Waldo Jaquith18F, the federal government’s technology shop, was demolished by Musk’s team shortly after midnight. It was a cost-recoverable org, charging agencies for their expertise, using a consulting model. Its cost to government was negligible, its benefits huge. My team there once saved DoD $500 billion.
Oh god I wrote $500 billion.
It is not $500 billion! I wrote $0.5 billion and then changed it to $500 million, but typoed it! It is an enormous amount of money but not $500 billion which is of course impossible.
Boy I wish Bluesky had an edit button.
Martin Vermeer FCD@waldo.net > Boy I wish Bluesky had an edit button.
Reading this on Mastodon over the bridge, and will resist saying something smug.
excited for the mastodon riseIs the bridge two ways these days? I don't think I've ever had a blueskyer or threadser reply to me (but I am nobody)
Kuba Suder 🇵🇱🇺🇦It is, but you only get a reply back on the original side if the replier also has the bridge enabled