OzCrimson

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by OzCrimson 6y ago
See. You've got answers to something that you haven't asked a single question about. But in your judgement the company should have had the right developer on staff. That's what's frustrating about these anti-Excel discus
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by OzCrimson 6y ago
Who's going to pay to train a Customer Service Rep, Admin Assistant, Sales Assistant or Warehouse Manager to do Python when there's Excel? Get into the world of the Excel user. Some of us do learn coding. But generally speaking? N
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by OzCrimson 6y ago
Again. What's the comparable alternative? This is so frustrating because I've worked in small departments in an international company. Our problems were too small to get consistent, needed help from IT and we weren't importan
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by OzCrimson 6y ago
Excel bashing is easy but, where's a truly comparable alternative? - Alteryx at $5000/year/user? - A database that requires specialized skill or going through a DBA for every little need? - Salesforce? It's hell to co
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by OzCrimson 6y ago
Technology can help. Good, proven technology. Facial recognition tech is not ready for prime time. Too often we've seen the legal system use flimsy evidence, and comb the earth for experts who'll back up the flimsy evidence. Then
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by OzCrimson 6y ago
I'm listening to this podcast about the ban and it's loaded with concerns. https://xraypod.com/show/banned-in-pdx/biz-and-tech-groups-a... For one, the lobbyists and pro-tech groups that are against the
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by OzCrimson 6y ago
I live in Portland, too. And we do need help. But facial recognition is unreliable. I'd hate to be the one who's misidentified but, overzealous law enforcement keeps insisting it's me. Or, maybe I'm shaking hands with so
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by OzCrimson 7y ago
I saw a preview of XLOOKUP at the MVP Summit in March and was excited about it (but couldn't say anything about it until it was released). Here's my brief video on XLOOKUP along with a Peace Summit where a staunch INDEX/MATCH
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by OzCrimson 7y ago
Your co-worker couldn't tell you about doing a join in Excel's Power Query?
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by OzCrimson 7y ago
For a lot of individuals and small businesses true databases have a tough learning curve. I commend the Excel developers for recognizing this and including things like Power Query and Power Pivot. They aren't there to completely replac
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by OzCrimson 7y ago
One vote of massive respect is after Jack Dorsey was on the show and Joe's audience gave him hell for letting Jack get away with BS. Joe admitted that he didn't know enough about the topic. So, Joe scheduled a do-over and had Tim
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by OzCrimson 7y ago
I like Joe Rogan and I agree. It's more conversational and that's what I like.
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by OzCrimson 8y ago
LOL!
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by OzCrimson 8y ago
I lean toward agreeing with you. Sure. I'd rather view ads than pay. BUT! Why I'm setting up a pi-hole isn't about ads in and of themselves. It's the intrusive and misleading ads. It's the tracking and difficulty op
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by OzCrimson 8y ago
Where I feel my hand was forced was when a friend wanted help promoting a professional conference in the area of data and tech. I went to the website and, in the center of the page, there was an ad for cellulite cream. OH! C'MON!!! I b
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by OzCrimson 8y ago
I agree! A lot of what's going on with data is the low-cost ease of intimate access to targeted people. Thus, we get constantly pestered and then it's our job to figure out how to get peace from stuff that we didn't ask for.
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by OzCrimson 8y ago
"Bring Me Your Love" Charles Bukowski Bukowski's style gave me a permission that I didn't know I was looking for. It was raw and accessible. It showed me that prose and poetry didn't need to be buried in metaphor an
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by OzCrimson 9y ago
I don't take the licensing point seriously. I see it more as an analogy for external accountability. Let's agree that licensing is wrong. There's still the issue of nefarious and self-serving design that's caused a lot o