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Sanctioned Patent Challenger Fights VLSI Bid To ID Members
by Gunnar Larson 24 Apr '24

24 Apr '24

Sanctioned Patent Challenger Fights VLSI Bid To ID Members <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1828801?nl_pk=2bd720dd-746c-4744…> By Ryan Davis Patent Quality Assurance LLC, which successfully challenged a VLSI chip patent but was sanctioned by the patent office, urged a Virginia federal judge Tuesday not to make it identify the people behind the company, saying VLSI wants their names to "seek retribution against them." 4 documents attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1828801?nl_pk=2bd720dd-746c-4744…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/1828801?nl_pk=2bd720dd-746c-4744…>

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New York’s Students Get Cheated by Politics
by Gunnar Larson 24 Apr '24

24 Apr '24

New York’s Students Get Cheated by Politics https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-24/michael-r-bloomberg-n… Despite the smiles and backslapping that accompanied the completion of New York’s state budget, it includes a truly disgraceful provision that weakens a law crucial to New York City’s future: mayoral control of the school system. Making matters worse, the new law hands more control to the group that has long pulled the state legislature’s strings, the United Federation of Teachers.

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Introduction to Agorism - 2 Presentations (with slides)
by cryptoagorism＠morke.org 24 Apr '24

24 Apr '24

Introduction to Agorism - 2 Presentations (with slides): https://paper.wf/crypto-agorism/introduction-to-crypto-agorism-2-presentati… Agorism – also known as Second Realms, informal economy, parallel economy, and black and gray markets – is a peaceful, voluntary and humanitarian strategy that helps people to access necessities like jobs, housing, healthcare, education, mail, communications and more without state permission. Agorism is individualist, meritocratic and creates equal opportunities, where the individual's beliefs, effort and skills matter more than arbitrary circumstances of birth, unjust governments or any other form of discrimination or coercion.

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[crazy][ai] transformer self-bootstrapping attempt n+1
by Karl Semich 24 Apr '24

24 Apr '24

Attached is code that trains a model that itself can produce a trained model in roughly the same time as training the produced model manually (down to randomness of initialization). I wanted to keep working it to make something useful, but it's gotten too tense for me to be near and I am stopping it. This is why it is messy. I try to do this on every now and then from year to year. I'm sure many have already completed it. This is the farthest I've gotten before abandoning it! The basis of the theory is that a transformer performs as much computation as there is length to the input and output sequences, so you can increase the power by increasing the input and output size, while keeping the size of the model as smaller. This lets you work with the entirety of a large model using a smaller one, for example. A novelty I like in this approach is how I labeled the training weights by providing additional dimensions of data directly on the inputs ("encoded" in the source), rather than using position embeddings. Not sure what this is called, but it seems possibly more effective than position embeddings to me as the first linear encoder can learn arbitrary encoding forms but only needs to be as wide as the model dimension. Crazy Karl

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Globetrotters Say SBA's 'Bureaucratic Hell' Cost COVID Grant
by Gunnar Larson 24 Apr '24

24 Apr '24

Globetrotters Say SBA's 'Bureaucratic Hell' Cost COVID Grant <https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/1828622?nl_pk=4126fe73-…> By Hailey Konnath The Harlem Globetrotters on Monday renewed their yearslong fight with the U.S. Small Business Administration over a $10 million COVID-19 relief grant, filing a new suit in D.C. federal court accusing the SBA of leaving the team in "bureaucratic hell" rather than forking over the money it's entitled to. Complaint attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/1828622?nl_pk=4126fe73-…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/governmentcontracts/articles/1828622?nl_pk=4126fe73-…>

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Trump 'Detached From Facts' In Fla. Docs Case, Feds Say
by Gunnar Larson 24 Apr '24

24 Apr '24

Trump 'Detached From Facts' In Fla. Docs Case, Feds Say <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1828239?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> By Elliot Weld Prosecutors in Donald Trump's classified documents case have told a Florida federal judge that the former president's legal team was trying to paint a false narrative of political bias in its motion to obtain more discovery. Response attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1828239?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/legalethics/articles/1828239?nl_pk=153d4a8a-6fb9-4a5…>

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La. Atty Asks Justices To Stay Frivolous Filing Fine
by Gunnar Larson 24 Apr '24

24 Apr '24

La. Atty Asks Justices To Stay Frivolous Filing Fine <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/1828652?nl_pk=c844ee6a-f80e-4e60-b…> By Jared Foretek A Louisiana attorney is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to bail her out of a $29,000 penalty from a district judge for frivolous filings and claiming that she was poisoned in retaliation for claims against Louisiana State University's medical residency program. Petition attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/1828652?nl_pk=c844ee6a-f80e-4e60-b…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/1828652?nl_pk=c844ee6a-f80e-4e60-b…>

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Denver Wants Law Firm To Turn Over Docs For Fraud Probe
by Gunnar Larson 24 Apr '24

24 Apr '24

Denver Wants Law Firm To Turn Over Docs For Fraud Probe <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/1828662?nl_pk=c844ee6a-f80e-4e60-b…> By Daniel Ducassi Fraud investigators for Denver Human Services have asked a state judge to force personal injury firm Ramos Law to provide employment records for one of the firm's case managers, saying the law firm has not yet provided records in response to subpoenas. Petition attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/1828662?nl_pk=c844ee6a-f80e-4e60-b…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/cannabis/articles/1828662?nl_pk=c844ee6a-f80e-4e60-b…>

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Feds Want About 3 Years In Prison For LA Bank Embezzler
by Gunnar Larson 24 Apr '24

24 Apr '24

Feds Want About 3 Years In Prison For LA Bank Embezzler <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1828485?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> By Anna Scott Farrell The former chief financial officer at a community bank in Los Angeles should spend nearly three years in prison after admitting he embezzled more than $700,000 and used employee identities in a life insurance scheme, the government told a California federal court. Memorandum attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1828485?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1828485?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…>

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Reverse Veil-Piercing Ruling Will Help Judgment Creditors
by Gunnar Larson 24 Apr '24

24 Apr '24

Reverse Veil-Piercing Ruling Will Help Judgment Creditors <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1824999?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> A New York federal court’s recent decision in Citibank v. Aralpa Holdings, finding two corporate entities liable for a judgment issued against a Mexican businessman, shows the value of reverse veil piercing as a remedy for judgment creditors to go after sophisticated debtors who squirrel away assets, says Gabe Bluestone at Omni Bridgeway. Order attached | Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1824999?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/banking/articles/1824999?nl_pk=feb6bbba-7878-4d39-be…>

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