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Meagan
@mmarie.bsky.social
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Data consultant working on data engineering, analytics, and data viz stuff. Mildly obsessed with my dog. Owner of an ultralight travel trailer. Taker of mediocre photos of nature things.
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I actually voted last week. My ballot was mailed to me a few weeks ago. I filled it out at home and dropped it in a nearby ballot box last week.
The Denver "I voted" sticker with a columbine flower, red rocks, and lots of succulents.
November 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
mmarie.bsky.social
How Outlook Mobile for Android handles daylight savings time
Outlook showing today is November 1. A meeting is being added for November 2. While the left-side time window shows 9am, the meeting block shows 8 - 9 am.
November 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
Anyone other dog owners/vets happy that Nutramax finally figured out how to make a lid for Welactin bottles that actually stays closed? Not sure why it took until 2025, but better late than never!
Bottle of Welactin liquid for dogs. The cap is shut.
October 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
It's my turn to do the #Wow2025 for #PowerBI again! This week, we are looking at bar-in-bar microcharts in a table/matrix showing eCommerce data. workout-wednesday.com/pbi-2025-w41/.

Give it a try and let us know what you think!
@shan-gsd.bsky.social @merrykerry.bsky.social
A Power BI matrix showing eCommerce metrics by department. There is a selector to change the view to look at the metrics by individual product. The metrics use a progress bar to show conversion rate and a "bar-in-bar" visual for show the funnel of view to add to cart to purchase. There is also a button labeled "How to read this chart" which opens an explainer about the charts in the matrix.
October 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
Anyone else not comforted by this?

futurism.com/future-socie...
Despite Claude Sonnet 4.5’s awareness of being tested, Anthropic claims that it ended up being its “most aligned model yet,” pointing to a “substantial” reduction in “sycophancy, deception, power-seeking, and the tendency to encourage delusional thinking.”
October 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
I have made a graphic to use in response to every time someone calls Fabric mirroring "Zero ETL". You can call it zero "E", maybe. But it's kinda like serverless - there's still a server somewhere, it just might be managed by someone else.
Some green Nike shoes shown in the reflection of a mirror with the words "It's not zero ETL".
October 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
I'm technically a day early according to the calendar, but the leaves have already turned out in the mountains...

Happy fall, y'all 🍂

Old Dillon Dam trail, Silverthorne CO
Looking across a lake where there are lots of colorful trees with some big dramatic clouds above them A sloping hill with yellow aspens with a lake and some mountains in the background, pops of yellow and orange leaves throughout Looking through some yellow aspen leaves A hill dotted with yellow and orange Aspen leaves
September 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
No moose this week, but I did visit a lovely creek
A creek with clear water and smooth rocks surrounded by green trees and shrubs.
August 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
mmarie.bsky.social
Oh, and some mountains.
Looking down at a valley with mountains in the background Mountains with bowl-shaped depressions caused by glacial erosion
August 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
mmarie.bsky.social
I saw a moose last week.
A moose eating leaves from a shrub Zoomed in photo of a moose standing in a field
August 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
mmarie.bsky.social
First, I got recommendations where the title didn't match the description. These are hard to read because I declined them. But here are some examples.
BG Transmission Service description includes info about A/C hoses. 44k fuel additive description discussed axles.
August 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
Things I didn't think to check for when having my shower renovated:
Is the wall actually level from top to bottom?
At least I have a warranty and they say they will fix it.
Level not sitting plumb against the top of the wall Level not sitting plumb against the bottom of the wall.
July 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
I'm not upset about the view at breakfast this morning
A bright blue sky with scattered clouds. Several mountain peaks are in the background, some green, some Rocky with a few snowy spots.
July 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
TIL that Spicy Dill Chex Mix exists and is delicious.
A bag of spicy dill Chex mix is green with "spicy dill" written diagonally along the left side.
July 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
🤔
www.theregister.com/AMP/2025/07/...
This seems to be a growing consensus among the consultancy class as well. In 2023, IT consultancy Gartner predicted that by 2026, organizations would replace 20-30 percent of their customer support staff with generative AI. Then last month, Gartner revised its forecast, noting that rehiring human agents to replace AI is the current trend: "By 2027, 50 percent of organizations that expected to significantly reduce their customer service workforce will abandon these plans." "The human touch remains irreplaceable in many interactions, and organizations must balance technology with human empathy and understanding,” said Kathy Ross, senior director analyst in the Gartner Customer Service & Support practice, in a statement. "A hybrid approach, where AI and human agents work in tandem, is the most effective strategy for delivering exceptional customer experiences."®
July 4, 2025 at 1:58 AM
mmarie.bsky.social
This was on my campsite this weekend, and I did indeed make use of it. Do you know what it's for?
A brown metal container with a carabiner on a cord to lock it closed.
June 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
Mental reset complete. Now to do laundry and pack so I can go to Virginia and talk and about metadata-driven ETL on Wednesday!
www.meetup.com/hampton-road...
Green hills with pine trees and snow covered mountains in the background with blue skies and a few fluffy clouds above.
June 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
Why do I have to be an adult human with a job and responsibilities? I'm not that good at adulting. But I am sure I could be a great bulldog. Sleep on the couch all day, take short walks, get food rewards for doing tasks, bulldoze my way through people and furniture, hang out at the dog park.
A bulldog sleeping on a gray couch with her head resting against a pillow
June 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
Specifically, this part. First, it contains rather absolute language ("complete myth") and then it makes a very blanket statement ("not only with Security Copilot but with any other Microsoft solution."). 6/11
Myth #2: Unpredictable billing: Validity: This is a complete myth not only with Security Copilot but with any other Microsoft solution. Reasoning: You get a dedicated usage dashboard in the Security Copilot portal and a link to the billing view that takes you to Microsoft Azure where you can not only see the incurred costs but can also have a reliable forecast of future costs. Whether you are a large organization with multiple instances of Security Copilot or an SMB with a limited usage, these dashboards and views will help you equally to ensure you are not under or overspending on Security Copilot.
May 23, 2025 at 5:08 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
Glad I didn't uncover the balcony furniture yet.
April 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
Ah, that's what I needed.
Tall pine trees surrounding a hiking path with a mountain in the background. The mountain still had lanes of snow at the top. It's sunny and the sky is very blue.
April 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
What happens when you create shortcuts in a Fabric lakehouse to multiple mirrored databases and all the DB developers put their tables in the dbo schema:
A Fabric lakehouse with schemas named dbo, dbo_1, and dbo_2
April 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
mmarie.bsky.social
At FabCon, @merrykerry.bsky.social and I talked about how some things are easier to visualize in Python notebook instead of PBI. This week's #WoW2025 for #PowerBi is one of them.
Make this in PBI, then open a notebook and use the missingno package to do it there. workout-wednesday.com/pbi-2025-w14/
Nullity matrix made in Power BI showing column names on rows and rows on the y axis.
April 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
mmarie.bsky.social
About to present with @merrykerry.bsky.social about Notebooks for the Power BI Pro at #FabCon!
Sign outside the room showing us on the schedule
April 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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#DataQualityFail
Digital ticker showing all "NP" and zeros for stock prices.
March 25, 2025 at 4:46 AM