James Oh
@leafless.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Wrote the T&Cs you didn't read
Tech lawyer working in-house
Academically inclined
#lawfedi #OSS #termsofservice #techlaw #auslaw 🇦🇺
#nobot #nosearch #noindex
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Tech lawyer working in-house
Academically inclined
#lawfedi #OSS #termsofservice #techlaw #auslaw 🇦🇺
#nobot #nosearch #noindex
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://fosstodon.org/@leafless, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Reposted by James Oh
_Tools for Conviviality_ by Ivan Illich is an essay that anyone who wants to better understand economic and societal trends in tech should probably read.
Written in 1972, it analyzes technological revolutions such as the sewing machine and the car, but it’s surprising how the same patterns can […]
Written in 1972, it analyzes technological revolutions such as the sewing machine and the car, but it’s surprising how the same patterns can […]
Original post on manganiello.eu
manganiello.eu
January 2, 2026 at 11:43 PM
_Tools for Conviviality_ by Ivan Illich is an essay that anyone who wants to better understand economic and societal trends in tech should probably read.
Written in 1972, it analyzes technological revolutions such as the sewing machine and the car, but it’s surprising how the same patterns can […]
Written in 1972, it analyzes technological revolutions such as the sewing machine and the car, but it’s surprising how the same patterns can […]
#lawfedi This also feels true of legal work. A client who 'just pops' a contract in for AI review and then suggests you keep your review to the 'reference' analysis, hurts their cause.
@inkican https://mastodon.social/@inkican/115770639529842856
@inkican https://mastodon.social/@inkican/115770639529842856
Inkican (@[email protected])
A fascinating article (Thanks @chuckwendig.bsky.social) on the dangers of using Gen AI in making concept art - https://thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/concept-artists-in-games-say-generative-ai-references-only-make-their-jobs-harder/ #artificialintelligence #ai #machinelearning #technology #tech #robotics #innovation
mastodon.social
December 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
#lawfedi This also feels true of legal work. A client who 'just pops' a contract in for AI review and then suggests you keep your review to the 'reference' analysis, hurts their cause.
@inkican https://mastodon.social/@inkican/115770639529842856
@inkican https://mastodon.social/@inkican/115770639529842856
Reposted by James Oh
SubGrid is a free, open-source tool that visualizes subscription costs to help manage monthly budget decisions more effectively.
https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/a-free-app-to-visualize-your-subscription-costs/
#budget #personalfinance #OpenSource
https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/a-free-app-to-visualize-your-subscription-costs/
#budget #personalfinance #OpenSource
A free app to visualize your subscription costs
SubGrid is a free, open-source tool that visualizes subscription costs to help manage monthly budget decisions more effectively.
coywolf.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
SubGrid is a free, open-source tool that visualizes subscription costs to help manage monthly budget decisions more effectively.
https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/a-free-app-to-visualize-your-subscription-costs/
#budget #personalfinance #OpenSource
https://coywolf.com/news/productivity/a-free-app-to-visualize-your-subscription-costs/
#budget #personalfinance #OpenSource
Reposted by James Oh
We trained our model on your emails last night
We captured screenshots of your banking website
And though our surveys say you don't want AI
That doesn't matter, your consent is implied
For we've got a brand new AI interface
You can use for free
You know you can […]
[Original post on beige.party]
We captured screenshots of your banking website
And though our surveys say you don't want AI
That doesn't matter, your consent is implied
For we've got a brand new AI interface
You can use for free
You know you can […]
[Original post on beige.party]
December 17, 2025 at 1:27 AM
We trained our model on your emails last night
We captured screenshots of your banking website
And though our surveys say you don't want AI
That doesn't matter, your consent is implied
For we've got a brand new AI interface
You can use for free
You know you can […]
[Original post on beige.party]
We captured screenshots of your banking website
And though our surveys say you don't want AI
That doesn't matter, your consent is implied
For we've got a brand new AI interface
You can use for free
You know you can […]
[Original post on beige.party]
Genuine question #oss #privacy #digitalrights - I'm often bothered that organisations working for a cause often use big tech tooling. The reason is some variation of these are cheapest, most convenient, have greatest reach etc..
Are others bothered by this? Does choice of tooling compromise […]
Are others bothered by this? Does choice of tooling compromise […]
Original post on fosstodon.org
fosstodon.org
December 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Genuine question #oss #privacy #digitalrights - I'm often bothered that organisations working for a cause often use big tech tooling. The reason is some variation of these are cheapest, most convenient, have greatest reach etc..
Are others bothered by this? Does choice of tooling compromise […]
Are others bothered by this? Does choice of tooling compromise […]
Reposted by James Oh
Today, the #eu will launch a new legal entity aimed at supporting the development of the #DigitalCommons.
The so-called European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (#edic) is a legal instrument that allows EU countries to pool resources and "coordinate with communities to develop, maintain and […]
The so-called European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (#edic) is a legal instrument that allows EU countries to pool resources and "coordinate with communities to develop, maintain and […]
Original post on eupolicy.social
eupolicy.social
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Reposted by James Oh
The Hidden Curriculum of AI Syllabus Statements: How Fear-Based Framing Shapes Student Behaviour and Academic Integrity academicintegrity.org/aws/ICAI/pt/sh… #AI #education
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The Hidden Curriculum of AI Syllabus Statements: How Fear-Based Framing Shapes Student Behaviour and Academic Integrity academicintegrity.org/aws/ICAI/pt/sh… #AI #education
Reposted by James Oh
Publish or perish has become publish and we all perish. The silver lining of generative AI has been to show up our broken research evaluation systems.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/06/ai-research-papers
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/06/ai-research-papers
December 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Publish or perish has become publish and we all perish. The silver lining of generative AI has been to show up our broken research evaluation systems.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/06/ai-research-papers
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/06/ai-research-papers
PSA - immediately cancel auto-renewal after signing up
December 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
PSA - immediately cancel auto-renewal after signing up
Reposted by James Oh
I'll say it again: there is a hard limit to how many satellites you can have in orbit without terrible consequences, and I am quite sure we are already above that limit, mostly thanks to Starlink.
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I'll say it again: there is a hard limit to how many satellites you can have in orbit without terrible consequences, and I am quite sure we are already above that limit, mostly thanks to Starlink.
Reposted by James Oh
Everything you've posted on any forum, open or not, since May 2008 has been scraped and stored by Common Crawl in a massive dataset used to train AI.
#cybersecurity #privacy #slop
#cybersecurity #privacy #slop
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Everything you've posted on any forum, open or not, since May 2008 has been scraped and stored by Common Crawl in a massive dataset used to train AI.
#cybersecurity #privacy #slop
#cybersecurity #privacy #slop
Reposted by James Oh
Update. The #un is dropping #GoogleDocs in favor of #opensource #cryptpad (@CryptPad).
https://itsfoss.com/news/un-ditches-google-form/
https://itsfoss.com/news/un-ditches-google-form/
UN Ditches Google for Taking Form Submissions, Opts for an Open Source Solution Instead
The United Nations opts for an open source alternative to Google Forms.
itsfoss.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Update. The #un is dropping #GoogleDocs in favor of #opensource #cryptpad (@CryptPad).
https://itsfoss.com/news/un-ditches-google-form/
https://itsfoss.com/news/un-ditches-google-form/
Judges have become ‘human filters’ as AI in Australian courts reaches ‘unsustainable phase’, chief justice says
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov/21/judges-have-become-human-filters-as-ai-in-australian-courts-reaches-unsustainable-phase-chief-justice-says?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other […]
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov/21/judges-have-become-human-filters-as-ai-in-australian-courts-reaches-unsustainable-phase-chief-justice-says?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other […]
Original post on fosstodon.org
fosstodon.org
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Judges have become ‘human filters’ as AI in Australian courts reaches ‘unsustainable phase’, chief justice says
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov/21/judges-have-become-human-filters-as-ai-in-australian-courts-reaches-unsustainable-phase-chief-justice-says?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other […]
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov/21/judges-have-become-human-filters-as-ai-in-australian-courts-reaches-unsustainable-phase-chief-justice-says?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other […]
This was part management theory (protecting it against the dead hand of old-cultire thinking) and part industrial apartheid to keep the new workforce away from the unionised workforce.
The Public Square Project
Edited by Peter Lewis and Jordan Guiao
The Public Square Project
Edited by Peter Lewis and Jordan Guiao
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This was part management theory (protecting it against the dead hand of old-cultire thinking) and part industrial apartheid to keep the new workforce away from the unionised workforce.
The Public Square Project
Edited by Peter Lewis and Jordan Guiao
The Public Square Project
Edited by Peter Lewis and Jordan Guiao
Reposted by James Oh
I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania.
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
1/n
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
1/n
Current Vacancies
careers.utas.edu.au
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania.
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
1/n
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
1/n
Reposted by James Oh
CfP for the #fosdem #legal and #policy devroom is out. The DevRoom invites hackers, developers, contributors,
lawyers, and decision-makers alike to share their knowledge with the community. Deadline is 7 December:
https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2025q4/003703.html
(Transparency: I am […]
lawyers, and decision-makers alike to share their knowledge with the community. Deadline is 7 December:
https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2025q4/003703.html
(Transparency: I am […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
CfP for the #fosdem #legal and #policy devroom is out. The DevRoom invites hackers, developers, contributors,
lawyers, and decision-makers alike to share their knowledge with the community. Deadline is 7 December:
https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2025q4/003703.html
(Transparency: I am […]
lawyers, and decision-makers alike to share their knowledge with the community. Deadline is 7 December:
https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2025q4/003703.html
(Transparency: I am […]
And the one time I actually need the (c) autocorrect...
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
And the one time I actually need the (c) autocorrect...
The spin is so lame #socialmediabanau #australia
November 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The spin is so lame #socialmediabanau #australia
Australia sues Microsoft for misleading M365 users • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/asia_tech_news_roundup/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/asia_tech_news_roundup/
Australia sues Microsoft for misleading M365 users
Asia In Brief: PLUS: China demotes tech self-sufficiency goal; Alibaba Cloud quietly quits VMware; India demands deepfake labels; and more!
www.theregister.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Australia sues Microsoft for misleading M365 users • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/asia_tech_news_roundup/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/asia_tech_news_roundup/
#oss licences that still make me chuckle
Beerware License
"As long as you retain this notice you can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return Poul-Henning Kamp"
Beerware License
"As long as you retain this notice you can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return Poul-Henning Kamp"
October 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
#oss licences that still make me chuckle
Beerware License
"As long as you retain this notice you can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return Poul-Henning Kamp"
Beerware License
"As long as you retain this notice you can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return Poul-Henning Kamp"