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Business Intelligence, Data Governance, Kittens, Heavy Metal, Food, Fighting, and anti-Fascism. Microsoft employee, all views are mine not theirs. He/Him/His.

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w7voa, to random
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Former President Trump says he'll be indicted at 5pm today.

SQLAllFather,
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@w7voa

Water has always been dry,.

SQLAllFather, to Bloomscrolling
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I saw the most beautiful thistles on a walk around the neighborhood.

#bloomscrolling

SQLAllFather, to random
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"You know that you can reach out to me for kelp at any time" isn't what I had intended to type, but now that it's out there I guess I need to stock up on kelp, just in case...

mekkaokereke, to random
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It's 2023, and there's a US election in 2024 that will determine the future of climate change, war in Ukraine, the global economy, reproductive rights, and global fascism.

And folks still want to talk about Cambridge Analytica in 2015, instead of stuff like this:

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democrats-scramble-reach-voters-florida-cancels-mail-ballot-requests-rcna91294

The reason you can't make any progress on:

  • Climate change
  • Reproductive rights
  • Trans rights

Is because too many Black folk are denied the right to vote. Focus on that instead of your pet issue.

SQLAllFather,
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@sidereal @mekkaokereke @mickeleh

And in Washington at least, fill out a form while making informed decisions, because the state mails to each household a booklet with comprehensive information about every candidate and ballot initiative. No voter needs to start from zero to be informed.

I just moved from Washington to New York, and I am appalled at how primitive and difficult voting is here.

carnage4life, to random
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Shopify is laying off customer service employees and replacing them with AI and cheaper contract workers.

I expect this model to apply to all white collar jobs including tech jobs. AI won’t replace people wholesale, instead it allows you to reduce your staff down people who correct AI errors and are called in when it’s more than a routine task. https://thedeepdive.ca/shopify-employee-breaks-nda-to-reveal-firm-quietly-replacing-laid-off-workers-with-ai/

SQLAllFather,
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@ohmu @carnage4life

Has anyone demonstrated an LLM or LLM-like solution that actually works for a real world problem domain? LLMs seem to fall into the "obvious bullshit" or "looks convincing from a distance, but still bullshit on closer inspection" categories. This my be tolerable for random chat, but not for mechanical or civil engineering.

lauren, to random
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Presumably since Florida says students must be taught about the benefits to slaves of being enslaved, their next move will be to teach that the Holocaust provided Jews with the benefits of free transportation.

SQLAllFather,
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@lauren and work that set them free while providing valuable career skills.

😡

arstechnica, to random
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To defeat hackers, Google wants employees to work without Internet access

You can't get hacked if you aren't on the Internet.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/to-defeat-hackers-google-wants-employees-to-work-without-internet-access/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

SQLAllFather,
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@arstechnica

Headline is disappointingly misleading.

The article quickly establishes context and contradicts the headline. 🤨

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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http://smbc-comics.com/comic/niiiice

SQLAllFather,
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@ZachWeinersmith oh my god.

Neverfadingwood, to random
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TIL that there are a lot of English words that have been borrowed into German. Especially in advertising and product names, it seems. The transition is not always a smooth one, however.

SQLAllFather,
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@Neverfadingwood so the old "or you'll end up in a body bag" threat was actually much worse than we believed.

arstechnica, to random
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Musk sues data scrapers, blames them for Twitter’s “impaired user experience”

X Corp. lawsuit says unidentified scrapers forced Twitter to impose rate limits.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/musk-sues-data-scrapers-blames-them-for-twitters-impaired-user-experience/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

SQLAllFather,
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@arstechnica

#LOL

All the LOL.

SQLAllFather, to random
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Sleepy #Caturday beans with Maggie.

arstechnica, to random
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Musk and Zuck may fight in court: Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads

X Corp. claims Meta used Twitter trade secrets and ex-employees to build Threads.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/07/musk-and-zuck-may-fight-in-court-twitter-threatens-to-sue-meta-over-threads/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

SQLAllFather,
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@arstechnica

Pro tip: don't drink anything while reading this article.

Now please excuse me while i find a towel to dry off my keyboard.

anathema_device, to random
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Today Tumblr has provided us all with gorgeous photos of the truly surreal and wonderful Indian/Malabar Giant squirrel.

No arguing. You need to look at them. It will make your hair shiny (even if you're bald :) )

https://www.tumblr.com/llywela13/721814961604771840/trickstertime-trickstertime

SQLAllFather,
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@anathema_device

Finally we have proof that god exists, and that he drops acid.

AbandonedAmerica, to random
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Messcalators

Gallery: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/randall-park-mall

SQLAllFather,
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@AbandonedAmerica

If people were waiting for this, would they form a mescaline?

...

...

I'll show myself out.

Private
SQLAllFather,
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@PeteLittle1970 @theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic @actualyautistic

👆

All of this

SQLAllFather, to python
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Hey Fediverse - does anyone know how to work in Python (PySpark) or Scala with files that do not have a file extension?

I am working with a large number of tab-delimited text files that are produced by a 3rd party and which do not have any file extension.

For example, a file that would logically be called "customerdata.tsv" is instead called simply "customerdata".

In my notebook this works, but only if I manually rename the source file:

df = spark.read.csv("customerdata.tsv", sep=r'\t')

This does not work:

df = spark.read.csv("customerdata", sep=r'\t')

I'm hoping to avoid needing to rename all of the ~200 source files to get this to work. My public searching has not produced anything useful - can anyone here point me in the right direction?

Thanks in advance!

#Python #PySpark #Scala #Notebooks #Help!

SQLAllFather, to random
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The same folks who run the "World War II in real time" channel have a "24 hours of D-Day" channel on this anniversary of Operation Neptune and Operation Overlord.

If you're not already watching history unfold, we're currently on hour 15 of 24.

#History #WWII #AntiFascism #DDay

https://www.youtube.com/@D-Day24Hours-sm5pe

stux, to random
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The insurance-scam-squirrel 🐿️

Squirrel goes laying on the ground with a broom over it like it fell on top

SQLAllFather,
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@stux

Oh my god I'm dying - this is amazing!

SQLAllFather, to random
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New blog post: Introducing Microsoft Fabric.

For the past 18 months I've been working on Microsoft Fabric, including running a private preview program that included thousands of data practitioner users from nearly 200 customer organizations. With today's announcement at #MicrosoftBuild, I can finally share publicly about this work.

If you're interested in a personal and unofficial view of what Fabric is and what it represents, and in a perspective on what's important to focus on first that's informed from months of early NDA customer engagements, this is the blog post for you.

#MicrosoftFabric #PowerBI #Azure #TheFutureOfData

https://ssbipolar.com/2023/05/23/introducing-microsoft-fabric/

#PowerBI #MicrosoftFabric #TheFutureOfData #OMFG

https://ssbipolar.com/2023/05/23/introducing-microsoft-fabric/

SQLAllFather, to random
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New blog post: thinking about how being on a team that values your unique strengths can make all the difference in your career.

https://ssbipolar.com/2023/05/13/the-parable-of-clark-kent-and-the-performance-review/

ct_bergstrom, (edited ) to random

This week, Science published a stunningly irresponsible news story entitled "Fake scientific papers are alarmingly common" and claiming that upward of 30% of the scientific literature is fake.

https://www.science.org/content/article/fake-scientific-papers-are-alarmingly-common

Below, the first two paragraphs of the story.

Headline and intro notwithstanding, the story itself later notes that the detector doesn't actually work and flags nearly half of real papers as fake. Does the reporter just not understand that?

h/t @Hoch

SQLAllFather,
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@ct_bergstrom

"repeated reminders with a warning that failure to reply..."

sounds like an instant "block sender" to me. FFS.

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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I've noticed I'm using google less and less and less. Mostly I search for something and then remember I can use bing to get the actual answer.

SQLAllFather,
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@ZachWeinersmith

Is this change specific to the new "AI chat" functionality in Bing, or is there some other motivation?

Non-rhetorical question: I'm genuinely interested.

tailsy, to random

I try to pick my battles but here’s a hill I will die on:

Remove all instances of the words “just” and “simply” from your technical documentation. These are marketing terms used to sell a product, promising ease of use.

Someone reading your technical documentation needs help: implying what they’re trying to do is “simple” will only frustrate them. Wrong audience.

SQLAllFather,
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@tailsy

💯💯💯

Also remove these words from your technical vocabulary altogether.

shanselman, to random
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Say the compliment out loud. I have some coworkers I really dig working with. I think that every time we do projects. So SAY it.

“I really enjoy working with you! We always get it done and it’s always super collaborative!”

Don’t just THINK the compliment. Say it. Then tell their boss.

SQLAllFather,
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@shanselman

This is one of the favorite parts of my job - reaching out to someone's boss to say how awesome they are to work with.

Cloudguy, to random

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    @Cloudguy

    Is this guidance "Sign out of your Amazon devices such as Fire tablets and Echos" or is it "Sign out of any device that you have used to access your Amazon account, including Windows PC, iPhones, Android devices, etc."

    Apologies if this is clear to others - I can't tell from the available thread.

    Thank you!

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