[FRIAM] I am accepting wagers

[Tom Johnson]

When did you do this?
If you're interested, I can add you to the It's The People's Data free,
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Some FRIAM-ers might be interested in what's been going on in NYC this past
week, where it is Open Data Week 2021.  See https://www.open-data.nyc/
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Tom

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On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 1:39 PM Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm>
wrote:

> I did. At great length and in intricate detail. Also DMV — who went on to
> hire a company with a track record of failure/cost overruns, and lawsuits
> from 8 other states— and to unemployment office. The only agency that
> listened to me was the state engineer and my students fixed a failed
> outsourcing project for tracking water rights management documentation.
>
> Davew
>
> On Sat, Mar 13, 2021, at 12:25 PM, Tom Johnson wrote:
>
> Hay, Brother Dave, how about telling this to Santa Fe City Hall, the Santa
> Fe County Clerk, county commissioners and even the Pet Licensing division
> of the Sheriff's Office.
> TJ
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> On Sat, Mar 13, 2021 at 11:05 AM Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm>
> wrote:
>
> Biden promised a Federal Website to give citizens easy an accurate access
> to vaccination appointments. Fully operational May 1, date that all
> Americans wishing a vaccine/vaccination will be able to obtain one.
>
> Assume 50,000 vaccination sites, 50, 15-minute, time slots per day and, at
> that time, a maximum of 150 million clients.
>
> There are several people on this list who, I believe, could build this
> Website over the course of a weekend, including UE (user experience)
> elements like Google Maps for site locations, and install it on a cloud
> server for volume scaling/descaling. Allow a month to collect data - the
> only thing really problematic is a list of sites, addresses, and
> operational hours (to constrain the daily calendar slots).
>
> Total cost: < $25,000 ($500 hr - you folks deserve this pay rate - for
> 40-50 hours)
>
> Now the wager: I bet that the feds will contract with a major software
> development corporation for development. Contract will be in the range of 5
> and 10 million dollars; there is a 50% chance the site will be late or
> deployed with partial functionality; there is a 20% chance that it will be
> as dramatic a failure upon debut as was the healthcare.gov site.
>
> Risk is two beverages of your/my choice — payable when next we can share a
> physical presence.
>
> davew
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