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Re: [OpenRecords] Request FOIL-2022-056-01966 Acknowledged
by Gunnar Larson 14 May '23

14 May '23

Dear NYPD FOIL Records: On February 10 2022, a records request was filed with expected delivery date of August 3, 2022. I have followed up several times, and a year later no response from the NYPD has been provided. We are concerned of NYPD obstruction, intimidation and tampering and demand access to logs described by Unit States District Jude Hon. Jesse M. Furman's court ordered admistrative guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-MmZfVmdQ07e8FpHrSFlUHG2c6wykLxJ/view?usp=… . APPENDIX “A” ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDE RE: LONG RANGE ACOUSTIC DEVICE ADMINISTRATIVE GUIDE Section: TBD Procedure No.: TBD *** PURPOSE To Establish criteria for determining when and how to use the Long Range Accoustic Device (“LRAD”), so as to facilitate effective communications at details, pre-planned events, and other events requiring the dissemination of information effectively over large distances and/or over ambient noise.1 EQUIPMENT Long Range Acoustic Device Model 100X (LRAD 100X) - Hand-held portable sound amplification system, pre-recorded messages, and a microphone for use in supplementing and delivering public addresses and information. Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) Model 500X (LRAD 500X)- Vehicle mounted sound amplification system, pre-recorded messages, and a microphone for use in supplementing and delivering public addresses and information. PROCEDURE: - Who May Authorize LRAD Use: o Commanding Officer of the NYPD’s Disorder Control Unit o All NYPD Supervisors o NYPD Legal Bureau Attorneys - Who May Use the LRAD: o Any UMOS who has successfully completed the LRAD operator course - Additional LRAD Operations Considerations: o Power Settings: LRADs shall be used within the manufacturer’s safe operation guidelines as well as the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”), as set forth in the LRAD Operator Training; o Minimum Safe Distances: As set forth in the LRAD Operator Training, UMOS must make reasonable efforts to maintain minimum safe distances between the LRAD and all persons within its cone of sound; o Alert Tone: the LRAD alert tone shall NOT be used. FORMS AND REPORTS: If the LRAD is used, the operating UMOS must note such use in his or her electronic Daily Activity Log and MUST include the following: - The term “LRAD;” - Which model of LRAD was used; - Time, Place, and Occurrence of LRAD use; ADDITIONAL DATA: 1 Nothing in this Administrative Guide shall impact the operations of the NYPD Harbor Unit UMOS with any questions as to LRAD use, purpose, or operation are encouraged to reach out to the NYPD Legal Bureau at (646) 610-5400; - Failure to comply with the provisions of this procedure will subject UMOS to discipline for violation of this provision, as well as violation of P.G. § 203-10; - Misuse of any LRAD in a manner that is likely to result in injury to other UMOS, MOS, or non-NYPD personnel may be subject to such further discipline as deemed appropriate. On Thu, Feb 10, 2022, 2:46 PM <donotreply(a)records.nyc.gov> wrote: > The New York City Police Department (NYPD) has *acknowledged* your FOIL > request FOIL-2022-056-01966 > <https://a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view/FOIL-2022-056-01966>. > > You can expect a response on or about Wednesday, August 3, 2022. > Additional Information: > > Your request has been assigned to Police Officer Covo (646-610-6458). > > *Note: Due to issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic there may be > extensive delays, lasting up to one year, in determining your request.* > > > Please visit FOIL-2022-056-01966 > <https://a860-openrecords.nyc.gov/request/view/FOIL-2022-056-01966> to > view additional information and take any necessary action. >

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1984: USA Launches Disinfo Ministry of Truth
by grarpamp 13 May '23

13 May '23

The USA Democrat Left just deployed 1984 to continue control the narrative, and program your mind... DHS Disinformation' Unit Headed by Woman Who Said Hunter Biden Laptop Story Was Disinformation https://summit.news/2022/04/28/dhs-disinformation-unit-headed-by-woman-who-… Houston, we have a problem. The Department of Homeland Security's new `disinformation' unit will be headed by a woman who says free speech makes her `shudder' and who falsely labeled the Hunter Biden laptop story disinformation. Oh dear. Just two days after it was revealed that Elon Musk had reached an agreement to buy Twitter, DHS chief Alejandro Mayorkas announced the creation of a "disinformation governance board." The new board will focus primarily on "misinformation related to homeland security, focused specifically on irregular migration and Russia." The board will be headed by Nina Jankowicz, a former advisor to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry who oversaw related issued at the National Democratic Institute lobby group. "Cat’s out of the bag," Jankowicz tweeted. "Here's what I've been up to the past two months, and why I’ve been a bit quiet on here." Cat's out of the bag: here's what I've been up to the past two months, and why I've been a bit quiet on here. Honored to be serving in the Biden Administration [45]@DHSgov and helping shape our counter-disinformation efforts. [46]https://t.co/uN20vl7qqV [47]pic.twitter.com/JEn4FqLdck -- Nina Jankowicz <U+1F1FA><U+1F1E6><U+1F1FA><U+1F1F8> (@wiczipedia) [48]April 27, 2022 Jankowicz's view of free speech is particularly odious. Free speech apparently makes her physically shudder. "I shudder to think about if free speech absolutists were taking over more platforms, what that would look like for the marginalized communities, which are already shouldering disproportionate amounts of this abuse," she tweeted in response to Musk's Twitter takeover. NEWS: DHS is officially launching its own Ministry of Truth, or the so-called "Disinformation Governance Board." Nina Jankowicz will head the board as executive director. "Free speech absolutists" make her "shudder," so everything should be fine. [49]pic.twitter.com/wVc7hEBX11 -- Young Americans for Liberty (@YALiberty) [50]April 27, 2022 Jankowicz previously called Musk an "online abuser," while arguing for more censorship when she asserted, "The ‘free speech vs censorship’ framing is a false dichotomy." But crucially, the woman handed the role of deciding what constitutes "disinformation," previously labeled a completely truthful story "disinformation" because it was seen to be harmful to Joe Biden's presidential chances. Jankowicz promoted the actual disinformation that the New York Post Hunter Biden laptop story was a "Russian influence op." Back on the "laptop from hell," apparently- Biden notes 50 former natsec officials and 5 former CIA heads that believe the laptop is a Russian influence op. Trump says "Russia, Russia, Russia." -- Nina Jankowicz <U+1F1FA><U+1F1E6><U+1F1FA><U+1F1F8> (@wiczipedia) [51]October 23, 2020 She also wrongly asserted that it was a "Trump campaign product," while also claiming Trump supporters would show up at the polls with weapons to intimidate voters. Jankowicz's appointment once again underscores how moral panics about `disinformation' and `misinformation' are contrived frauds designed to bury legitimate information harmful to the regime's narrative. Both the Hunter Biden laptop scandal and the lab leak theory, two of the biggest news stories of 2020, were truthful yet branded "disinformation" so they could be buried by social media algorithms to prevent their viral spread. Along with `fact checkers', the new DHS disinformation unit is just another branch of the Ministry of Truth, which as in Orwell's 1984, serves a primary purpose of hiding and eliminating the truth.

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Leaks: US Supreme Court Staffer Leaks Roe v Wade... WitchHunt Protests Police Ensue
by grarpamp 13 May '23

13 May '23

Batten down the hatches... https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opini… https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000180-874f-dd36-a38c-c74f98520000 Who Leaked The Supreme Court Opinion? https://summit.news/2022/05/03/who-leaked-the-supreme-court-opinion/ https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/05/02/leaked-supreme-court-opinion-… After a draft Supreme Court opinion overruling Roe v. Wade was leaked to the press, speculation turned to who was responsible, with calls for them to be arrested. The majority of the court has decided to vote 5-4 to overturn federal constitutional protection of abortion rights, with Justice Samuel Alito writing, “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” in addition to asserting, “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled.” In an unprecedented move, the opinion was leaked to Politico, presumably in an attempt to create massive social unrest that would lead to one or more of the justices being intimidated into changing their mind. “But it is not a binding decision of the court unless at least five justices sign it, and this looks like a transparent and unprecedented betrayal by one of the 45 or so people with access to a draft Supreme Court opinion to prevent this decision from becoming law by scaring off moderate justices and attempting to whip the political left into a frenzy,” reports Breitbart. Experts say the Supreme Court will lose the trust of a generation of Americans if the decision is walked back due to political pressure, but that didn’t stop whichever irate leftist leaked the document metaphorically pulling the pin on the grenade in an attempt to interfere in democracy. “The American people’s belief in the rule of law would be shaken if they lost respect for this Court as an institution that decides important cases based on principle, not ‘social and political pressures’,” states the leaked document itself. “But we cannot exceed the scope of our authority under the Constitution, and we cannot allow our decisions to be affected by the extraneous influences such as concern about the public’s reaction to our work,” Alito responds. Leaking a draft SCOTUS ruling is worse than January 6th. The Court was the one institution where conservatives and liberals lived in peace and trust. You disagreed but the trust was sacred. This completely destroys the Court’s inner workings. Totally in shock right now. — Cernovich (@Cernovich) May 3, 2022 The only people with access to the original document were the nine justices and their 36 law clerks, meaning it’s almost certain that one of the 36 law clerks leaked the document. When you consider that each justice has four clerks working for them, that probably narrows it down to one of 16 clerks working for the four Democrat-appointed justices. “The fact that some are praising this leak shows how utterly craven we have become in our politics,” tweeted attorney Jonathan Turley. “There appears no ethical rule or institutional interest that can withstand this age of rage.” The fact that some are praising this leak shows how utterly craven we have become in our politics. There appears no ethical rule or institutional interest that can withstand this age of rage. — Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 3, 2022 Other respondents highlighted how the leak is designed to intimidate the justices, via sparking potential mass civil unrest, into changing their mind. The perpetrator, who is already being lionized as a hero by the left, should face immediate arrest. Interference in a Supreme Court decision is a blow to democracy - like, say, stopping an electoral vote The conspirators must be rounded up and arrested and placed next to the J6 detainees — Jack Posobiec ☦️ (@JackPosobiec) May 3, 2022 Probably the greatest violation of unwritten "norms" in the history of the Supreme Court. And I absolutely guarantee you the leaker spent years railing against President Trump's undermining of norms. https://t.co/XSa9LaGb66 — Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) May 3, 2022 This is why they leaked: "Justices can and sometimes do change their votes as draft opinions circulate and major decisions can be subject to multiple drafts and vote-trading...The court’s holding will not be final until it is published, likely in the next two months." (Politico) https://t.co/9k0JfLfYZd — Andrew "Leaked Majority Opinion" Kolvet (@AndrewKsay) May 3, 2022 Democrats are now expected to launch an attempt at court packing before they lose Congress in November, although the 5-4 decision should be rubber stamped before then. The leaking of the opinion is brazenly an attempt to subvert that process, create more chaos and violence in America, and derail the constitutional functioning of the Supreme Court. But that won’t matter at all to leftists, who think their moral right to kill babies supersedes all other concerns. 'Betrayal': Supreme Court Slams Leaked Roe Opinion, Says Does Not Represent "Final Decision" The Supreme Court issued a rare rebuttal to Monday's leaked Politico report on a draft opinion overturning abortion rights in the US. Yesterday, a news organization published a copy of a draft opinion in a pending case. Justices circulate draft opinions internally as a routine and essential part of the Court’s confidential deliberative work. Although the document described in yesterday’s reports is authentic, it does not represent a decision by the Court or the final position of any member on the issues in the case. Chief Justice John G. Roberts. Jr., provided the following statement: To the extent this betrayal of the confidences of the Court was intended to undermine the integrity of our operations, it will not succeed. The work of the Court will not be affected in any way. We at the Court are blessed to have a workforce - permanent employees and law clerks alike - intensely loyal to the institution and dedicated to the rule of law. Court employees have an exemplary and important tradition of respecting the confidentiality of the judicial process and upholding the trust of the Court. This was a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the Court and the community of public servants who work here. I have directed the Marshal of the Court to launch an investigation into the source of the leak. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) said on Tuesday that the leaked draft ruling by the Supreme Court overturning Roe was "completely inconsistent" with what Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh told her in private during confirmation hearings when they were Supreme Court nominees. "If this leaked draft opinion is the final decision and this reporting is accurate, it would be completely inconsistent with what Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh said in their hearings and in our meetings in my office," said Collins. "Obviously, we won’t know each Justice’s decision and reasoning until the Supreme Court officially announces its opinion in this case." Collins defended her vote for Kavanaugh in 2018, stating that she didn't believe he would vote to overturn Roe. "I do not believe Brett Kavanaugh will overturn Roe v. Wade," she said at the time. "He noted that Roe had been reaffirmed 19 years later by Planned Parenthood vs. Casey. And that it was precedent on precedent. He said it should be extremely rare that it should be overturned." Meanwhile, the Supreme Court says yesterday's leaked report is authentic. Protests erupted outside the US Supreme Court overnight after a draft majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade leaked to Politico. Photo: Alex Brandon / AP Barriers were erected outside the courthouse as hundreds gathered outside to protest the news, the Washington Post reports. A smaller group of pro-life protesters also showed up, chanting "Pro-choice, that’s a lie. Babies never choose to die," while the larger group of pro-abortion protesters shouted "When abortion rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!" Breaking: Protests are beginning to form outside the Supreme Court. This is just the beginning. #GOPHandmaidsTale pic.twitter.com/8OYnmRxZyN — MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) May 3, 2022 A couple hundred people, most in their 20s and 30s, are now outside SCOTUS. There’s still not yet any organized protest or chanting, just folks standing around talking. Guy just whipped out a can of White Claw. pic.twitter.com/PCrXisy0Ys — Natalie Allison (@natalie_allison) May 3, 2022 Really rich hearing the Left trot out this old chant after the past 2 years of them cheering on vaccine mandates. pic.twitter.com/6yhay9YWaw — The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) May 3, 2022 A scuffle broke out shortly after midnight, as several 'masked protesters' tried to force the pro-life protesters to clear out. Neither group budged according to the report. 2nd clip from the scuffle, looks like someone in a suit gets clocked. pic.twitter.com/BATtQmE7Ms — Doge (@IntelDoge) May 3, 2022 "The first line in the draft is that this is a moral issue. If it’s a moral issue, you shouldn’t be depriving us of our choice," said Annie McDonnell, a student at George Washington University. President Joe Biden responded to the report with a statement he undoubtedly had zero involvement crafting, saying: "We do not know whether this draft is genuine, or whether it reflects the final decision of the Court." The statement adds that Roe is based on a "long line of precedent recognizing ‘the Fourteenth Amendments concept of personal liberty... against government interference with intensely personal decisions," adding that he believes a woman's right to choose is 'fundamental,' and that Roe has been the 'law of the land for almost fifty years, and basic fairness and the stability of our law' demand that it not be overturned." Biden then said that the White House's "Gender Policy Council" has prepared options to respond to "the continued attack on abortion and reproductive rights, under a variety of possible outcomes in the cases pending before the Supreme Court. Supreme Court Set To Overturn Roe v Wade, Leaked Draft Opinion Shows A leaked draft of a US Supreme Court decision reveals that the majority of the court has decided to overturn Roe v. Wade by a vote of 5-4, according to Politico, which calls it a "full-throated, unflinching repudiation of the 1973 decision which guaranteed federal constitutional protections of abortion rights and a subsequent 1992 decision – Planned Parenthood v. Casey – that largely maintained the right." "Roe was egregiously wrong from the start," wrote Justice Samuel Alito in the draft which was circulated inside the court before someone leaked it to the news outlet. "We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled." “No draft decision in the modern history of the court has been disclosed publicly while a case was still pending. The unprecedented revelation is bound to intensify the debate over what was already the most controversial case on the docket this term.” https://t.co/2os0uJWyUr — Eamon Javers (@EamonJavers) May 3, 2022 Politico highlighted these 10 passages from the draft opinion: “We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled. The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision....” “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division. It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.” “In the years prior to [Roe v. Wade], about a third of the States had liberalized their laws, but Roe abruptly ended that political process. It imposed the same highly restrictive regime on the entire Nation, and it effectively struck down the abortion laws of every single State. … [I]t represented the ‘exercise of raw judicial power’… and it sparked a national controversy that has embittered our political culture for a half-century.” “The inescapable conclusion is that a right to abortion is not deeply rooted in the Nation’s history and traditions. On the contrary, an unbroken tradition of prohibiting abortion on pain of criminal punishment persisted from the earliest days of the common law until 1973.” “In some States, voters may believe that the abortion right should be more even more [sic] extensive than the right Casey and Roe recognized. Voters in other States may wish to impose tight restrictions based on their belief that abortion destroys an ‘unborn human being.’ ... Our nation’s historical understanding of ordered liberty does not prevent the people’s elected representatives from deciding how abortion should be regulated.” “We have long recognized, however, that stare decisis is ‘not an inexorable command,’ and it ‘is at its weakest when we interpret the Constitution.’ It has been said that it is sometimes more important that an issue ‘be settled than that it be settled right.’ But when it comes to the interpretation of the Constitution — the ‘great charter of our liberties,’ which was meant ‘to endure through a long lapse of ages,’ we place a high value on having the matter ‘settled right.’” “On many other occasions, this Court has overruled important constitutional decisions. … Without these decisions, American constitutional law as we know it would be unrecognizable, and this would be a different country.” ”Casey described itself as calling both sides of the national controversy to resolve their debate, but in doing so, Casey necessarily declared a winning side. … The Court short-circuited the democratic process by closing it to the large number of Americans who dissented in any respect from Roe. … Together, Roe and Casey represent an error that cannot be allowed to stand.” “Roe certainly did not succeed in ending division on the issue of abortion. On the contrary, Roe ‘inflamed’ a national issue that has remained bitterly divisive for the past half-century....This Court’s inability to end debate on the issue should not have been surprising. This Court cannot bring about the permanent resolution of a rancorous national controversy simply by dictating a settlement and telling the people to move on. Whatever influence the Court may have on public attitudes must stem from the strength of our opinions, not an attempt to exercise ‘raw judicial power.’” “We do not pretend to know how our political system or society will respond to today’s decision overruling Roe and Casey. And even if we could foresee what will happen, we would have no authority to let that knowledge influence our decision. We can only do our job, which is to interpret the law, apply longstanding principles of stare decisis, and decide this case accordingly. We therefore hold that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. Roe and Casey must be overruled, and the authority to regulate abortion must be returned to the people and their elected representatives.” Sorry one last thing for those wondering about Court procedure: After oral argument the Justices take a tentative vote. This would have happened in December. The senior most justice in the majority gets to assign the opinion. That might have been Roberts, but doubtful since... — Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) May 3, 2022 So there is the possibility an opinion can flip after oral argument and the tentative vote, so it's theoretically powerful the Alito opinion won't be the vote of the Court. But it would require a Justice BESIDES Chief Justice Roberts to flip. — Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) May 3, 2022 The magnitude of this report is so serious that Politico included this editor's note vouching for the authenticity of the draft decision. Via Ben Mullin The leak has completely wiped the headlines and Twitter is exploding with hot takes. Leaking a draft SCOTUS ruling is worse than January 6th. The Court was the one institution where conservatives and liberals lived in peace and trust. You disagreed but the trust was sacred. This completely destroys the Court’s inner workings. Totally in shock right now. — Cernovich (@Cernovich) May 3, 2022 The fact that some are praising this leak shows how utterly craven we have become in our politics. There appears no ethical rule or institutional interest that can withstand this age of rage. — Jonathan Turley (@JonathanTurley) May 3, 2022 FWIW, there’s not much the GOP wants less than Roe to actually be overturned. If the Politico scoop is correct, the GOP is now the dog who caught the car. Roe was always a shiny thing to campaign on (much like repealing Obamacare) but never something they actually wanted to do. — Angry Staffer 🌻 (@Angry_Staffer) May 3, 2022 This is why they leaked: "Justices can and sometimes do change their votes as draft opinions circulate and major decisions can be subject to multiple drafts and vote-trading...The court’s holding will not be final until it is published, likely in the next two months." (Politico) https://t.co/9k0JfLfYZd — Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKsay) May 3, 2022 Probably the greatest violation of unwritten "norms" in the history of the Supreme Court. And I absolutely guarantee you the leaker spent years railing against President Trump's undermining of norms. https://t.co/XSa9LaGb66 — Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) May 3, 2022 Interference in a Supreme Court decision is a blow to democracy - like, say, stopping an electoral vote The conspirators must be rounded up and arrested and placed next to the J6 detainees — Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) May 3, 2022 and. here. we. go. pic.twitter.com/5I9Ngxiz3U — Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) May 3, 2022

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Notice of Publication for U.S. Patent Application No. 17/232,016; Jim Bell
by jim bell 12 May '23

12 May '23

This includes the notification of the publication of the patent application for the isotopic hafnium dielectric patent. Instead of using ordinary hafnium in the dielectric under the gates of MOSFET transistors, Hf-177 or Hf-179 isotope hafnium can be used, to increase its dielectric constant. This will enable the thickening of the dielectric layer from 1.2 nanometers, yet maintain sufficient gate authority. This will enable the continuing shrinkage of feature sizes in cutting-edge IC's. See:. https://daltonium.com/ F Jim Bell's new patent application. ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "Daltonium Isotopics" <daltoniumisotopics(a)gmail.com> To: "jdb10987(a)yahoo.com" <jdb10987(a)yahoo.com> Cc: Sent: Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 1:56 PM Subject: Fwd: Notice of Publication for U.S. Patent Application No. 17/232,016; Our Ref. DAL21301 ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: (snip) Date: Mon, Nov 8, 2021, 3:36 PM Subject: Notice of Publication for U.S. Patent Application No. 17/232,016; Our Ref. DAL21301 To: daltoniumisotopics(a)gmail.com (Snip) | Re: | U.S. Utility Patent Application No. 17/232,016 Title: ISOTOPE-MODIFIED HAFNIUM AND SEMICONDUCTOR DIELECTRICS Our Ref.DAL21301 | Good afternoon, The Notice of Publication of Application has been received from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, informing us that the above-identified patent application was published on October 28, 2021, under Publication Number US-2021-0336027-A1. Copies of the Notice of Publication and the published application are attached for your records. We will be separately sending you our invoice for services rendered. Please contact us(or Doug Wells, directly at 503-866-2749) if you have any questions or if we may be of further assistance. Best regards, Chloe Mike | On Behalf of McCoy Russell LLP Legal Assistant 1410 (Snip)

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[ot][crazy] task models
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 30 Apr '23

30 Apr '23

for some reason i poke at machine learning models now. if i keep doing this, here’s a thread for recent resources. 3D Shape Generation (for 3d printing): code + pretrained weights: https://github.com/yccyenchicheng/AutoSDF/ (size is under 1GB, on google drive. code is in ipython notebooks. have not tried it.) newer paper with code not yet released: https://yccyenchicheng.github.io/SDFusion/

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[crazy] Jay Hack was a Machine Learning Engineer at Palantir
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 07 Apr '23

07 Apr '23

Note: Mostly closed source. https://github.com/jayhack AI enthusiast and entrepreneur. Formerly Mira AI, Inc. (Acq. 2021), Palantir Machine Learning and CS at Stanford. 82 followers · 33 following Mira AI, Inc. San Francisco https://jay.ai @mathemagic1an ### Hi there 👋 I'm an AI enthusiast and entrepreneur based in SF. I've been doing AI product develpment and research for over 10 years, most recently at [AI startup](https://beautymatter.com/articles/femtec-health-acquires-mira-beau… applying personalization to beauty shopping (Mira AI, Inc.). A few things I've built: - [Tensai](https://twitter.com/mathemagic1an/status/1610023513334878208): A conversational UI for your codebase. Ask questions & make codebase-wide changes. - [text-to-figma](https://twitter.com/mathemagic1an/status/1589657222094934016): A natural language UI for creating/editing components in Figma - [AutoTool](https://twitter.com/mathemagic1an/status/1587443727735214080): A conversational UI for building Retool dashboards - [LLM.sh](https://twitter.com/mathemagic1an/status/1590480438258462721): Type english commands into your shell => be a bash ninja - [ThoughtSpeed](https://twitter.com/mathemagic1an/status/1599818115831205888): A replit-based IDE and hosting platform for AI apps - [text-to-notion](https://twitter.com/mathemagic1an/status/160379499152003481…: A conversational UI for creating Notion templates - [GP-Tutor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VpMCMYI5rw&ab_channel=JayHack): Turn Quizlet flashcards into a conversational partner using GPT-3 - [Shameo.tv](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue8N4ezBp_4&ab_channel=JayHack): Cameo for deepfakes - make celebrities say anything you want in videos - [Autodoc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grRVXcqAfOY&ab_channel=JayHack): a GPT-3-powered plugin for text-to-code on docs pages - [MIRA BEAUTY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbgiF6vKwC8&ab_channel=JayHack): a personalized shopping platform for cosmetics - [AR for Beauty Discovery](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LCRLtbHE_w&ab_channel=JayHack): a "smart mirror" for exploring makeup products and tutorials - [CVChess](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZOA1ew-zYc&ab_channel=JayHack): automatic tracking of chess moves via computer vision

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Re: FOIL DHSES-22-06-028
by Gunnar Larson 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

Mr. Callahan: There is an and/or argument to each definition. You are lieing about Sonic Weapons here and using Brody as a scape goat. For example, your office would have records on sonic weapons. How the FOIL was written is not a good enough defense because we are operating under and/or connotation. For these reasons, we seek to receive any and all records your department has concerning obstruction of justice. The same FOIL file can be used for organizing. Gunnar Larson On Tue, Jul 26, 2022, 5:01 PM Callahan, James (DHSES) < James.Callahan(a)dhses.ny.gov> wrote: > Dear Mr. Larson, > > > > The response to your appeal is attached. Your appeal has been denied. A > copy of your appeal and this determination is being sent to the Committee > on Open Government. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > *Jim Callahan* > > Senior Attorney > > *Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services* > > 1220 Washington Avenue, Building 7A, Albany NY 12226 > > (518) 292-2849 | james.callahan(a)dhses.ny.gov > > www.dhses.ny.gov > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail, including any attachments, may be > confidential, privileged or otherwise legally protected. It is intended > only for the addressee. If you received this e-mail in error or from > someone who was not authorized to send it to you, do not disseminate, copy > or otherwise use this e-mail or its attachments. Please notify the sender > immediately by reply e-mail and delete the e-mail from your system. Thank > you. > > > > *From:* Gunnar Larson <g(a)xny.io> > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 12, 2022 9:43 AM > *To:* DHSES, FOIL (DHSES) <FOIL.DHSES(a)dhses.ny.gov> > *Cc:* cypherpunks <cypherpunks(a)lists.cpunks.org> > *Subject:* Re: FOIL DHSES-22-06-028 > > > > *ATTENTION: This email came from an external source. Do not open > attachments or click on links from unknown senders or unexpected emails.* > > > > We would like to appeal this decision. > > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022, 9:41 AM DHSES, FOIL (DHSES) <FOIL.DHSES(a)dhses.ny.gov> > wrote: > > Attached please find correspondence regarding the above Freedom of > Information Law request. Thank you. > >

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[ot][journal?] eeg pursuit story
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 24 Mar '23

24 Mar '23

so um recently i was awarded social security. my father put years of work into this. i received money, and in my new negative-sum way i spent over a thousand dollars on a crowd supply open hardware EEG device with many many leads. dev from russia. i was wondering if i might receive it someday and visited the page. unfortunately the page is saying it is in pre-order because it was never manufactured. the last update is from march of last year i think. the war with ukraine was heavily associated with tension in the blog. basically it says they failed to supply the main chip. i don't know if that situation has changed. i may be running this month without using money for a device that does not exist. however, their specs were all open if the chip can be sourced.

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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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