Cathrine Wilhelmsen

@cathrinew.net

Full-time geek and dog mom from Norway 🤓 Loves sci-fi, gaming, chocolate & coffee. Teaching my dog Pixel to talk using buttons 🐾 Renovating a house 🛠️ Be kind! 💙 (Former Microsoft Data Platform MVP) 🏡 cathrinew.net

With the demise of both ADS and Polyglot, does anyone know of any functioning, supported VSCode extension that can bundle PowerShell and T-SQL in a Jupyter notebook?

Hvor gammel var du da du fant ut at de gigantiske blåbærene i butikken, som er hvite inni, ikke bare er en dårlig forvokst amerikanisert utgave av blåbær, men et helt annet bær? Og at de kaller våre blåbær for bilberries? Jeg var i dag år gammel 😬

Da du trodde tech-oligarkene ikke kunne bli mer parodisk skurkete, så begynte de å kjøpe gamle bøker, scanne dem for å trene opp KI-en sin til å plagiere og lage sørpeversjoner av innholdet, og så ØDELEGGE dem. Sitat meg i artikkelen: «Vi er på drukne kattunger-nivå på den litterære skurkeskalaen».

KI-selskaper kjøper opp bøker – for så å destruere dem

OPPHAVSRETT: Tek-selskaper i USA har funnet et smutthull i lovverket for å bruke bøker til KI-opplæring. En aksjonsgruppe for regulering av KI kaller det parodisk, og kritiserer et lovforslag fra Regj...

vl.no

Bluesky oldheads will remember that brief period of time when the conservative trolls tried to storm the place and were flummoxed by the idea they would have to organically grow an audience and that someone who didn't want to talk to them could nuke every interaction they ever had from orbit

I need you all to direct your anger at @theverge.com for rage baiting (successfully, seeing your posts!) with this shitty clip. They knew EXACTLY what kind of outrage it would spark to share this sliver of what is otherwise an excellent interview on the long-term vision of the open social web.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

@andycutler.bsky.social and I have set a date for Retro Data Beta and the call for speakers is open and receiving submissions! You have 10 days left to submit your talks from the dull edge of data, analytics and the Microsoft data platform! sessionize.com/retro-data-2/

Retro Data: Call for Speakers

Retro Data is brought to you by Andy Cutler and Justin Bird. As organisers, it's become increasingly apparent how quickly our industry moves from one ...

sessionize.com

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

How insulted will a potential customer be if I have a dung beetle moving a big ball and compare it to a line of ants moving stuff for how to change the way they migrate the system by tackling some of the big ball of mud (ddd) issues they're facing to break it down to smaller chunks? 🪲 Vs 🐜

My dad has been joking all year "I'm thinking of buying a Tesla 🤠", then laughing at my predictable "You'll never get to see Pixel again if you buy a nazicar 🤨". He did kind of want a Tesla. Many still do. But I'm glad my dad listened to my arguments against it, and did NOT buy one 💙

I am generally not a fan of turning public infrastructure into advertising spaces, but I'm willing to make an exception for this ad on an Oslo bus for the world accordion championship.

Articulated buses are commonly nicknamed "accordion buses" because of the flexible, ribbed bellows connecting the two cabin sections. 

The bus in the photo features a large graphic of a Roland accordion being played by a giant pair of hands. The two halves of the accordion are on either side of the flexible section, so that it looks like the bellows of the instrument. When the vehicle turns or maneuvers, the real bellows compress and stretch, making it look like the instrument is actively playing.

Above the windows is the text "VM på trekkspill, 16.-22. oktober i Asker Kulturhus" ("World accordion championship, 16th-22nd October in Asker cultural centre")

To help relieve work stress, don't answer emails on the weekend. Also on weekdays after 5 PM turn off your email. On Mondays, don't log into your email until after noon. Before logging in on Tuesday burn your computer and erase your identity. By Wednesday morning gather supplies and escape into the

The year is 2013. I am told that Microsoft is simplifying licensing and that soon my job will no longer be necessary… The year is 2026. I am told that AI can handle decoding licensing rules and that soon my job will no longer be necessary…