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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Apr-2025 21:10:50 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith

    Ah, the world’s major cultures.

    In conversation about a month ago from mastodon.social permalink

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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Mar-2025 01:40:35 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith

    trumpcard.gov
    https://mastodon.social/@botgov/114223739229794922

    In conversation about 2 months ago from mastodon.social permalink

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      Botgov (@botgov@mastodon.social)
      from Botgov
      The following .gov domains have been registered in the past 24 hours: blountroctn.gov cityofhaywardmn.gov dicksonhousing.gov fairviewparkohio.gov jeffcowv.gov parmany.gov poweshiekcountyiowa.gov saginawcountymi.gov sandscisdtx.gov trumpcard.gov uintahwater.gov
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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Mar-2025 04:41:31 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith

    The last non-evil printer company has turned evil. Brother has rolled out firmware update that prevent third-party toner cartridges from working. https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/brother-accused-of-locking-down-third-party-printer-ink-cartridges-via-firmware-updates-removing-older-firmware-versions-from-support-portals

    In conversation about 3 months ago from mastodon.social permalink

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      Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals
      RepairTuber Louis Rossmann taken aback by Brother’s quiet turn to the dark side.
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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 25-Jan-2025 06:55:21 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith

    Blog entry: Once upon a time, government had an exception for onerous procurement rules for software you could walk into a store and buy. If you wanted copies of Windows, fine, just buy copies of windows. They called it “COTS”: Commercial Off-The-Shelf software. And that became a big loophole.

    It’s only COTS if you can use it the next day and configure it yourself, otherwise it’s just sparkling custom software. https://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2025/01/customized-cots-when-government-demands-to-be-lied-to/

    In conversation about 4 months ago from mastodon.social permalink

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      “Customized COTS”: When government demands to be lied to.
      from Waldo Jaquith
      It's only COTS if you can use it the next day and configure it yourself, otherwise it's just sparkling custom software.
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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 01:40:15 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith
    in reply to

    I’m muting this thread because it has achieved escape velocity, resulting in a bunch of replies like “here in Kerblekistan we have achieved a 16% PET recycling rate through exploiting the Malaysian immigrant underclass so therefore plastic recycling works great.” 🙄

    I leave you with this video on the topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fiu9GSOmt8E

    In conversation about 4 months ago from mastodon.social permalink

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    1. Plastics: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
      from LastWeekTonight
      Plastic is in everything, from the clothes we wear to the water we drink. John Oliver explains how plastics are harming the planet, why recycling isn’t the s...
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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 01:40:15 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith
    in reply to

    Before anybody gets all up in my mentions: yes, it is hypothetically possible to recycle some types of plastic and yes, there is a small-scale PET recycling industry, but recycling plastics at scale is infeasible and has no path to feasibility.

    In conversation about 4 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jan-2025 01:40:15 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith

    Plastic recycling is a myth created and propped up by the petroleum industry. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/texas-resident-used-apple-airtags-to-discover-plastics-taken-to-houston-recycling-centers-arent-being-recycled

    In conversation about 4 months ago from mastodon.social permalink

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      Texas resident used Apple AirTags to discover plastics taken to Houston recycling centers aren't being recycled
      Recyclable trash is just being dumped in a private open lot.
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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 11:59:59 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith
    in reply to
    • Violet Blue
    • Paul Cantrell
    • Jamie McCarthy

    @jamiemccarthy @inthehands @violetblue Yeah, I'm reading through this and just don't see anything like what's claimed in the original post. This description is pretty clear, and it is definitely not “last year's average is this year's zero.”

    In conversation about 4 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Jan-2025 00:03:22 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith

    Yesterday was my final day at U.S. Treasury OCIO. I’m proud of what our team accomplished there. We did a lot of long-term transformational work, cleared the way for the Direct File team, normalized centering end users, and built a new procurement path for custom software.

    We did a lot of good. Some can be undone, but the culture change will last a long time. Once you show people what good software looks like, they won’t soon lower their expectations.

    In conversation about 4 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 11-Jan-2025 04:42:28 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith

    Automattic: WP Engine is bad because they don't contribute to WordPress!

    Also Automattic: We will stop contributing to WordPress. https://automattic.com/2025/01/09/aligning-automattics-sponsored-contributions-to-wordpress/

    In conversation about 5 months ago from mastodon.social permalink

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      Aligning Automattic’s Sponsored Contributions to WordPress
      from Mary Hubbard
      Automattic has always been deeply committed to the success of WordPress, dedicating significant resources and talent to its development for almost two decades. However, we’ve observed an imbalance …
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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Jan-2025 11:27:30 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith

    I just noticed that GitHub Actions has an "explain error" button, and I thought I'd see how it explained this build error. This is what happened when I pushed the button.

    ...what

    In conversation about 5 months ago from mastodon.social permalink

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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 31-Dec-2024 02:31:22 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith

    FedEx's website lets you set a password of unlimited length (I've tested it up to 100), but when logging in, the password field has a maxlength of 25 characters, so it'll reject your >25 character password. If you override the maxlength in the HTML and enter the full password, then the form complains that the password field is empty.

    🙄

    In conversation about 5 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Dec-2024 05:46:09 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith

    When you Title-Case a Phrase for Emphasis, that's "Pooh casing.”

    In conversation about 5 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 01:49:04 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith
    in reply to

    "Why do you have a geiger counter, Waldo?"

    They're, like, fifty bucks! How can I *not* have one, at that price point‽

    In conversation about 6 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Dec-2024 01:49:04 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith

    The woman sitting next to me on a flight this afternoon seemed troubled when I produced a geiger counter that was clicking away. I wasn't sure how to explain "I just want to see the radiation levels increase as we ascend higher into the atmosphere" without it becoming a Whole Thing so I just shrugged as if perhaps I'd found it in the seat back pocket, and put it away.

    In conversation about 6 months ago from mastodon.social permalink

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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 27-Nov-2024 09:55:39 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith

    Dominion Power claims that Virginians’ power usage keeps climbing, so they need to build new power plants that we’ll all pay for with rate hikes. Forced to release internal records, it turns out that the only increase is coming from building data centers.

    Why should Virginians subsidize Amazon, whose budget is 7x Virginia’s? https://virginiamercury.com/2024/11/26/under-pressure-from-the-scc-dominion-reveals-the-true-cost-of-data-centers/

    In conversation about 6 months ago from mastodon.social permalink

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      Under pressure from the SCC, Dominion reveals the true cost of data centers • Virginia Mercury
      from Ivy Main
      Dominion's November 15 filing with the SCC shows future data center growth will drive up utility spending by about 20%.
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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Nov-2024 11:23:34 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith

    People commonly make the mistake of approaching busy, powerful leaders with a problem instead of a solution. This is a waste of an opportunity.

    If you get time to talk to your large corporation's CEO or your agency’s secretary about a problem, bring them a solution that is trivial to implement: “sign this form," “send this email to this person,” "say these words at this meeting."

    They are interested in your problem, but they don't have time for it. Give them something easy to say “yes” to.

    In conversation about 6 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 10-Nov-2024 00:14:48 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith

    This can’t possibly be true…can it?

    In conversation about 7 months ago from mastodon.social permalink

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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2024 06:41:25 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith

    Harris campaigned on who she would help, and Trump campaigned on who he would harm.

    That’s a simple truth of this election that I don’t want to forget.

    In conversation about 7 months ago from mastodon.social permalink
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    Waldo Jaquith (waldoj@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Oct-2024 22:43:34 JST Waldo Jaquith Waldo Jaquith
    in reply to
    • feld

    @feld Oooh, that’s a fine point. I will test that.

    In conversation about 7 months ago from gnusocial.jp permalink
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    Thought follower. Male software developer. Alumnus of 18F, the Obama White House, Georgetown's Beeck Center, the Biden-Harris Transition Team, and the Biden administration. Speaks only for self. he/him

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