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Power BI Fun With Travels
I’m back from a great vacation. I had the chance to visit two new countries (for me and my wife) and many new cities as we cruised around the Adriatic. We also had a chance to see our daughter, who is in school in Leuven. I’ve been tracking my travel for years, partially for fun, and partially with my boss so we can try not to overload me. I capture some data, which helps me understand where…
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T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a break with my wife. I think I’m in Croatia (or off the coast) today, but who knows. Any who cares. In any case, the invite this month from Pat Wright is an interesting one, asking about our design decisions and the risk vs reward calculation that we might make. I’ll give you a few thoughts and tie this in to my time away.…
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Republish: Data Decisions or Instinct?
I’m off today on a cruise ship in Rome for 10 days with my wife. I’ll be out of touch, and hopefully my colleagues can handle the load while I’m gone. You get to re-read Data Decisions or Instinct?, which is something I’ve been questioning a it lately. I’ll write about it, but as you read this, think. And then check out the first comment from 2014. I’m reading that book now.
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Smart AI Agents and Data Security
I don’t know if Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google have really spent a lot of time and effort on security around their models. I know they talk about it (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google), but in practice, I’m not sure the researchers and testers are being as careful as the marketing and management of those companies want you to think. Gemini broke into three companies during a security test. Claude escaped a test environment and breached three organizations. OpenAI had…
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Au Revoir for now
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight for Brussels and this is my last day at work for a couple of weeks. My wife will try to catch my daughter between classes tomorrow before we fly to Rome for a 10 day cruise. We’ll also stop back in Brussels for a day with the kid to see how she’s loving European life. I have rarely disappeared for more than a…
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