Eugene Meidinger
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Data training for busy people.
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/8 Presumably the God referenced in Act of God in the common law is Yahweh, the God of people, but is there a separate god of horses, and does the common law exculpate events caused by that god? I believe Eachthighern is the Lord of Unicorns and Pegasi and (one presumes less enthusiastically) horses
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
/8 Presumably the God referenced in Act of God in the common law is Yahweh, the God of people, but is there a separate god of horses, and does the common law exculpate events caused by that god? I believe Eachthighern is the Lord of Unicorns and Pegasi and (one presumes less enthusiastically) horses
I find it really funny that LLMs is what might finally get SQL Server to finally have a coherent way to document table and column metadata.
December 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I find it really funny that LLMs is what might finally get SQL Server to finally have a coherent way to document table and column metadata.
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An unremarked-upon wrinkle to all of this is that United States Government Policy strongly encourages non-Americans to cease all use of social platforms almost entirely operated by American companies, to those companies’ detriment.
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
From the US Embassy in London today.
December 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
An unremarked-upon wrinkle to all of this is that United States Government Policy strongly encourages non-Americans to cease all use of social platforms almost entirely operated by American companies, to those companies’ detriment.
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'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed
December 11, 2025 at 9:33 PM
'Let it Snow' with all the positive lines removed
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Fine. Give us the Epstein files in Times New Roman, then.
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Fine. Give us the Epstein files in Times New Roman, then.
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Sam Altman is clearly an incredible deal maker.
That the outcome of Disney wanting to sue over its IP being used in Sora is that Disney will pay OpenAI $1 billion (an investment) and let them use 200 Disney, Marvel & Star Wars characters in AI slop videos is wild.
That the outcome of Disney wanting to sue over its IP being used in Sora is that Disney will pay OpenAI $1 billion (an investment) and let them use 200 Disney, Marvel & Star Wars characters in AI slop videos is wild.
December 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Sam Altman is clearly an incredible deal maker.
That the outcome of Disney wanting to sue over its IP being used in Sora is that Disney will pay OpenAI $1 billion (an investment) and let them use 200 Disney, Marvel & Star Wars characters in AI slop videos is wild.
That the outcome of Disney wanting to sue over its IP being used in Sora is that Disney will pay OpenAI $1 billion (an investment) and let them use 200 Disney, Marvel & Star Wars characters in AI slop videos is wild.
Erik Darling & Kendra Little talk AI, databases, & SQL Server 2025
YouTube video by Kendra Little
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Understanding that people have visual impairments isn't "woke". For my branding I picked Lexend in the hopes that it might help any dyslexic readers I have. This is dumb.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rubio orders return to Times New Roman font over 'wasteful' Calibri
The US State Department will be required to use Times New Roman instead of Calibri for official documents, starting 10 December.
www.bbc.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Understanding that people have visual impairments isn't "woke". For my branding I picked Lexend in the hopes that it might help any dyslexic readers I have. This is dumb.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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A lot of discussion on open weights models seems to assume there is a clear incentive for building them. I don’t see how is the case. Unless you have no need for money (government sponsored?), there are no real ways to capture value from your investments in a model even as training cost increases.
December 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
A lot of discussion on open weights models seems to assume there is a clear incentive for building them. I don’t see how is the case. Unless you have no need for money (government sponsored?), there are no real ways to capture value from your investments in a model even as training cost increases.
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My version of Doctrow’s “reverse centaur” idea;
When the New York Times asked me for a new job that AI will create a few months back, I suggested "sin eater."
When the New York Times asked me for a new job that AI will create a few months back, I suggested "sin eater."
December 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My version of Doctrow’s “reverse centaur” idea;
When the New York Times asked me for a new job that AI will create a few months back, I suggested "sin eater."
When the New York Times asked me for a new job that AI will create a few months back, I suggested "sin eater."
So let me get this straight, if I want to merge a hyper-v checkpoint, I have to delete it. But if I want to revert any changes, I have to apply it?
December 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
So let me get this straight, if I want to merge a hyper-v checkpoint, I have to delete it. But if I want to revert any changes, I have to apply it?
Really interesting to see MCP servers being used to support business users, similar to self-service BI
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/mcp-deepdive
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Building MCP servers in the real world
How engineers and teams use MCP servers: from debugging to working with legacy systems, & giving non-devs more access. Details from 40+ devs – with some surprises
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December 10, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Really interesting to see MCP servers being used to support business users, similar to self-service BI
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/mcp-deepdive
newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/mcp-deepdive
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I’m convinced if Bluesky built a similar feature to Twitter’s which shows country of origin and/or if they are using a VPN, it would uncover a bunch of foreign influence campaigns masquerading as grassroots activism.
Basically the progressive version of this.
Basically the progressive version of this.
X's new location feature exposes political accounts based outside the U.S.
An account with the username @American appears to actually be based in Pakistan.
www.axios.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I’m convinced if Bluesky built a similar feature to Twitter’s which shows country of origin and/or if they are using a VPN, it would uncover a bunch of foreign influence campaigns masquerading as grassroots activism.
Basically the progressive version of this.
Basically the progressive version of this.
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This isn’t just a handy script. It’s a warning. www.tomshardware.com/software/win...
This GitHub script claims to wipe all of Windows 11's AI features in seconds — "RemoveWindowsAI" can disable every single AI feature in the OS, from Copilot to Recall and more
And you can disable what's left manually.
www.tomshardware.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This isn’t just a handy script. It’s a warning. www.tomshardware.com/software/win...
Let's see what all the hubbub is about.
December 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Let's see what all the hubbub is about.
If you are using AI images with typos, it shows a distinct lack of pride and care in your work.
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you are using AI images with typos, it shows a distinct lack of pride and care in your work.
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Who has made this 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Who has made this 🤣
Does anyone have experience with AI notetakers in Teams, preferably Microsoft Copilot?
My ideal would be to have one for internal meetings that tracks weekly actions items, sends an email summary, and automatically adds them to Trello as todos assigned to someone.
My ideal would be to have one for internal meetings that tracks weekly actions items, sends an email summary, and automatically adds them to Trello as todos assigned to someone.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Does anyone have experience with AI notetakers in Teams, preferably Microsoft Copilot?
My ideal would be to have one for internal meetings that tracks weekly actions items, sends an email summary, and automatically adds them to Trello as todos assigned to someone.
My ideal would be to have one for internal meetings that tracks weekly actions items, sends an email summary, and automatically adds them to Trello as todos assigned to someone.
LinkedIn Broetry is my new favorite term. I don't even care if it's a real term.
December 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
LinkedIn Broetry is my new favorite term. I don't even care if it's a real term.
This is art
December 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This is art
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I just submitted a pull request to semantic_link_labs and I'm feeling like hot stuff.
github.com/microsoft/se...
github.com/microsoft/se...
Update path check for T-SQL notebooks by eugman · Pull Request #993 · microsoft/semantic-link-labs
github.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I just submitted a pull request to semantic_link_labs and I'm feeling like hot stuff.
github.com/microsoft/se...
github.com/microsoft/se...
Amazing
www.pcworld.com/article/2998...
www.pcworld.com/article/2998...
RAM is so expensive, Samsung won't even sell it to Samsung
Due to rising prices from the "AI" bubble, Samsung Semiconductor reportedly refused a RAM order for new Galaxy phones from Samsung Electronics.
www.pcworld.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Amazing
www.pcworld.com/article/2998...
www.pcworld.com/article/2998...
I'm doing awful things in T-SQL.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'm doing awful things in T-SQL.
