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
Waldo Jaquith10h ago

@griesar I'm at a broadband authority meeting now, and CVEC's CEO is telling us that they're hooking up folks in the Keene area now. Remind me, is that you?

They have committed to offering service to all served areas in the county by June 30, though individual hookups will take a good while after that. Their two biggest obstacles are VDOT permits and railroad crossings. The board just voted to send a letter to VDOT urging them to prioritize permitting before June 30 funding deadline.

Waldo Jaquith18h ago
I have been frustrated by the lack of protest songs in popular culture. Enter Massive Attack and Tom Waits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-57FrioeuE
Massive Attack, Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground

YouTube
Waldo Jaquith1d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@botgov/116409390962816405

nasaforce.gov registered by EOP

Waldo Jaquith2d ago
Jason Lefkowitz2d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@botgov/116403728665224748

If you are wondering what the “Tech Prosperity Corps” might be, it is apparently a new Peace Corps program to send people into developing countries and tell them to use AI

https://www.peacecorps.gov/about-the-agency/media-center/news/peace-corps-launches-tech-prosperity-corps-initiative/

Waldo Jaquith2d ago
kottke.org2d ago
An interactive explainer on the physics of GPS. “The answer is in some ways simpler than you’d expect, and in other ways more complex. GPS is fundamentally a translation tool: it converts time into distance.” https://perthirtysix.com/how-does-gps-work
The Physics Of GPS | An Interactive Exploration

An interactive exploration of how GPS works — from the speed of light and trilateration to the cheap clock problem and Einstein's relativity corrections.

Waldo Jaquith3d ago
Blog entry: Independent government cost estimates are essential for custom software projects. https://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2026/04/igce/
Independent government cost estimates are essential.

In the federal government, when buying anything above the simplified acquisition threshold, contracting officers are obliged to ensure that they receive an independent government cost estimate (IGCE) for the thing being procured. The idea is for agencies to be able to budget for the project, and also to have some kind of a baseline to […]

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Waldo Jaquith4d ago
Catalin Cimpanu5d ago

Bitcoin miners have entered the red as it now costs $88,000 to mint a $69,000 bitcoin

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/03/22/bitcoin-miners-are-losing-usd19-000-on-every-btc-produced-as-difficulty-drops-7-8

Bitcoin miners are losing $19,000 on every BTC produced as difficulty drops 7.8%

The average production cost was sitting at $88,000 per bitcoin in mid-March, according to Checkonchain's difficulty regression model.

CoinDesk
Waldo Jaquith5d ago
In This Economy?5d ago
Alice AND Bob? In this economy?
Waldo JaquithApr 8
Boy, this bit does not bode well for the rest of this article. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/business/bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto-identity-adam-back.html
Waldo JaquithApr 7
In This Economy?Apr 7
Cain AND Abel? In this economy?