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legalba.bsky.social

Here for amusement. Interested in machine learning and search tech. Drink a lot of espresso. Work with law firms, but IANAL. Live in UK. @legalba on the X.

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This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

submitted 20 hours ago • 113 comments

the stock market is now below where it was when Joe Biden left office

submitted 1 day ago • 250 comments

Fascinating to see NotebookLM named as the document review platform of choice. There are lots of dedicated tools for this sort of multi-document review - is the suggestion that these platforms are largely undifferentiated, layers on top of standard LLMs?

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Large epidemiologic studies have consistently shown an association between coffee and improved health outcomes. This may be one of the reasons: favorable changes to the gut microbiome 🏢🏢 www.scientificamerican.com/article/coff...

submitted 2 days ago • 51 comments

Alongside "I used to work in a building around here..."

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I'm so old that I'm still kind of scared to put spaces in file names

submitted 8 days ago • 41 comments

Online? About a 1. But in real life? Also a 1.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I've lived a long time as an HIV+ man, and my message this National Testing Week is just get tested. People can live with HIV for a long time without symptoms. If you do have HIV, you can start treatment, live a healthy life, and end transmission of the virus. Get a free test today: bit.ly/3VQiG8e

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

🎵Gonna make you sweat! Baby!🎵 [Me, frying onions]

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

[Albert Campus tries to tell a joke] Knock knock. The sun beat down, the glare reflect from the road. Old Mme Froll cursed as she shuffled down the road after her frightful dog. The heat was oppressive. I felt unable to think, so I lit a cigarette. Another knock.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I worry what X will do to the world when he inherits.

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

These all seem like reasonable calls

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

Let's Dance by David Bowie is one of the worst songs to dance to.

submitted 10 days ago • 13 comments

Eggs? In this economy?

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

we should put an evil wizard tower here

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments

Egg prices +15.2% m/m in January ... largest increase since June 2015 (via Kevin Gordon) #CPI

submitted 10 days ago • 47 comments

Absolutely fascinating deep dive on the new Piccadilly line trains. Can't wait until these actually come into service www.reddit.com/r/LondonUnde...

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

"...In conclusion, I believe this to have been issued erroneously, I expect you to rescind. Yours faithfully etc." Me: (uncramping hand) Masterpiece. Folds several sheets of letter paper, puts in large, brown envelope, writes 'council parking department' on front

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

if they made like 17 more Beekeeper movies where Jason Statham just systematically murdered a different category of scammer in every movie it would be the biggest and most successful film franchise on the planet

submitted 12 days ago • 66 comments

Hive mind (criminal bods in particular) - best tube / train station for Old Bailey in a rush? Coming in from Essex. Come straight to Liv St and get on tube or something else?

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

Saw someone on TikTok say: How did we go from Brat summer to fascist winter? Babe I hate to break it to you, but that's literally the plot of cabaret.

submitted 13 days ago • 6 comments

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

the stock market is now below where it was when Joe Biden left office

Fascinating to see NotebookLM named as the document review platform of choice. There are lots of dedicated tools for this sort of multi-document review - is the suggestion that these platforms are largely undifferentiated, layers on top of standard LLMs?

Large epidemiologic studies have consistently shown an association between coffee and improved health outcomes. This may be one of the reasons: favorable changes to the gut microbiome 🏢🏢 www.scientificamerican.com/article/coff...

Alongside "I used to work in a building around here..."

I'm so old that I'm still kind of scared to put spaces in file names

Online? About a 1. But in real life? Also a 1.

I've lived a long time as an HIV+ man, and my message this National Testing Week is just get tested. People can live with HIV for a long time without symptoms. If you do have HIV, you can start treatment, live a healthy life, and end transmission of the virus. Get a free test today: bit.ly/3VQiG8e

🎵Gonna make you sweat! Baby!🎵 [Me, frying onions]

[Albert Campus tries to tell a joke] Knock knock. The sun beat down, the glare reflect from the road. Old Mme Froll cursed as she shuffled down the road after her frightful dog. The heat was oppressive. I felt unable to think, so I lit a cigarette. Another knock.

I worry what X will do to the world when he inherits.

These all seem like reasonable calls

Let's Dance by David Bowie is one of the worst songs to dance to.

Eggs? In this economy?

we should put an evil wizard tower here

Egg prices +15.2% m/m in January ... largest increase since June 2015 (via Kevin Gordon) #CPI

Absolutely fascinating deep dive on the new Piccadilly line trains. Can't wait until these actually come into service www.reddit.com/r/LondonUnde...

"...In conclusion, I believe this to have been issued erroneously, I expect you to rescind. Yours faithfully etc." Me: (uncramping hand) Masterpiece. Folds several sheets of letter paper, puts in large, brown envelope, writes 'council parking department' on front

if they made like 17 more Beekeeper movies where Jason Statham just systematically murdered a different category of scammer in every movie it would be the biggest and most successful film franchise on the planet

Hive mind (criminal bods in particular) - best tube / train station for Old Bailey in a rush? Coming in from Essex. Come straight to Liv St and get on tube or something else?

Saw someone on TikTok say: How did we go from Brat summer to fascist winter? Babe I hate to break it to you, but that's literally the plot of cabaret.

Repost with your apocalypse skill: I can hand-draw memes from memory, so we can continue to poast post-Collapse!

Trim peeps!

fired… wonk with me