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Dave Dustin

@dustin.nz

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Semi competent Principal Engineer based in Palmerston North, New Zealand. Formerly a Microsoft SQL Server MVP but still a big fan of Azure. Primarily working with AWS these day.

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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 5h

6'3" becomes 3'6".

OH NO!

Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 6h

Duck Fat. SOOOO GOOD.

Pan fried some duck breasts for dinner, and while they were resting I rolled some of the potato pom-poms I had been baking through the left over fond/oil in the pan.

If it weren't so expensive, I'd use it more often.

Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 7h

My own fault for opting in, but now on Windows 11 25H2 AND IT FUCKING KEEPS RESETTING TO LIGHT MODE.

I switch to Dark mode, and less than 10 seconds later, HAHAHHA FUCK YOU.

Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 8h

Still haven't watched Serenity.

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LostArcNZ @lostarcnz.bsky.social · 10h

It's really hard for me to see the Right Wing of politics as anything other than self over community. "Me", not "we" politics.

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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 10h

Doing the big shop for the fortnight and noticed the range of options for bog rolls is getting broader.

The new ones I hadn't seen before were 4ply, 3 ply with coconut oil, triple length, extra wide, shea butter?!?!?!!!?

What is your regular roll?

Single Ply?
2/3 ply?
Long rolls?
Bidet?

Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 10h

I also have this problem with TV shows. I've got more than a dozen where I have one or two episodes to go before finish.
But I don't wanna, because if I do, then that's it; there is no more.

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Ned Pyle @nedpyle.com · 1d

Want to block every White House-run garbage account at once with three taps? Open this link, subscribe, block. Then enjoy your weekend
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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 1d

Much like us over in NZ.
A dead sea-snake washing up on a beach is BREAKING news.

Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 1d

Technically, Tassie is part of Australia, so it is eligible for _ALL_ the venomous and many of the poisonous things that exist.
😜

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Vlad Drumea @vladdba.com · 1d

New blog post:
SSMS 22 Preview 3 comes with some promissing features and improvements.
And the startup speed has finally been noticeably improved
#sqlserver #sqldba #microsoftsqlserver #mssqlserver #mssql #mssqldba #sql
vladdba.com/2025/10/16/s...

SQL Server Management Studio 22 Preview 3 - first impressions

SQL Server Management Studio 22 Preview 3 was released 2 days ago, so I took it out for a spin and here are my first impressions so far.

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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 1d

I got a new cordless line trimmer today. Life changer.

Variable speed depending how hard you pull the trigger; let's you subtly adapt to whatever you are trying to destroy.

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Comfortably Numb @numb.comfortab.ly · 17d

Bluesky feed is like

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we're doomed
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cute kitty!
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Dave Dustin @dustin.nz · 1d

Your 50s are a continuation, but with more back & joint problems.

So when you try to stand up after being on the bog for an hour because your body now suddenly rejects garlic, you develop a hernia.