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Palantir are about six months away from ordering their employees to leave audio logs scattered around their offices

I wish I could send a message to my manager on Monday afternoon telling him he's used all his credits for the week and will have to wait for them to refresh.

You can't stop wars unless you start them in the first place right?

ANSI standard GROUP BY ALL is the one I miss the most coming back from Spark SQL.

I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.

It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

We had a copy on the Atari ST that saw a lot of multilayer use.

[Scene is a TV news DEBATE FORMAT like Newsnight or Laura K. In the studio, NIGEL FARAGE is a guest on one side, and the GOVERNOR OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND is the other guest.] 1 FARAGE: It's simply outrageous! 2 FARAGE: Replacing Sir Winston Churchill on the £5 note with a badger is woke madness. 3 BANK OF ENGLAND GOVERNOR: Mr Farage, I can assure you that I and my colleagues at the Bank of England have listened to your concerns, 4 GOVERNOR: And we have gone to great length to ensure that the badger is, in fact... 5 GOVERNOR: ...Anti-woke. [The £5 note appears on the screen behind him. It shows a badger, with a black military cap on its head - looking suspiciously like a Nazi SS officer's cap.] 6 [Beat of Nigel Farage reacting silently to the image on screen] 7 FARAGE: The badger is anti-woke. 8 GOVERNOR: Indeed! [Pointing at the design on the screen] If you look down the bottom we've included a quote from him... 9 [Close up of the quote at the bottom of the new £5 note, which reads]: "It's not racist to be concerned about immigration, Carol" - The Anti-Woke Badger 10 FARAGE: The badger... said that? GOVERNOR: It's a comment he posted on Facebook. 11 FARAGE: Well he's quite right! It's not - 12 [Farage pauses again, distracted by the image on the screen] 13 FARAGE: What's with the hat? GOVERNOR: He's into history. [ends]

Lord of the Rings meme gandalf: what do you see? frodo, holding the One Ring, which is decorated with dancing Elvis figures: it's some form of Elvis

I will never apologize for a post

Don't panic, we're a really friendly group, it's going to be great.

I have a talk tonight at the Sheffield Data user group on focus and dopamine. I have spoken at user groups and conferences for around 7 years now and I can honestly say this is the most nervous I’ve ever been…

Meme triptych of Duke Leto and Paul Atreides Text: We must not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind. Why not? Because people are fucking idiots, Paul. They're just... incredibly stupid.

Scrooge, but wearing a hockey mask cos it's friday the 13th.

"You boy, what day is this??"

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Timeline clense

Otto the inflatable pilot from the Film Airplane.

It's been down hill since he had that role in Airplane.

I'm willing to take the fall in return for the pension and a knighthood.

oh. oh, no

It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

If I understand the situation I think the answer is no.
You don't actually reserve an F64, you prepay on 64CUs worth of compute which is then delivered as a saving against your capacity costs however you choose to create them.
Free report access is a property of the F64 which they don't have.

Pancake expert here. The annual rush to harvest pancakes on a single day has extremely deleterious effects on the local pancake ecosystem. By all means pick a few pancakes for your own use, but please leave some on the bush so that it can recover in its own time.

Pancake Day - Maid Marian YouTube video by Swimace

Happy Pancake Day to all who celebrate

You do not want to see what Snorlax is doing with the Eiffel Tower.

Bluesky cluster map with: Star Citizen •Gaming Community Mierosot Data. : PlậttorePbnty Balenice Theorētical Computer ScięnceResearchers UKEducationa. Psychologists The X-Files Fandom Community Swedish Stock Market lhyestors Oregon State Beaver Fans

Don't forget the Oregon State Beaver Fans!

As of this morning, I am on the job market, #OpenToWork, or however that is designated here. 🙂 I’m immediately looking for a new position, and my DMs are open. Thanks network!

That is a shame, it was one I was hoping was picked.
If you still want to get the session out there you're welcome to a slot at the Sheffield user group.

There's a plaice for the aquarium visual but I wouldn't add it to a business report on porpoise.

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Members of the #SQLBits community you might be interested in more training on Saturday