Crazy to think I picked up my badge for my first #PASSDataSummit 12 years ago today. I hope everyone there has a wonderful week!
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The country with the greatest number of official languages is Bolivia, which has 37. #BobFacts buff.ly/2HcECDM
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In the 1985 case "United States v. Maine", the US Supreme Court decided that Long Island is not an island, but a peninsula. #BobFacts buff.ly/3YH9O6Q
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Reading: Storing Files in Your Databases–Why You Shouldn’t, and What You Should Do Instead buff.ly/4f7nNbi
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Most adult dolphins don't have taste buds and hence can't taste their food. #BobFacts buff.ly/4e6vsWC
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Reading: Latest advancements in Premium SSD v2 and Ultra #Azure Managed Disks - buff.ly/4f6nluN
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Sporting my shirt for today’s #EightKB festivities!
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Reading: Build your own #copilot with Microsoft #Azure #AI Studio buff.ly/3WbTwBz
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The last time Olympic gold medals were made of solid gold was at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden. #BobFacts
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Film Director James Cameron has made 33 dives to the wreck of the Titanic, spending more hours on the ship than the Titanic's captain. #BobFacts buff.ly/3zomNjl
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Congratulations to all new and re-awarded MVPs! Thank you for all your contributions to the community! #MVPBuzz
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Reading: Raise the bar on AI-powered app development with #Azure Database for #PostgreSQL #AzureData buff.ly/4ehDv3O
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Was going through old stuff and found the book that helped me discover my love for #SQLServer internals! #AzureData
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Woohoo! As of this minute, the days are now getting shorter for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere! #BobFacts
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China is the world's largest producer and consumer of tobacco. There are as many smokers in China as there are people in the United States. #BobFacts
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Reading: Introducing GPT-4o: #OpenAI’s new flagship multimodal model now in preview on #Azure - buff.ly/3QHGCI8
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Congratulations to all new MVPs! Thank you for all you do for the community! #MVPBuzz
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Reading: Unleashing innovation: The new era of compute powering #Azure #AI solutions buff.ly/3VcnO6N
#AzureData
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The common belief that pirates said "arrrrr" stems from English actor Robert Newton's portrayal of Long John Silver in the 1950 Disney movie "Treasure Island". #BobFacts buff.ly/3WWeB3s
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Bonnie Tyler's song "Total Eclipse of the Heart" is actually about vampires in love. #BobFacts buff.ly/3WDliaC
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Reading: T-SQL Tuesday #174: Your Favorite Job Interview Question - buff.ly/3UWebch
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Reading: What’s new in #Azure Data, #AI, and Digital Applications: Harness the power of intelligent apps - buff.ly/4b1XDoR
#AzureData #AzureSQL #CosmosDB
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There was a man in ancient Rome named Tricongius ("three gallon man") who was famous for his ability to drink 3 gallons of wine in a single sitting. Roman Emperor Tiberius is said to have been very impressed with him. #BobFacts buff.ly/3yaCtGh
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Reading: Empowering operators through generative #AI technologies with #Azure for Operators - buff.ly/4aMTzrP
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With the exception of three Canadian cities, Elvis never performed outside the US. #BobFacts buff.ly/3y4fJb4
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SPC has issued a rare high risk outlook for OK & KS today. Stay safe #sqlfamily! spc.noaa.gov/products/outlo…
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Congratulations to all newly awarded MVPs! Thanks for all you do to make our community great! #MVPBuzz
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All Clownfish are born as males. One female lives with a group of males, but mates with only one of them. When she dies, her mate will become female. #BobFacts buff.ly/44dtEHJ
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Happiest of birthdays to @DBArgenis!
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Reading: Provision Premium SSD v2 Storage for Microsoft SQL Server - buff.ly/4cJl47x
#AzureData #SQLServer
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Reading: New infrastructure for the era of #AI: Emerging technology and trends in 2024 | Microsoft #Azure Blog buff.ly/3vCbyCo
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Terre Haute, Indiana named today's eclipse viewing celebration "A Total Eclipse of the Haute". #BobFacts
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Reading: Navigate a seamless cloud modernization with Microsoft assessment tools - buff.ly/3InNuG2
#AzureData
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SPC Categorical & #Tornado Risk is pretty high for tomorrow. Stay safe #sqlfamily! spc.noaa.gov/products/outlo…
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Congratulations to all new MVPs! Thank you for all you do for the community! #MVPBuzz
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Yesterday had some real highs and lows. Perhaps today can be more average. Happy Friday!
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There are some things in life where "I don't know" really doesn't cut it....
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr., age 56, was the oldest man and the only general to land by sea with the first wave of troops on D-Day. #BobFacts buff.ly/3ItBVgE
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Well at least I waited until AFTER walking all those miles at #SQLBits to twist my ankle and bruise up like crazy
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The term "high tea" comes from the fact that it is a larger meal served at a table, as opposed to lower couches or chairs where a light snack for afternoon tea is served. #BobFacts
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This was my 3rd time as a “runner” volunteer at #SQLBits - a job that requires some serious moving around! During the conference I walked 52.24 miles and climbed 84 flights of stairs! So grateful to have been a part of this great group! 🧡
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Heading home from an amazing week at #SQLBits and so grateful for the opportunities to attend, speak, volunteer, see old friends and meet new ones. Hope I can return again soon!
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Watching @EmilieRonning deliver awesome content on version control! #SQLBits
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#SQLBits Friday morning #SNÆCKS update: cookies
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Afternoon #SNÆCKS: Pastel de Nata #SQLBits
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Packed house in the Fabric Power Hour! #SQLBits
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Morning #SNÆCKS update: muffins in both blueberry and chocolate varieties. #SQLBits
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…and now the muppets have showed up! #SQLBits
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#SQLBits pub quiz night is in a few hours! Will all my useless knowledge that gets regurgitated as #BobFacts come in handy? We shall see!
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Afternoon #SNÆCKS update: lemon drizzle cake #SQLBits
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Replying to @SQLBob
There are also chocolate-filled churros with chocolate dipping sauce
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#SQLBits dessert report: Thursday lunch edition. Biscoff cheesecake with berry compote. #SNÆCKS
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Not only is #SQLBits amazing, but it’s also a completely volunteer-run conference. Here’s part of the army of volunteers briefing for this morning’s keynote.
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Reading: Introducing #Azure Storage Actions: Serverless storage data management - buff.ly/48rKgMk
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#SQLBits snack update: vanilla & blueberry cake
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#SQLBits noon runner update: 5.14 miles and 9 flights of stairs
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Current dessert status:
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If you were dreaming of carbs with lunch, you will not be disappointed #SQLBits
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#SQLBits snack update: muffins are available in both the chocolate and blueberry varieties
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9am runner update: 1.8 miles and supposedly 2 flights of stairs, but pretty sure it's been more #SQLBits
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Definitely an interesting presentation of tiramisu!
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5pm: 9.7 miles and all 3 rings closed! #SQLBits
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Reading: Achieving sustainable growth with #Azure and FinOps best practices - buff.ly/3UI2iGZ
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Afternoon snack preview: scones with strawberry jam and cream #SQLBits
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Mod-afternoon update: 7.44 miles #SQLBits
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Being a #SQLBits helper (in my case, a “runner”) means lots of moving around. 10am and 2 rings filled with 3.7 miles walked!
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And we are GO for #SQLBits training day!
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Reading: #Azure Elastic SAN efficiently migrates SAN to the cloud—now generally available - buff.ly/3wj35nE
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Current intensity level.
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Someone should tell Microsoft facilities there’s a mouse in this building! #MVPSummit #MVPBuzz
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I am here! Woohoo!!!! #MVPSummit #MVPBuzz
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Reading: Harmonizing AI-enhanced physical and cloud operations - buff.ly/3HJKdk8
#Azure #AI #AzureData #AzureArc
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A non-scientific observation:
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Reading: Microsoft Cost Management updates—January 2024 - buff.ly/3vVffTs
#Azure
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Reading: Elevate #Azure expertise with new #AI and optimization video episodes - buff.ly/4blDcDY
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Reading: Reflecting on 2023— #Azure Storage - buff.ly/3UvtCZb
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Congratulations to all newly-awarded MVPs! #MVPBuzz
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Reading: Achieve generative AI operational excellence with the LLMOps maturity model - azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/ach…
#AzureData #GenAI
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1/2” hail in South Naperville #ilwx
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Reading: Advancing application reliability with performance testing in #Azure - buff.ly/3uadG3H
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The Titanic's four funnels weren't the same height. The center two were actually about 18" longer, to account for "sheer" in the hull, where the height is greater at the bow and stern than at amidships. This made them all appear the same. #BobFacts buff.ly/48iqLpy
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Reading: Advancing application reliability with performance testing in #Azure - buff.ly/3uadG3H
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Happy Friday!
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The largest playset ever produced for any line of action figures is the G.I. Joe U.S.S. Flagg aircraft carrier. It's over 7.5 feet long, over 3 feet wide, and nearly 3 feet tall. #BobFacts thetoycollectorsguide.com/2022/05/27/u-s…
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Reading: Reflecting on 2023— #Azure Storage - buff.ly/3UvtCZb
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French was the official language of England for about 300 years, from 1066 till 1362 buff.ly/3HC5N7S
#BobFacts
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Reading: How #Kusto graph semantics can help solve a classic graph problem: the Seven Bridges of Königsberg - buff.ly/3vBt35u
#AzureData
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Reading: What’s new in #Azure Data, #AI, and Digital Applications: Are you ready to go from #GenAI experimentation to solutions deployed at scale? - buff.ly/49jTnj7
#AzureData
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Reading: Modeling Resource Governor Behavior - buff.ly/42M2qav
#AzureData #AzureSQL
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Reading: Active geo-replication with ledger automatic digest management buff.ly/3RTinqm
#AzureData #AzureSQL
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There are only 94 U.S. Marshals, one for each federal court district. There are 3561 deputy U.S. Marshals and criminal investigators which make up the rest of the service. buff.ly/48fibIb #BobFacts
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Latest NoSQL Java Ecosystem Updates 2023 Q3 & Q4 - buff.ly/49A3Sif
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Snacking is in full swing!
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Today’s view is quite sufficient
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Lunch underneath taxidermy? Yup. Definitely in Wisconsin.
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