Alive and Kicking The German Bundestag API on Power Platform

Political data comin' in faster than you can say “neunundneunzig Luftballon.”

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Testing is 25% complete - working with dynamic hosts for the different services.

I was able to get tokens working. Boop!

Hi #atdev! I'm creating a connector in Power Platform and want to set up OAuth. App password is fine, but I would prefer OAuth.
Is this possible? I've reviewed the docs but I think I'm overlooking something obvious. Just need a pointer for now.

Proposal - Bluesky (Independent Publisher) by krautrocker · Pull Request #3706 · microsoft/PowerPlatformConnectors When submitting a connector, please make sure that you follow the requirements below, otherwise your PR might be rejected. We want to make you have a well-built connector, a smooth certification ex...

Aaaaaand we're back!

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✍🏼👀

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If there's anything I enjoy returning to after a long weekend...it's an observable network #control

One of Nostradamus' terrifying predictions came true hours into 2024 It was a literal groundbreaking prophecy. As if Nostradamus’ foretellings weren’t eerily accurate enough, the iconic astrologer was apparently right on the money with yet another...

The only thing scarier than a Nostradamus coming true? The comments section in a NY Post article. WOOF.

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NASA flies extremely close by volcano world, captures wild footage Extraordinary views of a land hundreds of millions of miles away.

Ii comin'!

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"Learn a language, and you’ll avoid a war," is an old proverb. Then learn how Azure AI Speech services and its 100+ supported languages and regional dialects can serve as the greatest of peacemakers.

Keep talkin', and Happy New Year.

developments.substack.com/p/clockwork

...are you putting us on?

(courtesy of sh*theadsteve)

Looking at some data on Bigfoot sightings in North America and some random countries. Lifetime numbers show Ohio with 300+ sightings...but Minnesota only has 77. Cali is off the charts with 588 reports but the Himalayas, the home of the Yeti, didn't break 100. Canada didn't even break 300 sightings.

How to Identify Copilot Bullsh*t Copilot is here, and Copilot is everywhere. Or copilot. It depends on the context. (But definitely not CoPilot, Co-pilot, or variations thereof.) Beyond being pedantic about product naming, spellin…

Some honesty here on Copilot. Note the "gold rush" comment. It hasn't been around that long so "expertise" peddled by consultants, vendors, etc. may be, well, ssssssnake oil.

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Microsoft Paint's DALL-E 3 integration is rolling out on Windows 11 Microsoft has finally rolled out the highly-anticipated Paint’s DALL-E integration to everyone on Windows 11. With DALL-E 3 integration, you can use Microsoft Paint to create AI-generated images usi...

At this rate, MS Paint may soon achieve "Rasputin" status.

www.windowslatest.com/2023/11/28/m...

In response to Subway merger, Elizabeth Warren calls for FTC to investigate America's 'sandwich shop... The owner of Jimmy John's and Arby's has bought Subway, and the Massachusetts senator has concerns.

Save the sandwiches

MEGADETH guitarist KIKO LOUREIO extends leave of absence from band, DAVE MUSTAINE responds Megadeth guitarist Kiko Loureiro announced his extended absence from the band. This decision follows his previous leave of absence during the "Crush The World" tour. Teemu Mäntysaari has tempora...

Now that's innovation: Dave Mustaine being a mensch

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"The most impressive demo is converting humming to a full instrument suite."

🙊

Going Grammy

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12 Questions To Test How Bad Your ‘Schadenfreude’ Really Is New psychological research shows that your secret joy at others’ misfortunes can be measured.

"I enjoy watching someone with a hangover struggle to debug" should be on this list.

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Developing: A street beef btw one of our staff engineers and a guy named Klaus that looks like Dr. Robotnik. Spring Yard Zone a potential venue for showdown.

oder auf deutsch: poultrygeist

Maximum Compendium Extract Metadata from SQL/SSAS Sources for Technical Reference

Boss wants to know everything about a data source? Let the metadata do the talking. 🕵‍♂️ 🧰 🤖 ♠

Read the latest Developments guide on free tools and methods for extracting metadata from SQL, SSAS and Dataverse. "Better than the real thing," you betcha.

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We just saw Jon Hamm on the street. We waved, but he didn't wave back. Prediction: that kind of day ahead.

Only one person dressed up as an HTTP costume yesterday. 404. Talk about disappointing.

Make Way for the Bad Guy Integrate OFAC Sanctions Lists with Power Platform (AML/KYC)

Who knew working with government data would be this easy? I guess the NSA really listened to people’s feedback. 🥁
 
Read the latest Developments issue to learn how Power Platform helps AML/KYC teams automate integrarting OFAC lists into sanctions-check processes.
 
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John Legend is an EGOT, which is rare. Werk.

Record, transcribe, translate, repeat.

Read the latest #Developments guide to learn how to use Azure AI Services to build a speech translator app. A solution to a Microsoft Challenge. Verstehste??

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Stay Gold, Data Wrangler Connect to Different Data Sources within Excel

Overheard in New York: “You’re still using Excel? Don’t you want nice things??” Must be a Power BI user 😜

Read the latest Developments guide to learn how to connect to data sources from within Excel, and don't ever change.

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stomach crash, unable to compute

Diagonal cuts + 🍅 makes Devil's Candy even sweeter.