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[oss][sass] Chatbot Replica of Amjad Massad
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

not a replica yet note that this could be done just as easily without openai on a local machine, by feeding the data into any example finetuning script . you could even use a larger model with peft. [preferably on a storage chain] https://ai.repl.page/ # Amjad GPT A chatbot trained to act like [Amjad Masad](https://twitter.com/amasad), built with [LangChain](https://twitter.com/langchainai) and Next.js. This is only the frontend part of this project; The OpenAI model with Langchain is hosted in another Repl. The OpenAI model being used is `text-davinci-003`, trained with: - Major parts of the [Replit docs](https://docs.replit.com) - The [Replit blog](https://blog.replit.com) - The Replit [landing page](https://replit.com) - The Replit Employee Organization Chart - Amjad's [personal blog](https://amasad.me) - Amjad's [AmA Repl](https://replit.com/@amasad/AmA?v=1) - Amjad's Podcasts - Some of [Amjad's Tweets](https://twitter.com/amasad) - Replit's [Terms of Service](https://replit.com/site/terms) and [Community guidelines](https://welcome.moderation.repl.co) - Some random facts the AI should be aware of All of this data was compiled into a `.index` file. [Zahid Khawaja](https://twitter.com/chillzaza_) has an [Awesome Tutorial](https://replit.com/@zahidkhawaja/Replit-Assistant?v=1) on how to do this if you want to make your own. Speaking of which, Thanks a lot Zahid, I couldn't have done this without you 🙏 - [Model Source Code](https://github.com/Conner1115/Amjad-GPT-Langchain) - [Frontend Source Code](https://github.com/Conner1115/Amjad-GPT) # Quota & Limits By default, all users get a total of 10 responses. After you've used up the ten responses, you must add your own OpenAI API key (Open the settings tab) or [tip this Repl](https://ai.repl.page/__repl) to increase your quota. One response is one question asked followed by one answer from the chatbot. Your quota will not be measured in tokens or response length. - **100 Cycles tip 🍬** - Quota increased by 20 responses - **500 Cycles tip 🍕** - Quota increased by 100 responses - **1000 Cycles tip 🌯** - Quota increased by 200 responses --- Made with 🧠 & 🔥 by [@IroncladDev](https://twitter.com/IroncladDev)

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[ot][personal] coreboot progress
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

i’m (somewhat sadly) no longer presently working on my coreboot port (although observing coding is getting easier and easier in some places) but yesterday i finally got spi flashing going which is great. i was discouraged months ago when i failed to acquire and troubleshoot working flash chips this morning i’ve flashed a chip last night and am looking forward to trying to POST the old board for the first time, which will mean wiring it up with my dc power supply https://matrix.to/#/!orFwLtOAmHWlvoSoQn%3Athe-apothecary.club/%24dKehdGijzB… i’ve been trying for a year or two to get a server board running coreboot as my first foray into coreboot [photo of half-disassembled flashing parts on a breadboard] this is the last flasher i was using. i stalled when it turned out i was using toasted spi chips (spi not pictured, socket is lpc), lots of troubleshooting, contacted the manufacturer etc [photo of arduino next to prototype shield with small wiring of components on one end] this is my finally today working arduino spi flasher. after the last frustration with unsteady hands i bought a general purpose arduino shield to wire it on. it’s finally flashing the pictured flash adapter reliably, big celebration the lpc isn’t wired yet obv i make so many mistakes i actually patched the flasher firmware to add commands to perform voltage tests for each wire, to verify it is correctly wired, which really helps me troubleshoot. my patch is at https://github.com/urjaman/frser-m328lpcspi/pull/2 […] dissociative disorder and fervent self sabotage

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Americans Are Saving $500 Million Monthly on Internet Fees
by Gunnar Larson 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

Americans Are Saving $500 Million Monthly on Internet Fees https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-27/americans-save-500-milli…

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Goldman Turns to ‘Make-or-Break’ Unit as Solomon Put to Test
by Gunnar Larson 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

Goldman Turns to ‘Make-or-Break’ Unit as Solomon Put to Test https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-26/goldman-turns-to-make-or… Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS)’s leaders take the stage this week hoping to turn the page on a forgettable 2022, lay out new reasons for investors to rally around the stock and quell dissatisfaction within the firm’s ranks.

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Goldman Sachs Kicks Off Investor Day With Report Card on CEO Solomon
by Gunnar Larson 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

Goldman Sachs Kicks Off Investor Day With Report Card on CEO Solomon https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-28/goldman-kicks-off-invest…

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Goldman Sachs Is Being Sued for 27 Separate Stock Offerings It Underwrote
by Gunnar Larson 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/02/goldman-sachs-is-being-sued-for-27-s… By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: February 28, 2023 ~ David Solomon, Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs David Solomon, Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs As we reported on February 7, there are some very strange things going on at Goldman Sachs. After reading the Wall Street investment bank’s annual report, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission last Friday, the word “strange” doesn’t seem to do justice to the situation. Goldman Sachs is looking more like a litigation warehouse these days than an investment bank. According to Goldman’s annual report, it is being investigated for pretty much everything it does to make money: derivatives, currencies, mortgages, financial advisory, securities lending, dark pools, investment management, commodities, U.S. Treasuries, corporate bonds, credit cards, hiring and compensation practices, research practices, compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, transactions involving government-related financings – and on and on. Things are so bad that it concedes in this annual report that it may have under-reserved for its legal costs by $2.3 billion. That’s a pretty big number to fail to anticipate – especially when your Chairman and CEO, David Solomon, has a side hustle as a DJ at tiki bars. Particularly unnerving is the revelation that Goldman Sachs is being sued for its work as one of the underwriters of 27 separate share offerings, many of which have declined dramatically in share price. (The lawsuits actually total 28 but we have not included the lawsuit involving Waterdrop Inc. as Goldman Sachs reports it was dismissed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on February 3.) The lawsuits involve the following stocks, listed in the order that they appear in the Goldman Sachs annual report. We have added ticker symbols in parenthesis following the company name. Uber Technologies, Inc. (UBER); GoHealth, Inc. (GOCO); Array Technologies, Inc. (ARRY); ContextLogic Inc. (WISH); DiDi Global Inc. (DIDIY); Vroom Inc. (VRM); Zymergen Inc. (acquired by Ginkgo Bioworks); Sea Limited (SE); Rivian Automotive Inc. (RIVN); Natera Inc. (NTRA); Robinhood Markets, Inc. (HOOD); ON24, Inc. (ONTF); Riskified Ltd. (RSKD); Oscar Health, Inc. (OSCR); Oak Street Health, Inc. (OSH); Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (RETA); Bright Health Group, Inc. (BHG); 17 Education & Technology Group, Inc. (YQ); LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (LFST); MINISO Group Holding Limited (MNSO); Coupang, Inc. (CPNG); Yatsen Holding Ltd. (YSG); Rent the Runway, Inc. (RENT); Opendoor Technologies Inc. (OPEN); FIGS, Inc. (FIGS); Silvergate Capital Corporation (SI); Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc (CNTA). Five of these companies’ share prices have declined from 75 percent to 90 percent over the past year. (See chart below.) All of this negative news comes a little more than two years after Goldman Sachs and a subsidiary were criminally charged by the U.S. Department of Justice in the looting and bribery scandal known as 1MDB – the largest scandal in the firm’s history. Goldman Sachs admitted to the charges and had to pay over $2.9 billion. There have been plenty of other warning signs over the past decade that Goldman Sachs was on the wrong track with its reputation. In 2018 former New York Fed bank examiner, Carmen Segarra, released her book, Noncompliant: A Lone Whistleblower Exposes the Giants of Wall Street. The main giant Segarra was exposing was Goldman Sachs and its enshrined conflicts of interest. When Segarra wanted to write a negative examination of what she found at Goldman Sachs, she was fired by her crony bosses at the New York Fed. An earlier book was penned in 2012 by a former Vice President at Goldman Sachs. In Why I Left Goldman Sachs: A Wall Street Story, Greg Smith exposes a culture of ripping off clients. In tandem with the book launch, Smith explained this culture to the approximate 13 million viewers of 60 Minutes. Greg Smith is the Goldman Sachs VP who tendered his resignation after 12 years with the firm on March 14, 2012 via the OpEd page of the New York Times, famously lamenting “how callously people talk about ripping their clients off. Over the last 12 months I have seen five different managing directors refer to their own clients as ‘muppets.’ ” On April 16, 2010, two years before Greg Smith made his charges, the Securities and Exchange Commission made the identical charge: Goldman was ripping off its clients. Here’s the actual wording of the complaint: “Undisclosed in the marketing materials and unbeknownst to investors, a large hedge fund, Paulson & Co. Inc…played a significant role in the portfolio selection process. After participating in the selection of the reference portfolio, Paulson effectively shorted the RMBS [Residential Mortgage Backed Securities] portfolio it helped select by entering into credit default swaps (‘CDS’) with GS&Co [Goldman Sachs & Company] to buy protection on specific layers of the ABACUS 2007-AC1 capital structure. Given its financial short interest, Paulson had an economic incentive to choose RMBS that it expected to experience credit events in the near future. GS&Co did not disclose Paulson’s adverse economic interests or its role in the portfolio selection process in the term sheet, flip book, offering memorandum or other marketing materials provided to investors.” To put all that in plain English, the SEC charged Goldman Sachs with knowingly creating an investment product designed to fail so that a hedge fund manager could benefit by shorting it and then sold it to its clients as a good investment. Goldman settled that complaint for $550 million, at that time the largest penalty ever imposed by the SEC on a Wall Street firm.

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Gensler and DeSantis have earned killing ( My 2k sats )
by professor rat 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

And don't just take my word for it >> Pinned Tweet Giacomo Repulsive 13% Dying Breed Zucco @giacomozucco · 2h I despise shitcoin scams, but I'd defend Ethereum over Gary Gensler. I despise woke bullshit, but I'd defend Disney over Ron DeSantis. Virtue/truth is important, but is meaningless without freedom. Freedom is what makes virtue/truth significant, sustainable, durable, important. << Hear hear!

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Bing’s reported behavior (e.g. threatening to kill users if they don’t commit crimes on its behalf)
by professor rat 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

The current shock revolving around Bing’s behavior (e.g. threatening to kill users if they don’t commit crimes on its behalf), demonstrates the need for some basic incentive for responsible AI deployment along well established cypherpunk lines. https://stiffs.com/celebrity/billgates Reposts not machines sent back from the future to cancel humanities last, best dope

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Cryptocurrency: Craig Wright is a Liar, Fraud, and Royal Asshole
by grarpamp 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2020/05/25/craig-wright-called-fraud-in-mes… Craig Wright Called 'Fraud' in Message Signed With Bitcoin Addresses He Claims to Own "Back in 2016, White Ops Chief Scientist Dan Kaminsky went so far as to call him the "world’s first cryptographically provable con artist." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfOlE-mmYBo Faketoshi RageQuit https://github.com/albacorelabs/FakeToshi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29TX4GJyCCY Asshole Faketoshi on stage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm7-eZvfl5o Faketoshi cast https://faketoshi.cypherpunks.xyz/ "What #cryptocurrency learned in 2018. Craig Wright aka #Faketoshi (Not #Bitcoin's founder) is against decentralization, is pro-censorship, threatens legal action, is anti free-market, anti open-source & is a pro-government authoritarian centralizing power to 1 man rule! #NoThanks" https://craigwrightisnotsatoshi.com/pdfs/Faketoshi,%20The%20Early%20Years%2… https://github.com/faketoshi/site

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Cryptocurrency: #BYPASS Authority With GNURadio RF Decentral Dance Party
by grarpamp 28 Feb '23

28 Feb '23

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eaj7UHWoS6c Speech1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKK6PfDMuqg Crypto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ytFxdUTS2E News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnYZVTLhJHQ Speech2 #BYPASS https://web.archive.org/web/20181026181735/http://thebypassmovement.com/man… https://web.archive.org/web/20180818201559/http://thebypassmovement.com/how… https://web.archive.org/web/20181026181735/http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/… BypassMovement(a)gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/BYPASSmovement https://www.twitter.com/BYPASSmovement https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBYPASSMovement The Decentralization Manifesto The #BYPASS Movement is premised on the belief that Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Therefore, allowing power to become concentrated in the hands of the few (Centralized) can only lead to tyranny and destruction. In recent times, our societies have become dominated by increasingly powerful Centralized governments and the provision of goods and services monopolized by increasingly powerful Centralized business interests. These entities frequently collude in order to further consolidate their power; a modern phenomenon known as “Corporatism” or “Fascism”. This historically unprecedented Centralization of power is directly responsible for the historically unprecedented tyranny and destruction of the past century. However! With the advent of the modern internet, a new revolutionary movement has emerged; one with the power to render all Centralized institutions obsolete and eliminate the threat of tyranny forevermore. It is a revolution which enjoys the distinction of being cooperative, rather than divisive. And one which is fundamentally nonviolent. >>>>> Given that Government Is Centralized Power. And given that All Centralized Power Structures Are Corrupt By Design. It is proposed that There Are No Political Solutions To Any Of Our Problems. And that the only way to achieve and maintain peace, prosperity and freedom is to Decentralize Every Single Power Structure In The World To The Greatest Degree Possible. This can be accomplished by using modern technology to creatively apply the principles of Open-Source and Decentralization to all aspects of our lives; effecting the creation of new, non-hierarchical societies which are sustainable, equitable, and enjoyable for all. We must join together, and Become the change we want to see. Not beg those in power to create it for us. This is the #BYPASS Movement. And this website is intended to serve as an ever-evolving portal that will promote this philosophy, link to resources, and connect those who wish to bring about a peaceful and prosperous future for all humanity. Sincerely, Gary Lachance How To Participate Below is a growing collection of pioneering Decentralists who are actively working to upgrade our societies. This is the #BYPASS Movement in action. Please support them, share them, and suggest more! Education / Knowledge: The Khan Academy + Udacity (Decentralized Education) VIDEO The Wikipedia (An Open+Decentralized Encyclopedia) Decentralized Education (Article) Environmental Protection / Sustainability: Craigslist + Kijiji (Decentralized Marketplaces) Real-Time Ridesharing (Decentralized Car-Sharing Services) ARTICLE CouchSurfing + AirBnB (Decentralized Accommodation Sharing/Renting) Permaculture (Sustainable, Decentralized Food Production And Living) ARTICLE Yerdle (Decentralized Sharing Things) Manufacturing: Open-Source Ecology (Open+Decentralized Manufacturing) VIDEO, VIDEO#2 Defense Distributed (Open+Decentralized 3D-Printed Firearms) Arduino (Open-Source Electronics Prototyping) VIDEO 3D Printing (Decentralized Manufacturing) VIDEO OScar (An Open-Source Car) Commerce: Bitcoin (An Open+Decentralized Digital Currency) VIDEO Community Currencies (Decentralized Local Currencies) Health: Decentralized Medicine Printing (VIDEO) Cure Together (Decentralized Healthcare Solutions) Rxisk.org (Decentralized Drug Research) Charity / Social Services: The Decentralized Community (Open+Decentralized Social Problem Solving) Occupy Sandy (Open+Decentralized Hurricane Relief) ARTICLE Kiva (Decentralized Microfinance) Government (the transition towards its obsolescence): How The Internet Will Transform Government (VIDEO) Fundraising: SpaceHive (Decentralized Neighbourhood Improvement Fundraising) Kickstarter (Decentralized Fundraising For Creative Projects) Petri Dish (Decentralized Fundraising For Scientific Research) Crowdfunding (ARTICLE) ARTICLE #2 Events / Partying: The Decentralized Dance Party (Decentralized, Crowdfunded Partying) Speakeasy (Decentralized Party Hosting) EventUp (Decentralized Venue Rentals) Audio Amplification: A Decentralized Sound System (Decentralized Audio Amplification) The Social Stereo (Open+Decentralized Audio Amplification) Media: Youtube + Vimeo + Facebook (Decentralized Media Platforms) Spot.us (Decentralized, Crowdfunded, Open-Source Journalism) Food: Buycott (Decentralized labelling of GMOs) ARTICLE Feastly (Decentralized Dining) ARTICLE Open-Source Ecology (Open+Decentralized Manufacturing) VIDEO, VIDEO#2 Crowdfunding Farms (Article) Permaculture (Sustainable, Decentralized Food Production And Living) ARTICLE Travel: Vayable (Decentralized Tourism Marketplace Where Anyone Can Discover, Book And Offer Tours, Activities And Unique Experiences Anywhere In The World) Art: Anyone Who #Bypasses The Entertainment Industry By Independently Creating And Distributing Their Own Work (An Illustrative Comic) -Music: Mackelmore, Con Bro Chill -Movies: HORSE the band’s Earth Tour -Comedy: Louis C.K. Made Millions Streaming His Own Show And Selling His Own Tickets –Freedomain Radio (The World’s Most Popular Philosophy Show- Funded By Donations) –More Suggestions Please! Love / Intimacy: Lovepalz (Decentralized Lovemaking) Law: Creative Commons (Free Legal Tools That Enable The Sharing And Use Of Creativity And Knowledge) Activism: Buycott (A Decentralized database allowing for coordinated boycott campaigns) ARTICLE Software: WordPress.org (Open-Source Website Development) Open-Source Software (Wikipedia Article) https://www.khanacademy.org/ https://www.udacity.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM95HHI4gLk https://www.wikipedia.org/ https://www.kurzweilai.net/decentralizing-education-how-startups-are-disman… https://www.craigslist.org/about/sites/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_ridesharing https://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/10/a-ride-sharing-app-hails-10-milli… https://www.couchsurfing.org/ https://www.airbnb.com/ https://www.permaculture.org/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2072383/Eccentric-town-Todmorden… https://www.yerdle.com/ https://opensourceecology.org/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5DD5E8447F3CD3F0 https://vimeo.com/51764445 https://defdist.org/ https://www.arduino.cc/ https://www.ted.com/talks/massimo_banzi_how_arduino_is_open_sourcing_imagin… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS4Xw8f9LCc https://www.theoscarproject.org/ https://bitcoin.org/ https://youtu.be/Um63OQz3bjo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_currencies https://www.ted.com/talks/lee_cronin_print_your_own_medicine.html https://curetogether.com/blog/about/ https://www.rxisk.org/Default.aspx https://decentralizedcommunity.org/ https://interoccupy.net/occupysandy/ https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/nyregion/where-fema-fell-short-occupy-sa… https://www.kiva.org/ https://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_the_internet_will_one_day_transfo… https://spacehive.com/Home/AboutUs https://www.kickstarter.com/ https://www.petridish.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowd_funding https://www.shareable.net/blog/why-crowdfunding-is-just-the-beginning https://www.decentralizeddanceparty.com/faq/whatisaddp/ https://www.getspeakeasy.com/ https://eventup.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eaj7UHWoS6c https://www.decentralizeddanceparty.com/social-stereo/ https://www.youtube.com/ https://vimeo.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ https://spot.us/ https://www.buycott.com/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2013/05/14/new-app-lets-you-boyco… https://www.eatfeastly.com/intro/ https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323689604578222662518578442.… https://opensourceecology.org/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5DD5E8447F3CD3F0 https://vimeo.com/51764445 https://www.farmtoconsumer.org/news_wp/?p=2969 https://www.permaculture.org/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2072383/Eccentric-town-Todmorden… https://www.vayable.com/ https://theoatmeal.com/comics/music_industry https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/macklemore-and-ryan-lewis-chose-diy… https://www.conbrochill.com/ https://www.horsethebandearthtour.com/ https://mashable.com/2011/12/23/louis-ck-million/ https://www.digitaltrends.com/web/louis-ck-sells-4-5-million-in-tickets-in-… https://www.freedomainradio.com/ https://www.lovepalz.com/ https://creativecommons.org/ https://www.buycott.com/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2013/05/14/new-app-lets-you-boyco… https://wordpress.org/about/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software

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