By @edent · economics fair justice · 4 comments · 850 words · read ~1,521 times.
In "Theory Of Games And Economic Behavior" by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern, the authors discuss the card game of poker. There are dozens of variations of poker, each with their own intricacies. But they all boil down to the same pattern - is my hand stronger than your hand? Here's how the authors […]
Continue reading →By @edent · government justice podcast · 100 words
How do you modernise the technology of a huge organisation like the UK's Ministry of Justice? Kim Rowan has some bright ideas. Read Kim's post on the Application Modernisation Team For more technical posts, read the Just-Tech blog on Medium.
Continue reading →By @edent · a11y court digital justice · 2 comments · 700 words · read ~690 times.
Regular readers will know about my recent court visit. I was grumpy about the lack of connected digital services within the court. As I left court, I asked if there was anything they needed me to fill in or sign. They said there wasn't. I just sort of assumed that I wouldn't get any expenses […]
Continue reading →By @edent · gdpr justice Phone Hacking privacy security · 550 words · read ~276 times.
A quick report into a nasty privacy vulnerability I found with the CAB. Unusually for me, this has no Internet component. Regular readers will know about my recent court visit. As part of that, I had to telephone the CAB Volunteers at the court who look after witnesses. I called, and was put on hold, […]
Continue reading →By @edent · digital justice police · 5 comments · 850 words · read ~2,051 times.
This is the story of my encounter with our justice system. It's a personal post that doesn't necessarily reflect my employers' opinions. September 2017 - I was standing by a bus stop when I noticed a man playing with his phone while driving. So I snapped a couple of photos of him and his car. […]
Continue reading →By @edent · fair google hmrc justice student loans tax taxation · 5 comments · 500 words · read ~434 times.
King of Google Eric Schmidt has written in The Guardian about how unfair it is that people don't think Google pay a fair share of taxes. He makes three pretty good points. Companies only pay tax on their profits. Politicians shouldn't make laws with loopholes. International laws need harmonisation. I agree with his second two […]
Continue reading →By @edent · crowdsourcing justice leveson ocr politics text · 1 comment · 550 words
I've already blogged about the Leveson Inquiry's disturbing habit of releasing evidence as scanned in PDFs. I had a suggestion from digital journalist Kevin Anderson Terence Eden is on Mastodon@edentGah! The #leveson witness statements are photocopied & scanned in levesoninquiry.org.uk/evidence/?witn…Disastrous for open justice - shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php…❤️ 0💬 0♻️ 110:12 - Fri 11 May 2012Mr Anderson@kevglobalReplying to […]
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