Waldo Jaquith

@waldoj
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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
PlaceCharlottesville, VA, USA (Monacan land)
Websitehttps://waldo.jaquith.org/
Blueskyhttps://bsky.app/profile/waldo.net
PronouncedJAKE-with
Waldo Jaquith11h ago

After a week of experimentally using Kagi, I've formed almost no impression of it (complimentary). I simply search for a thing, the result that I need is toward the top of the list, I click on it. It just works.

I've used DDG for many years. I like it fine. But I think I should make Kagi a tiny part of our household budget.

Waldo Jaquith4d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@botgov/116658532655427272

trumpira.gov

The puzzling TimNath.gov is for the town of Timnath, Colorado, which in turn is named for a city that was in Canaan thousands of years ago.

Waldo Jaquith5d ago
Charlie Stross6d ago

This is how the AI bubble bursts: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/917380/ai-monetization-anthropic-openai-token-economics-revenue

There is no conceivable way to break even for the AI industry—let alone to repay an investment that requires $2Tn a year from now to the end of the decade. That's about 3% of the entire planetary GNP. Just to break even.

Waldo Jaquith6d ago
Things have gotten weird over at Netscape's domain name. https://www.netscape-communications.com/
Netscape – Get netscape now!

Waldo JaquithMay 26

RE: https://mastodon.social/@kottke/116641478889445686

I like the name "aardwolf," but this set me to thinking about the vast number of names that this and every other animal has traveled under, in the history of humanity. Hundreds? Thousands? Even today, the aardwolf probably has dozens of different names across languages. I'm imagining aardwolves, collectively, sighing “well, the humans have yet *another* name for us...it's just constant.”

Waldo JaquithMay 25
I Hope This Email Finds YouMay 25
I hope this email finds you well and thinking about a better way to spend the rest of your life.
Waldo JaquithMay 21
It has been `0` days since I poured OJ on my cereal
Waldo JaquithMay 20

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@isotopp/116606041466845720

I thought this was a joke but it legitimately works.

Waldo JaquithMay 20
I Hope This Email Finds YouMay 20
I hope this email finds you desirable even though you sometimes look like half a fillet.
Waldo JaquithMay 15
Jeff SpencerMay 14
California’s new grid-connected batteries, installed over the last 36 months or so, are the equivalent of a dozen new nuclear power plants. If California had installed a dozen nukes in a couple of years, you’d know about it because people would be protesting and counter protesting. And the fact that we in California are now powering the grid with what is essentially stored solar energy during the peak demand (which is typically around 7:00PM), producing as much as 40 percent of the peak capacity requirements, hasn’t made a ripple. Does the fact that batteries are essentially metal boxes that don’t pose a threat make it non-newsworthy?
https://zolairenergy.com/californias-battery-array-is-as-powerful-as-12-nuclear-power-plants-heres-whats-on-the-horizon/
California’s Battery Array Is as Powerful as 12 Nuclear Power Plants. Here’s What’s on the Horizon. – Zolair Energy Solutions Limited