Tom Lee

@tjl
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Policy @ Mapbox. Fmr director, Sunlight Labs.
bloghttps://tomlee.wtf
increasingly neglected twitter accounthttps://twitter.com/tjl
Tom LeeNov 25, 2023
Kathleen LuNov 25, 2023

As Chair of the @openstreetmap Foundation's Legal/License Working Group, I posted about why EU governments should release data under @creativecommons's CC0 in furtherance of the EU Open Data Directive.

https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2023/11/25/the-cc-0-advantage-how-the-eu-open-data-directive-can-benefit-from-simplified-licensing-for-geodata/

Thanks to @tjl and the rest of the LWG for 🖊️

The CC-0 Advantage: How the EU Open Data Directive Can Benefit from Simplified Licensing for Geodata | OpenStreetMap Blog

Tom LeeMay 25, 2023
exciting to see some of the upstart intergovernmental forums staking out strong brands. it’s important to make multilateralism fun for a new generation
Tom LeeMay 24, 2023
I am still in awe of geohot and pretty excited to see him working on a problem that’s squarely in his strengths and this time seems unlikely kill anyone (directly) https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2023/05/24/the-tiny-corp-raised-5M.html
the tiny corp raised $5.1M

Here we go again. I started another company. The money is in the bank.

the singularity is nearer
Tom LeeMay 22, 2023
whatever OSX update is responsible for the warnings that now pop up whenever I leave my computer, telling me that it can no longer access my phone's microphone(!)--it's unsettling, I could do without it
Tom LeeMay 22, 2023
gonna be testifying about fake tags tomorrow before DC's Committee on Transportation & the Environment, likely sometime around 1:30 -- GET PSYCHED https://dccouncil.gov/event/transportation-the-environment-public-roundtable-27/
Transportation & the Environment Public Roundtable • Council of the District of Columbia

The Committee on Transportation & the Environment will hold a public Roundtable on the following Matter: “Traffic Enforcement in the District” Watch Live: – On the Council site, at https://bit.ly/2ooL0l1 – On the OCTFME site, at https://bit.ly/2JNZIro – On TV, Channel 13 or 18 “]

Council of the District of Columbia
Tom LeeMay 8, 2023
Francis IrvingMay 7, 2023

I dug into the exact definition of "high quality" for the training data of GPT-3 and Stable Diffusion. It's very basic, and ultimately driven by scale.

https://www.flourish.org/2023/05/what-is-high-quality-about-the-data-that-trained-generative-ai/

What is high-quality about the data that trained generative AI? : Francis Irving

Tom LeeMay 8, 2023
Scott McNultyMay 7, 2023
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir is a really good book! And $3, you can’t go wrong (the rest of the books in the series have very good endings at least). https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07J6HWLPR/?tag=scottmcnulty-20
Tom LeeMay 3, 2023
ShoqMay 3, 2023

ICYMI, the Bluesky public firehose. (Twitter had one, back in the day, pre-algo).

https://firesky.tv/

cc @mmasnick @jeffjarvis @tchambers

Firesky

Watch every Bluesky post in real-time – filter the firehose

Tom LeeApr 28, 2023
Sean HollisterApr 27, 2023

Microsoft is losing Activision Blizzard because cloud gaming still sucks.

Microsoft is a big fish in a tiny pond. https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/27/23699879/microsoft-activision-blizzard-merger-cma-cloud-gaming-loss-editorial

Microsoft’s Activision deal is on life support because cloud gaming still sucks

Editorial: Of the reasons to block Microsoft’s $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, Sean never dreamed that “We need to stop Microsoft from dominating cloud gaming” would be the one.

The Verge
Tom LeeApr 27, 2023
muesliApr 27, 2023