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Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 8h

Have you read the book?

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 2d

In just one month I will be speaking at hashtag#PASSDataSummit! Will I see you there? if you haven't registered yet, use code ANDYLE25 to save $150!

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 2d

The only use case I have for a WiFi-enabled oven is to use an app to start it pre-heating while I’m on my way home from the store

But that’s not enough for me to buy one, let alone put it on my network

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 2d

Purely paranoia on my part. Between the Ring access Amazon has handed to law enforcement, and the reports of Alexa constantly listening/recording, I have little faith in Amazon keeping everything about eero private once they figure out a way to monetize it.

I admit I'm in tinfoil hat territory here

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 2d

The US Navy? Not excusing any of this (it’s outrageous, all of it. I’m so glad I never bought into Ring or eero, and dumped Alexa years ago), but what the hell is the Navy doing with access to peoples’ cameras?

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Monica Morehouse (Rathbun) @sqlespresso.bsky.social · 5d

REMINDER

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way0utwest @way0utwest.bsky.social · 7d

T-SQL Tuesday #191: Invitation–Your Favorite String Parsing - I'm late, I apologize
voiceofthedba.com/2025/10/12/t...

#tsql2sday

T-SQL Tuesday #191: Invitation–Your Favorite String Parsing

It’s that time of the month, and I’m late. My apologies. I had a mix-up with a host and was on vacation all last week, so no invite. I’m extending T-SQL Tuesday #191 a week to have people write on …

voiceofthedba.com

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 7d

I still cling to old.reddit.com so I only get my subscribed subs there. But that doesn't stop the inevitable self-inflicted trip to /r/all and that's what gets me

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 7d

Muted words helps a lot here on bsky. I've backed way off with Facebook the past several years (unfortunately I do have to look at it about once a week). The next to go to will have to be the default front page of reddit but I've no idea how to block just that while keeping the focused subreddits

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 7d

these changes are now in their own branch with their own PR and I'll get to them when I get to them

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 7d

no, I caught it before anything had been committed locally. I'm not really sure when it made these changes yesterday, but I didn't ask it to do so - in fact, when I asked "did I ask you to do that?" the response was "no (emdash) you didn't explicitly ask, I took the initiative"

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 7d

CoPilot in VSCode took it upon itself to make changes to my code without confirming with me, and now I'm making it clean up after itself.

Yes, it's as glamorous as it sounds

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 10d

Why isn't this major headline news? Why isn't corporate media covering NSPM-7?

www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...

Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”

New directive targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions

www.kenklippenstein.com

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 10d

$88 in Ticketmaster fees? Hell to the no

I’d ask how they can justify it, but they don’t have to because they own everything

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 10d

How many tickets are you trying to buy?

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 14d

Walkers welcome too! We won’t go as far or as fast, but it’s a lovely way to get moving and kick off your Wednesday!

Taiob Ali @sqlworldwide.bsky.social · 15d

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Two chances to run
📍 Wed Morning Run
🎽 Free T-shirt for Eventbrite registrants, thanks to Tacnode
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📍 Fri Morning Long Run – For the brave!
🔗
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#SQLRun #PASS2025 #Tacnode

PASS Data Community 2025 Wednesday Morning Run

Start off on the right foot - join the PASS Data Community for the annual Wednesday morning run.

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Brent Ozar @brento.bsky.social · 16d

Looking for work in the Microsoft data community? Check out the jobs my readers posted yesterday in the comments: www.brentozar.com/archive/2025...

Who's Hiring Microsoft Data People? October 2025 Edition - Brent Ozar Unlimited®

Is your company hiring for a database position as of October 2025? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let’s make a love connection. If your company is hiring, leave a…

www.brentozar.com

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Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · Jul 6

The one thing I’ve learned being a developer and then switching to being a PM …

When a developer says they can do it in an hour believe them.

You don’t need to remind them every day for a week.

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 23d

The keep adding gestures and were supposed to just “discover” them somehow?

Also there are FOURTEEN functions hidden behind the Reply button in iOS Mail including Print. I don’t know where the right place is for that but at the bottom of a pop-up menu behind the “Reply”
button doesn’t seem logical

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 23d

Followup: you can flick up from the address bar to see the open tabs and close from there. But it’s not readily apparent that this is a UI feature

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · 24d

Clippy 2.0

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · Sep 18

I need to know what happens.

a woman in a purple suit says i 'll push it snl

ALT: a woman in a purple suit says i 'll push it snl

media.tenor.com

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · Sep 18

This is the playbook, folks.

If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.

Do not be quiet in this moment.

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · Sep 18

My bank popped this up a few weeks ago right at the top of the main screen after logging in

Alert from the ESL Mobile Banking iOS app informing users that only the two most recent versions will work (current and the most recent previous version)

Andy Levy @alevyinroc.flxsql.com · Sep 17

I’m on a 2-3 year cycle now. When I upgrade one of my kids gets the old one. Used to do 2 years but couldn’t justify replacement with the minimal upgrade from 13 to 15

Battery health is 1 thing that would get me to upgrade sooner but new charging optimizations keep it in good shape for a long time