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Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · 1h

If you ever feel bad about making a mistake or falling short of your expectations, just remember — even Apple, one of the richest companies in the world with access to top engineers, created the Windows Apple TV app.

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David Craven @davidjcraven.bsky.social · 1d

Every country with English expat populations should retaliate.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 1d

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · 1d

There's no user friendly way to make them. Report Builder isn't intuitive, and making them in the service is so limited in functionality it might as well not exist.
Stuff like building a date period filter shouldn't be so difficult. The end result is great, but you really have to work for it!

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Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · 1d

The reports themselves are great.
Building them is horrific.

Your videos are very helpful!

Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · 1d

I hate them, so very very much.

Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · 12d

Almost ten years of working with Power BI and finally had a reason to build a paginated report.

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Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty on the water, too!

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Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · 3d

We have a sump pump in our house. You only accidentally unplug it once.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 11d

It wasn’t naivety, it was shareholder greed.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 11d

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

Defend Democracy @defenddemocracy.bsky.social · 11d

President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!

We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”

defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...

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klaus radke @kradke.bsky.social · 11d

More than 2 million people across Italy rallied in over 100 cities Friday for a one-day general strike to support the residents of Gaza and a humanitarian aid mission, Italy’s largest union said.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
apnews.com/article/ital...

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

apnews.com

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Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · 12d

Almost ten years of working with Power BI and finally had a reason to build a paginated report.

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Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · 12d

a man with glasses is sitting in a chair and saying `` you 're one of us now '' .

ALT: a man with glasses is sitting in a chair and saying `` you 're one of us now '' .

media.tenor.com

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Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · 13d

Enjoyed my first paddle at sunset today.

#Kayaking

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Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · 27d

Surely everyone wants the Amstrad line?!

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Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · 27d

Given the immense amount of data which has been gathered on me by tech companies, you'd think they'd be able to recognise that I'm a 42 year old British English speaker, so you don't need to say 'Oh, snap!' to me when your browser or app has an issue.

old man yells at cloud is written on a newspaper

ALT: old man yells at cloud is written on a newspaper

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www.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · Sep 14

German speakers waiting for the verb to drop at the end of the sentence 🔥

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Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · Sep 9

Kayaking in a sun protection hat, which repels both the UV rays, and my wife.

Picture of me in a kayak on a lake wearing red PFD, and a really awesome wide rimmed grey hat. Though my wife would say I'm wearing a PFD and a truly terrible hat.

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Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · Sep 4

When I spend a good 30 mins wondering why the RANKX is being weird, then realise I'm ranking the wrong thing.

a woman says it 's me hi and i 'm the problem it 's me

ALT: a woman says it 's me hi and i 'm the problem it 's me

media.tenor.com

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Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · Sep 4

I drove on this last Sunday. It was an absolute nightmare. Important to note the absolutely intelligent decision of making the motorway begin and end at one of Berlin's already most chaotic junctions.

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Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · Sep 2

That makes sense. I think I've only seen one full episode, but I can understand the appeal of what you mention.

Ben @powerbiferrytales.bsky.social · Sep 2

I've never understood why Jeopardy is so popular, it's just a very normal quiz show where you have to say 'Who is', 'what is', etc before you give the answer.

I'm not saying it's a bad show, i just don't understand why the very basic gimmick makes it so popular.