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/
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PronouncedJAKE-with
Show threadWaldo Jaquith15h ago
@mathowie I've had an 80% finished coffee table for a year now. I can *not* get clean edges to joint the table top properly—there are always gaps. I think I've hit the limit of what I can do on my DeWalt job site table saw, and without owning a jointer. Are you happy with how your top turned out?
Waldo Jaquith15h ago
@mathowie The coffee table looks great! How did you manage that long, tapering profile on the underside of the tabletop? That seems like a tough angle to get on a table saw.
Waldo Jaquith2d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rejectedplates/116262214260251939

Wrong, Phrack is ON—they're in the midst of volume 17.

Waldo Jaquith2d ago
Anne Applebaum2d ago
A transformational shift in public opinion is happening in Germany, France, Canada and the UK, away from the US and towards China www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Waldo Jaquith2d ago

A weird thing about running a bunch of bots is that there are a lot of people who like to reply to bots. At first I was confused (it’s a bot, there's not a person there!) but then I realized a) there is a person there—me and b) each bot-post is a conversation prompt, that people might choose to pursue in their replies.

Today I think it's nice. Each bot-post is like a small sunken object in a shallow sea that a little reef might form around, supporting some life, if only for a while.

Waldo Jaquith2d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@rejectedplates/116256551898097966

Nic knows what he did

Waldo Jaquith2d ago
Matthew Haughey3d ago
Waldo Jaquith2d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@botgov/116256508605400339

250.gov

Waldo Jaquith3d ago
1Password passkey implementation is profoundly broken on macOS (if only on Safari, IDK about other browsers), and has been forever. I'm thinking of giving up on 1Password and moving to Keychain solely because this is so infuriating.
Waldo Jaquith3d ago
kottke.org3d ago
A playable CSS-only Super Mario Bros game. Wow. https://codepen.io/t_afif/full/JoKYwXO
CSS-only Mario World (with keyboard!)

Not a real game but a nice CSS-only simulation of Mario world ⚠️ Chrome-only ⚠️...