Barret Blake
@barretblake.dev
I am me. Developer, speaker, manager, gamer, husband, father, blogger, model railroader, photographer, Buckeyes fan, Browns fan (sometimes)
#MicrosoftMVP
Columbus, Ohio, USA · linktr.ee/barretblake
#MicrosoftMVP
Columbus, Ohio, USA · linktr.ee/barretblake
Related: I just asked Alexa what the temperature was. "It's 54 degrees, feels like 58. The high today will be 48 degrees."
Uh.....
Uh.....
February 10, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Related: I just asked Alexa what the temperature was. "It's 54 degrees, feels like 58. The high today will be 48 degrees."
Uh.....
Uh.....
First day above freezing in 3 weeks. Unusual for Columbus to stay cold for that long. The temps around here in winter tend to bounce up and down all winter long. But it's really nice out today. Already 54.
February 10, 2026 at 6:53 PM
First day above freezing in 3 weeks. Unusual for Columbus to stay cold for that long. The temps around here in winter tend to bounce up and down all winter long. But it's really nice out today. Already 54.
Holy fucking shit, some of them CAN be taught.... a little.
GOP Sen Lummis says she’s changed her mind after the new Epstein revelations today: “Initially my reaction to all this was, I don’t care. I don’t see what the big deal is. But now I see what the big deal is. The members of Congress who were pushing this were not wrong!”
February 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Holy fucking shit, some of them CAN be taught.... a little.
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This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW: “.. In our in-progress research, we discovered that AI tools didn’t reduce work, they consistently intensified it.”
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
hbr.org/2026/02/ai-d...
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This is starting to get like universal basic income where every single objective study shows the same result but the people who don't like that result go "uh, well there's just really no way to know"
I was watching some of that the other day, and they had the US team mic'd up. You could actually hear how out of breath the sweeper was after each pass as they talked strategy.
February 10, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I was watching some of that the other day, and they had the US team mic'd up. You could actually hear how out of breath the sweeper was after each pass as they talked strategy.
That's awesome. Mine was the actual Sinclair ZX81, but they're the same device, just rebranded for the US with the Timex name. I see you also have the memory expansion. :)
February 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
That's awesome. Mine was the actual Sinclair ZX81, but they're the same device, just rebranded for the US with the Timex name. I see you also have the memory expansion. :)
Sometimes wish I still had it. We had the 16k memory expansion pack that if you tapped it even slightly while using the machine, it crashed the computer and you had to reboot it. Good times...
February 10, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Sometimes wish I still had it. We had the 16k memory expansion pack that if you tapped it even slightly while using the machine, it crashed the computer and you had to reboot it. Good times...
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🚨 Network issues, service outages, temporary overloads can happen in distributed systems.
❗ Polly provides several reactive resilience strategies that respond to failures as they occur.
Learn about these Reactive Polly Strategies: 👇🏻
https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/reactive-polly-strategies/
❗ Polly provides several reactive resilience strategies that respond to failures as they occur.
Learn about these Reactive Polly Strategies: 👇🏻
https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/reactive-polly-strategies/
February 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM
🚨 Network issues, service outages, temporary overloads can happen in distributed systems.
❗ Polly provides several reactive resilience strategies that respond to failures as they occur.
Learn about these Reactive Polly Strategies: 👇🏻
https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/reactive-polly-strategies/
❗ Polly provides several reactive resilience strategies that respond to failures as they occur.
Learn about these Reactive Polly Strategies: 👇🏻
https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/reactive-polly-strategies/
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Bring back firing squads for anyone involved.
Don’t care who.
Don’t care who.
February 9, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Bring back firing squads for anyone involved.
Don’t care who.
Don’t care who.
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I think many people know this but if you're not aware:
- Ring became popular on the back of hundreds of "partnerships" with local police in which Ring explicitly required police to shill ring cameras to their communities in return for access to footage
- Ring became popular on the back of hundreds of "partnerships" with local police in which Ring explicitly required police to shill ring cameras to their communities in return for access to footage
February 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I think many people know this but if you're not aware:
- Ring became popular on the back of hundreds of "partnerships" with local police in which Ring explicitly required police to shill ring cameras to their communities in return for access to footage
- Ring became popular on the back of hundreds of "partnerships" with local police in which Ring explicitly required police to shill ring cameras to their communities in return for access to footage
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Ring's security defaults were so bad for a while, and people's cameras were being hacked so regularly that hackers on Discord created a "podcast" where they would hack into people's Ring cameras and terrorize people's children through the built-in microphones
www.vice.com/en/article/p...
www.vice.com/en/article/p...
Inside the Podcast that Hacks Ring Camera Owners Live on Air
In the NulledCast hackers livestream the harassment of Ring camera owners after accessing their devices. Hundreds of people can listen.
www.vice.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Ring's security defaults were so bad for a while, and people's cameras were being hacked so regularly that hackers on Discord created a "podcast" where they would hack into people's Ring cameras and terrorize people's children through the built-in microphones
www.vice.com/en/article/p...
www.vice.com/en/article/p...
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Can't be overstated how much the ultra wealthy are single handedly destroying the planet
February 10, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Can't be overstated how much the ultra wealthy are single handedly destroying the planet
Republicans do
You don’t ignore numbers like that.
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 10, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Republicans do
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A group of Buddhist monks has finally reached Washington, D.C., on foot, completing a 15-week trek from Texas that captivated the country.
A 15-week 'Walk for Peace' concludes with Buddhist monks' arrival in Washington
A group of Buddhist monks has finally reached Washington, D.C., on foot, completing a 15-week trek from Texas that captivated the country.
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 1:55 PM
A group of Buddhist monks has finally reached Washington, D.C., on foot, completing a 15-week trek from Texas that captivated the country.
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[frantically raising hand] ooh, ooh. I know. Because Americans have a constitutional right to vote but don't have a right to open a bank account or drive a car.
Mike Johnson: "Americans need an ID to drive, to open a bank account, to buy cold medicine, to file govt assistance, even to attend the DNC. So why would voting be any different? They can't answer that question."
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
[frantically raising hand] ooh, ooh. I know. Because Americans have a constitutional right to vote but don't have a right to open a bank account or drive a car.
Give that dog EVERY gold medal!!!!
February 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Give that dog EVERY gold medal!!!!
Somebody needs to put Lyons in an Amazon box and ship him off to prison
SWALWELL: You said you wanted to see a deportation process that was 'like Amazon Prime but with human beings.' How many times has Amazon Prime shot a mom 3 times in the face?
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
LYONS: None
SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?
LYONS: None
February 10, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Somebody needs to put Lyons in an Amazon box and ship him off to prison
Aww... my heart bleeds for luxury brands losing profits... So sad for them... poor babies...
The fake goods crisis cuts two ways. Luxury brands lose more than $30 billion a year to counterfeits, while buyers in the booming $210 billion second-hand
Former Tesla product manager wants to make luxury goods impossible to fake, starting with a chip | TechCrunch
The fake goods crisis cuts two ways. Luxury brands lose more than $30 billion a year to counterfeits, while buyers in the booming $210 billion second-hand
techcrunch.com
February 10, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Aww... my heart bleeds for luxury brands losing profits... So sad for them... poor babies...
Age verification?
My first computer:
My first computer:
February 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Age verification?
My first computer:
My first computer:
same. My first was a ZX81, my second was the 2068.
February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
same. My first was a ZX81, my second was the 2068.
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This should concern us all. You cannot speak of freedom and liberty and then support this regime’s actions.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern
Sources at two government contractors told NBC News they were worried that new warehouses — and the large numbers of immigrants who would be housed in them — would present safety problems.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 7:05 AM
This should concern us all. You cannot speak of freedom and liberty and then support this regime’s actions.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
NASA Picture of the Day
In Green Company: Aurora over Norway
In Green Company: Aurora over Norway
February 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
NASA Picture of the Day
In Green Company: Aurora over Norway
In Green Company: Aurora over Norway
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This little guy stands on my throat to wake me up to start our day. That’s love 💕 (to him, anyway)
#cutedog #myvalentine #dogsofbluesky
#cutedog #myvalentine #dogsofbluesky
February 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
This little guy stands on my throat to wake me up to start our day. That’s love 💕 (to him, anyway)
#cutedog #myvalentine #dogsofbluesky
#cutedog #myvalentine #dogsofbluesky
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Belial loves his outranged bear 🥹💕✨
Unfortunately i woke him up by taking this Foto 😅
#dog #nymphmimimi #cute
Unfortunately i woke him up by taking this Foto 😅
#dog #nymphmimimi #cute
February 8, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Belial loves his outranged bear 🥹💕✨
Unfortunately i woke him up by taking this Foto 😅
#dog #nymphmimimi #cute
Unfortunately i woke him up by taking this Foto 😅
#dog #nymphmimimi #cute