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What's new in Apache Iceberg v3? The Apache Iceberg project is taking on the challenge of how to bring database-like agility to petabyte-scale datasets stored in open cloud storage.

Data engineers, take note: Apache Iceberg v3 is here!🎉 New binary deletion vectors make CDC, row-level updates can be made much faster, and more! Read the latest Google Open Source blog post for all the details. #DataEngineering #ApacheIceberg
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Age verification? I used to collect call my parents to pick me up from middle school and say "pleasepickmeupweredone" when they asked for my name

I definitely read the Census for fun

As a lifelong Pirates fan, nothing about this surprises me.

MLB Umpires Have Gotten Much Better At Calling Balls & Strikes J.J. Cooper digs into historical data on balls and strikes to see just how much better today's umpires are at calling games.

This is a great example of how data can be used to create a feedback loop that helps humans improve from @jjcoop36.bsky.social and the team at @baseballamerica.com! www.baseballamerica.com/stories/mlb-...

This might be the most developer-friendly launch I've seen in.... well I don't know, but a long time. This is awesome!

a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man and says `` i need some pie . '' ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man and says `` i need some pie . ''

If I ever build a BI tool, the UI will have a button for pie charts. But instead of creating a visualization, it'll just show them this and a LONG text explanation of why they shouldn't use pie charts

The moon landing? Foot prints in dust. Antibiotics? Mold farming. Flight? Even birds can do it!

No. It's a bridge-obsessed model. We see you, Golden Gate Claude

As a Pittsburgher, I pride myself on being something of an expert on bridge obsessions. So I can safely say @anthropic.com's Golden Gate Claude was the absolute pinnacle of humanity's technological advances, and it will only be downhill from there.

YouTube video by Alberta Tech No one actually knows why AI works

This is an excellent summary of how we don't REALLY understand why LLMs make the "decisions" they do! youtu.be/nMwiQE8Nsjc?...

Good morning #PyConUS, it's a great day for lightning talks! I'd love to talk about open data and learn how you're using Python to analyze your data. Come find me and say hi to the sea otters!

It's #PyConUS25 time!! If you're here in Pittsburgh, come find me to say hi. I'll be the guy in the awesome jacket carrying a bag of salty sea otters.

Who is coming to Pittsburgh for #PyCon this weekend?! I'm looking forward to seeing everyone and showing off my hometown! And, if you like salty sea otters, you'll definitely wanna find me and say hi. You'll be able to find me easily, I'll be the guy in the great jacket!

"Hm, what are the pain points people have with our products? We'll just tell them AI will solve them! ...it's making them worse? Eh, call it a roadmap item"

I remember wondering why every puddle in Columbia, SC had chalk dust around the edges this time of year.... then realized it was pollen

I wanted to make a joke here, but this is actually a GREAT way to vibe code. Start with documentation, then include that context in your prompt to generate code. Polish and publish!

I recently joined Google's Open Source Office to help champion OSS growth both internally and externally! I'm thrilled to be back in the open-source ecosystem supporting teams across Google and open-source communities across the globe.

This is an exceptionally small-minded view. The end state is the same: The US President is probably compromised and now owes foreign governments a favor for accepted payment. This isn't limited to the Qataris either!

Either way, we can't be sure he's acting in America's best interests as a result

A list of bad-news headlines wrapped up with an Atlantic article headlined “Why are young people everywhere so unhappy?”

I don’t know man, what could it possibly be?

And you can invest as little or as much time as you want to unlock that joy! I put up a couple bird feeders in my yard to attract blue jays and cardinals, but I don't have time for much more than that. It's still fun and exciting to see them in the yard!

"but I get my weather on my phone"

This would mean you wouldn't get a worthwhile forecast from anyone anymore

🔥 BigQuery made getting structured data from LLMs way easier! Use AI.GENERATE_TABLE + Gemini, define your output_schema, and boom - instant table.
Docs -> cloud.google.com/bigquery/doc...

And honestly, people are WAY more judgy about a kid's first birthday party! For a wedding, they're like "Oh you know what? It's not for me, but it's about what the couple wants"

First birthdays? "Wow, this is how you are setting your kid up for life?"

I'm getting a new donut shop

Everyday it gets even harder and harder to differentiate between The Onion and The Atlantic

I just heard someone describe agents as "a bunch of tools standing on each others shoulders in a trench coat" and it's amazing

I mean, obviously it works on tables of 10,000 rows or less, but it really doesn't scale very well

Do they know that processing data by holding a hair dryer up to their laptop is not considered best practice?

As a data person, I have some questions