallen to its lowest level since 1987.

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Use a drone to assassinate Trump - don't go to Rikers
by professor rat 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

Microsoft is now proposing ChatGPT as a way to help people direct robots in the physical world. https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/22/microsoft_chatgpt_robots/ Reposts not US Judge calling MS a street-gang

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Calls for FULL UNEMPLOYMENT
by professor rat 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

Stop work - work is a four letter word - never work - let the machines do it https://twitter.com/i/status/1637889340423413770 tunguz Mar 21 It’s so over. A team from cybersecurity firm Claroty used the AI bot ChatGPT to win a hackathon How to surrender in five different programming languages fchollet 15h Asking if it’s still worth learning to code in the age of AI is like asking if it’s still worth learning to write in the age of the printing press. It’s even more valuable than before. You’ve just gained new leverage.

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Great Revolution Reloaded
by professor rat 22 Mar '23

22 Mar '23

France, has been brought to its knees by days of violent protests that have been described as the “Revolution 2.0”. VIVA LA REVOLUTION 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.

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Crypto Exchange OKCoin Suspends Trading of Miami and NYC CityCoins
by Gunnar Larson 21 Mar '23

21 Mar '23

Wow, sounds like STX and POX have some disclosures ahead of them. You know, POX is a jehadist attack on the Bitcoin Blockchain, according to Ken Griffin. "I wish all this passion and energy that went to crypto was directed towards making the United States stronger," he said. https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/03/21/crypto-exchange-okcoin-suspend… Crypto exchange OKCoin has suspended the trading of two citycoins, MiamiCoin and NYCCoin, as of March 16, citing limited liquidity as the reason for the decision. “Limited liquidity for these coins on our platform has created the possibility of price manipulation and fraudulent activity,” OKCoin wrote in a blog post. “While none of these risks have occurred, we wanted to get ahead of any possible misconduct.” The exchange will resume the trading of those coins once the “unexpected” low liquidity is solved. Until then, holders can continue to keep their coins on the exchange or move them to a decentralized platform. OKCoin, a globally licensed exchange headquartered in San Francisco, was the only centralized exchange that offered citycoins, according to the blog post. Both MiamiCoin and NYCCoin are developed by CityCoins, which enables citizens a way to generate crypto-based revenue for themselves and the cities where they live. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez was a particularly strong proponent of MiamiCoin in its early days, touting the possibility to generate a “bitcoin yield” for its citizens from its staking. OKCoin didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment from CoinDesk. Bloomberg previously reported on the news.

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[ot][spam][crazy] karl has stopped eating food
by Karl Semich 21 Mar '23

21 Mar '23

some time ago i posted to this list i was having trouble eating. i think it was during the crazy posts around my interaction with cecilia. after that post, i began eating again. i was using eating this past couple months to help me with other tasks. i didn't want to eat quite as much as i was, but i found a way to make it so incredibly helpful. i have now stopped eating again, and the other tasks these were basic tasks, like making a todo list, or taking a shower. thank you for your aid these past months and years. i have had nothing but 1 meal in the last three or four days. i know humans are fine for a week without food. due to my dissociation and historic experience with fasting, this isn't very uncomfortable for me. hunger is a small feeling compared to other things. i'll try to write here when i eat until i resume.

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You Might Survive a Nuclear Blast—if You Have the Right Shelter The escalating risks of Russia’s war in Ukraine have led scientists to study the unthinkable and model the aftermath of nuclear detonation.
by Gunnar Larson 21 Mar '23

21 Mar '23

My University of Nicosia in Cyprus is at it again, "Even people at a bank would have to get into the vault to be in the safest place..." https://www.wired.com/story/you-might-survive-a-nuclear-blast-if-you-have-t… WIRED JAN 25, 2023 8:00 AM You Might Survive a Nuclear Blast—if You Have the Right Shelter The escalating risks of Russia’s war in Ukraine have led scientists to study the unthinkable and model the aftermath of nuclear detonation. Nuclear test PHOTOGRAPH: GETTY IMAGES IN A FLASH, a nuclear warhead unleashes the destructive power of hundreds of kilotons of TNT. The resulting inferno, and the blast wave that follows, instantly kill people directly in their path. But a new study finds that some people two to seven miles away could survive—if they’re lucky enough to find just the right kind of shelter. Dimitris Drikakis, a fluid dynamics researcher at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus, led the study both to illuminate the ongoing risks of nuclear escalation and to examine how one might have a chance at survival if the unthinkable should come to pass. “People have forgotten the devastating impacts nuclear war can have. But now we’re seeing the discussion starting again, and there’s a debate about the potential for nuclear war in Ukraine,” says Drikakis. “I think this kind of study raises awareness within the wider population that nuclear explosions are not a joke.” His grim research comes just as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that it has ticked the Doomsday Clock forward, to 90 seconds until an apocalyptic midnight, citing the increasing nuclear tensions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Scientists and artists developed the metaphorical clock to communicate risks posed by global, human-caused problems including climate change, but the dangers of nuclear war have been a major focus since its inception. Drikakis combed through scientific research on what the aftermath of nuclear weapon use would look like, and he spotted a gap: There’s little knowledge of the effects on humans indoors in the “moderate damage zone” a few miles from the epicenter, far enough away that buildings might not get blown to bits. He and his colleague Ioannis Kokkinakis focused on this area and published their work in the Physics of Fluids journal last week. Since no one’s going around testing nukes on buildings these days, this kind of research employs computer simulations. Drikakis and Kokkinakis simulated the blast effects of a 750-kiloton warhead—like the hundreds of larger bombs in Russia’s arsenal—delivered by an intercontinental ballistic missile, which would detonate about 3 kilometers above a metropolis. They studied how the supersonic shock waves would propagate through a three-room concrete structure situated in the moderate damage zone and assumed that the concrete was strong enough to withstand the 3 to 5 pounds per square inch of pressure from the blast wave. This is a 3D illustration of the simulated air blast and generated blast wave 10 seconds after the detonation of a 750 kiloton nuclear warhead above a typical metropolitan city; the radius of the shock bubble at ground level is 4.6 kilometers. COURTESY OF I. KOKKINAKIS AND D. DRIKAKIS/UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA Their research shows that, if a nuke were ever detonated in a modern city, some people in the surrounding areas would make it. They might have about five to 10 seconds after the initial flash to get to safety. If they happened to be in a thick concrete structure with few openings, like in a bank or a subway, they might survive if they used that limited time to run into the corner of a back room with few openings. Being in an enclosed space matters because, the researchers find, the blast winds following the initial fireball can be even more dangerous and deadly than the blast itself. These winds push outward behind the shock wave, and anyone facing the brunt of them could be slammed against a wall at high speed. The winds are especially dangerous if a person is near a door or window or in a corridor or an opening to a room. Winds quickly funnel through such areas, throwing people and furniture around—it’s like a storm let loose in a building. (If you are wondering whether you could copy the Indiana Jones move in The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, surviving a nuclear blast by jumping inside a fridge, Drikakis says that might be possible. But it’s also possible the strong wind would hurl the fridge with Indy inside.) Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, a scientist-in-residence and nuclear physicist at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, points out that if multiple buildings happen to lie between the structure you’re in and the incoming blast wave, that shadowing effect can lessen the airspeed and forces involved. Those in a basement might avoid the worst blast effects too. “A lot of people have a nihilistic point of view that there’s nothing we can do about it,” but that’s not the case, he says. Shown are the contours of the maximum airspeed attained during the first 10 seconds after the blast wave enters the window; overpressure equals 5 pounds per square inch. COURTESY OF I. KOKKINAKIS AND D. DRIKAKIS/UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA But let’s be honest: Most people, even in the moderate damage zone, won’t survive. Hardly anyone lives or works in nearly windowless reinforced-concrete buildings, nor in the vicinity of a concrete bunker. (Even people at a bank would have to get into the vault to be in the safest place; people in a subway would get the most benefit in a station that’s very deep underground.) Most people live in timber-frame or other less-armored buildings. This shouldn’t be construed as a way to be safe in a nuclear explosion, says Dylan Spaulding, an earth scientist and nuclear expert at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Strong structures made of concrete with metal reinforcement and designed for seismic safety would survive the pressures the team modeled, he says, but those pressures would be enough to destroy most traditional, wood-framed houses and brick structures without reinforcement. And he points out that the blast wave is only part of the story. While it is the main source of danger in a non-nuclear explosion—like the one that rocked Beirut in 2020, which was caused by a large quantity of flammable ammonium nitrate stored at the city’s port—nuclear weapons also throw out ionizing radiation and heat, followed by radioactive fallout. Radiation exposure through the skin or inhalation can have many health effects, including skin burns, organ damage, and cancer. The range of radiation exposure could extend tens of miles from the epicenter, so people who survive the blast could later be felled by the radiation. Drikakis’ example focused on what’s called a “strategic” nuke deployed on an ICBM, but there are also “tactical” nukes, which are dropped by a plane onto a battlefield and which can blow up on the ground. Such explosions play out differently but can be as deadly and destructive, potentially exposing more people to lethal radiation doses, Spaulding says. Russia and the US also possess so-called low-yield nukes, which have 5 to 10 kilotons of yield and are a little smaller than the 15-kiloton bomb dropped on Hiroshima. These would still inflict massive devastation and cross a dangerous red line, possibly escalating a conflict to the use of larger weapons. Humanity’s most destructive weapons have been used in war only once, when the US demolished Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, with two atomic bombs at the end of the Second World War in 1945. Together they killed more than 100,000 Japanese civilians and injured many more. And Spaulding points out that along with experiments conducted at the Nevada Test Site, they offer some of the only real-world evidence about the kinds of structures that can survive an atomic blast, and how well. But last year Russian president Vladimir Putin insinuated that nukes are not off the table in his attack on Ukraine. While NATO leaders have not used such threatening rhetoric, the international organization conducted nuclear exercises in October, simulating dropping B61 nuclear bombs. US president Joe Biden’s Nuclear Posture Review the same month abandoned a “no first use” policy he previously supported. One could imagine nuclear risks in other conflicts too, like the possibility of North Korea using a nuke against South Korea, or Pakistan and India using them against each other. The world’s arsenals add up to about 12,700 warheads, according to an inventory by the Federation of American Scientists. That’s fewer than their peak of around 70,000 near the end of the Cold War, thanks to arms reduction treaties. But some of those pacts have since been dissolved, and the dangers never went away, as the Doomsday Clock’s metaphor illustrates. This is not a game, Drikakis says. The risks of a devastating nuclear strike are all too real, he says: “We have to maintain peace by understanding the risks of not maintaining the peace.”

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Wikileaks, Glen Beck and Matt Taibbi axis of evil
by professor rat 21 Mar '23

21 Mar '23

>>> The tweet's thrust was echoed by WikiLeaks, Glenn Beck and the Freedom of the Press Foundation, <<< https://www.npr.org/2023/03/21/1164360143/rolling-stone-fbi-raid-journalist… Reposts not rapist Nazbols convention

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Walt Disney's Wife, Lillian Disney (AKA Lillian Marie Bounds) grew up nearby Lapwai, Idaho on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation
by Gunnar Larson 21 Mar '23

21 Mar '23

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Disney# Lillian Marie Disney (née Bounds; February 15, 1899 – December 16, 1997) was an American ink artist at the Disney Studios and the wife of Walt Disney from 1925 until his death in 1966. Born in Spalding, Idaho, Disney graduated from high school in Lapwai before moving to Lewiston to attend college. She left Idaho in 1923 to move to southern California, where she would meet future husband Walt while working as a secretary at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Lillian Disney Disney in 1951 Born Lillian Marie Bounds February 15, 1899 Spalding, Idaho, U.S. Died December 16, 1997 (aged 98) West Los Angeles, California, U.S. Resting place Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.S. Occupation(s) Ink and paint artist Years active 1924–1997 Spouse(s) Walt Disney (m. 1925; died 1966) John L. Truyens (m. 1969; died 1981) Children 2, including Diane Disney Miller Relatives See Disney family Lillian and Walt married on July 13, 1925, and had two daughters, Diane Marie Disney (1933–2013), their only biological child, and Sharon Mae Disney (1936–1993), who was adopted. Lillian and Walt had ten grandchildren, including seven by Diane and three by Sharon. During a train ride in 1928, Walt revealed to his wife a new animated character, whom he called "Mortimer Mouse". Lillian suggested that he rename his character "Mickey Mouse", a name which has since become synonymous with the Disney brand. Walt Disney died from lung cancer on December 15, 1966, after which Lillian remarried John L. Truyens (a Southern California real estate developer) from 1969 until his death in 1981. On December 15, 1997, Lillian Disney suffered a stroke and died the following morning in Los Angeles at age 98. Early years Edit Born Lillian Marie Bounds in Spalding, Idaho, she grew up in nearby Lapwai on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, where her father Willard worked as a blacksmith and federal marshal.[1] She was the youngest of ten children, and the family struggled financially; her father died when she was seventeen. After graduation from Lapwai High School, Bounds and her mother moved down to Lewiston; she attended a year of business college then moved to southern California in 1923 to live with her sister Hazel's family.[2][3][4] She was working at the Disney Studio in "ink and paint" as a secretary when she met Walt.[5] Marriage to Walt Disney Edit Lillian Bounds and Walt Disney married on July 13, 1925,[6][7] in Idaho at her brother's home. The wedding was officiated by the rector of Lewiston's Episcopal Church of the Nativity.[8] Walt Disney's parents did not attend. As Bounds's father was deceased, her uncle, who was chief of the Lewiston Fire Department, gave the bride away. She wore a dress that she had made herself. The couple had two daughters, Diane Marie Disney (1933–2013) and Sharon Mae Disney (1936–1993), the latter of whom was adopted. Disney had ten grandchildren: seven by Diane and her husband (Ron W. Miller), and three by Sharon and her two husbands, Robert Brown and William Lund. Recognition Edit Interior of the Lilly Belle train car at Disneyland Her film career includes work as an ink artist on the film Plane Crazy. Disney is credited with having named her husband's most famous character, Mickey Mouse, during a train trip from New York to California in 1928. Walt showed a drawing of the cartoon mouse to his wife and told her that he was going to name it "Mortimer Mouse". Lillian replied that the name sounded "too depressing" and she was very proud to have suggested the name "Mickey Mouse" instead of Mortimer.[9] At the Carolwood Pacific Railroad, Walt Disney named his 1:8-scale live steam locomotive the "Lilly Belle" in his wife's honor. Additionally, Walt named one of the Disneyland Railroad cars the "Lilly Belle" in her honor, and the Walt Disney World Railroad has a locomotive named "Lilly Belle", where each locomotive is named for someone who greatly contributed to the Walt Disney Company.[10] Walt Disney Imagineering created "The Empress Lilly", a paddle steamer replica, at Walt Disney World in Disney Springs and Disney christened it on May 1, 1977. Disney was inducted into the Disney Legends in 2003.[1] Later years and death Edit Walt Disney died of lung cancer on December 15, 1966, aged 65, and Lillian was married to John L. Truyens from May 1969 until his death on February 24, 1981, aged 73.[11] In 1987, she pledged a $50 million gift towards the construction of a new concert hall in Los Angeles.[12] After several delays, the Walt Disney Concert Hall opened in 2003, six years after her death. She also helped fund the founding of The California Institute of the Arts.[13] In the 1990s, reflecting on her 41-year marriage to Walt Disney, she said, "We shared a wonderful, exciting life, and we loved every minute of it. He was a wonderful husband to me, and wonderful and joyful father and grandfather."[citation needed] Disney suffered a stroke on December 15, 1997, which was exactly 31 years after the death of her first husband, Walt. She died the following morning at her home in West Los Angeles at the age of 98. She was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.[13][14] References Edit ^ Jump up to:a b Lillian Disney profile, legends.disney.go.com; accessed February 9, 2015. ^ "Walt Disney dies of cancer at 65". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. December 16, 1966. p. 1. ^ "Lillian Disney dies". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 18, 1997. Retrieved December 11, 2017. ^ Litzinger, Brenda (March 13, 2012). "Important women in Disney history: Hazel Sewell". Walt Disney Family Museum. Retrieved December 11, 2017. ^ Taylor, George (February 14, 2012). "Walt and Lilly". Walt Disney Family Museum. Retrieved December 11, 2017. ^ Miller, Diane Disney (July 12, 2011). "Remembering Walt & Lillian's Anniversary". Walt Disney Family Museum. Retrieved December 11, 2017. ^ Idaho, County Marriages, 1864–1950 ^ Episcopal Church of the Nativity (Lewiston, Idaho) website, nativitylewiston.com; accessed February 9, 2015. ^ Jackson, Kathy (2006). Walt Disney: Conversations (First ed.). University Press of Mississippi. p. 120. ISBN 1-57806-713-8. ^ Broggie, Michael (Winter 2018). "View from the Cupola" (PDF). Carolwood Chronicle. The Carolwood Society. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 17, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019. ^ Profile, Social Security Death Index website; accessed February 9, 2015. ^ About Walt Disney Concert Hall Archived November 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, laphil.com; accessed February 9, 2015. ^ Jump up to:a b Weinraub, Bernard (December 18, 1997). "Walt Disney's Widow, Lillian, Dies at 98". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved September 6, 2016. ^ "LILLIAN DISNEY DIES AT 98". Washington Post. December 18, 1997. Retrieved January 27, 2021. External links Last edited 8 days ago by 38.49.65.99 RELATED ARTICLES Diane Disney Miller Elder child of Walt Disney and his wife Lillian Bounds Disney Lapwai High School Public school in Lapwai, Idaho, U.S. Hazel Sewell American animator (1898–1975) Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted. Privacy policy Terms of UseDesktop" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Disney#:~:text=Open%20main%20menu,Des…

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