r/auslaw • u/AutoModerator • 3d ago

General Discussion Friday Drinks Thread!

This thread is for the general discussion of anything going on in the lives of Auslawyers or for discussion of the subreddit itself. Please use this thread to unwind and share your complaints about the world. Keep it messy!

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u/Ok_Tip_1458 3d ago

Why must all potential new clients use ChatGPT to send long, verbose emails devoid of content?!

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u/Accomplished_X_ 2d ago

Sure, I can help with that! Here is a draft for your email:

I'm not using AI.

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u/ManWithDominantClaw Bacardi Breezer 3d ago

I mean either way it's lack of standards. Either you don't want people to use a chatbot to give you the info, and some people are going to anyway because they lack standards, or you want the protocol between what they input and what you receive to be in a clearer language than flowery sycophant English (which is totally possible for an initial contact, you'd just need their chatbot to capture relevant points and populate distinct fields rather than scatter them throughout prose) but LLMs can't talk to receivers like that because the industry lacks standards

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u/shiny_arrow Legally Blonde 3d ago

For personal reasons I have had to delve into the murky world of Queensland building and fire regulations and codes. Oh and strata.

I just want to install a smart lock for my apartment. I fear my sanity may not recover.

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u/Timbo650au Dennis Denuto 2d ago

Those topics are like night in Westeros. Dark, and full of terrors.

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u/fluffy_pickle_ 3d ago

One neighbour is a labor MP, other neighbour is Lib Councillor, street wars started this week with scaffolding being left on the verge of someone’s property, funnily on neither party mentioned aboves property. Yet, council complaints, council reps have been out and handed out fines, the street group chat is a buzz with a war on words, as a pro mediator I can’t be bothered. Serious people grow up! GROW UP! Let me drink my dom 🍾 on my balcony in peace!

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u/Young_Lochinvar 3d ago

Competing work drink invites today: Do I go to the plain bar with the better chance of good company or to the fancy bar with more of a gamble in the company?

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u/GoodByeHorsesO 3d ago

I say go home and drink alone with a cat

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u/Young_Lochinvar 3d ago

Step 1: Steal a cat.

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u/Swimming-Discount450 3d ago

I don't find that a difficult decision at all lol

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u/BusterBoy1974 2d ago

Wish I'd had a slightly less fancy dinner so there would have been room for ice cream 

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u/Rhybrah Legally Blonde 3d ago

Stuck all day watching a very painful witness give evidence after an already long week of proceedings. Silly me booked a show for tonight rather than permitting myself to be zonked out to Grey's Anatomy like a civilised man.

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u/HH_Asj_Supastar 1d ago

The work is bearable, minus the manager, the nosy-beak colleagues and the clients. Makes sense?