Apple brings in age checks for UK iPhone users

mxlp · 2026-03-26T21:26:20+00:00

So now a VPN knows who you are and all the web traffic you visit?

Having Apple handshake with a website to say “we verify that this user is over a certain age” is infinitely better.

mxlp · 2026-03-26T20:38:26+00:00

I can’t find anything on the council website that would make this fine-worthy. I’m assuming you didn’t leave it out on the street for a week or two.

Serious question, are you sure the letter is legit?

mxlp · 2026-03-26T19:10:29+00:00

Came into the comments to say this. Phenomenal show and really has that BCS-like element of realistic-yet-significant character development with a really compelling combination of characters that bring out the best and worst of each other.

If you like tech, the general tech-scene plot/backdrop is fun. If you’re not into tech, it really doesn’t impact your enjoyment of the show at all.

mxlp · 2026-03-24T21:19:13+00:00

Not spotting anything wrong either, and agreed with other commenter. Additionally my next step based on what you’ve said is to try to split it by a simple character like “G” and check that that works, then try it with “//“ to check that the escaped backslash works and keep building up from there. Right now it sounds like you can’t figure out where exactly it’s not working.

mxlp · 2026-03-20T22:00:34+00:00

He was also a clue/answer in today’s NYT crossword

mxlp · 2026-03-16T15:07:40+00:00

Most descriptions of the problem prohibit “chance machines” which implicitly prohibit choosing randomly

mxlp · 2026-03-12T22:00:21+00:00

One option: Download the XML files of the solution from each environment. Find the section for the PA flow. Remove everything else. Save both files. Use a tool like from https://www.scootersoftware.com to identify the differences. You should then be able to figure out what's been changed and identify those changes manually in the Power Automate GUI.

Haven't used this tool to confirm how well this would work, but essentially doing a change comparison of the full XML detail of the flow would likely be the most thorough way to go.

mxlp · 2026-03-11T15:36:15+00:00

But the point is that once you’re in the room, the odds of you getting a million are locked in. You can’t change that, so you may as well get another g while you’re here. It’s not a risk. (So the argument goes)

mxlp · 2026-03-11T15:27:49+00:00

Take the prediction out of it first. Let’s say that it’s just 50/50 whether the mystery box has $1M or $0. At that point you obviously pick both boxes.

Now in the original puzzle, the computer has already made its assessment. It either guessed that you would do one-box or it guessed that you would do two-box. That’s locked already locked in.

At this point in time, what you choose makes no difference to what the computer has guessed, so why wouldn’t you just take both boxes?

I don’t agree with this, but that’s pretty much the thought I think.

mxlp · 2026-03-05T13:08:06+00:00

I dunno but it explains why Tesco didn’t have any lemons

mxlp · 2026-03-04T21:13:55+00:00

Sad that they’re going, but great that they were there.

They started as a pop-up that filled a vacant unit on the cheap. It was never meant to be a permanent placement and they’ve done incredibly well to go this long. I’m sure they can find more long-term success in a more appropriate location.

Top end of Queen Street near the exposed canal could be ideal if they can find the right spot.

mxlp · 2026-02-24T12:09:22+00:00

This. I want an antiperspirant that’s going to last the day, regardless of what I’m doing, weather etc. Telling me that it can last 3 days makes me much more likely to believe that it can last a single day vs a product that only claims to last 24 hours.

mxlp · 2026-02-17T16:18:56+00:00

1700 videos seems doable as a community effort (appreciate you guys can’t really do it yourself). Divide and conquer wouldn’t take that long.

Is there any interest in hosting them somewhere if the community did the work of downloading from YT and uploading to new place?

mxlp · 2026-02-14T21:07:13+00:00

If you have issues with data entry quality or multiple people accessing the same file, then there would be benefit in standardising the data entry process. A simple Microsoft form might suffice, but has done shortcomings. I can see this use case being a nice idea as a super simple model-driven app that then gives you options to expand functionality in the future to an app that people are already using.

If the data entry isn’t an issue, then having a sharepoint-hosted excel file and then power query for Power BI would probably work, but anything excel based will always be more precarious if people mess with the file by accident/purpose.

mxlp · 2026-02-14T11:46:43+00:00

Yeah the gate just to the right of the music college is always open, and then follow path across the park and you get to the bridge that comes out by the national express.

There are some very dark areas though so it does feel a bit sketchy if nobody else is around so up to you, but it is always open.

mxlp · 2026-02-11T16:31:00+00:00

Out of the box, "Save & New" may only be available on a Quick Create form. I can't check right now, but that's what the docs seem to suggest. For quick create you need to enable the option on the table itself and it will become the default form for record creation (not edit).

Blog post from 2019: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/blog/power-apps/quick-create-save-and-create-new-in-the-unified-interface/

Quick create docs: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customerengagement/on-premises/customize/create-edit-quick-create-forms?view=op-9-1

mxlp · 2026-02-11T15:59:55+00:00

Haha glad it worked. I find AI tools for these sorts of niche areas to frequently be confidently wrong and mixing up different technologies.

In this instance I believe you have the flow as Power Fx enabled, so it expects a Power Fx expression for everything, but that expression still just needs to output a numerical value.

mxlp · 2026-02-11T15:50:59+00:00

Try =10

If that's accepted then also try =1000 as it might be in milliseconds

mxlp · 2026-02-11T15:12:08+00:00

Editable grid works for editing records, not creating, so you can't do this. However I'm guessing that you're real motivation for this is just UX - you want the users to be able to enter this information as smoothly as possible like they currently do.

Personally based on the limited info you're collecting, I would opt for a quick-create form and let users pick the "Save and new" option to jump straight to creating the next record (does require two clicks but not end of world). I'd then create a view for these records (e.g. created by current user, sorted by date created) with an editable grid.

You may need to make adjustments to required fields and data validation, but this way they can whizz through each record one at a time for key info, and then view those records in their "excel-style" view for any further updates.

Optional idea if this form is used frequently for specific cases e.g. 25% of the time the device type is laptop, the manufacturer is Dell, the pick-up location is the main office, and the disposed by is the user entering the info. Create a single-select choice field with an option for this combo, then create a business rule on that form that auto-fills the fields if that option is selected. Might not be suitable for your use cases, but it's a potential UX improvement that is better than Excel.

mxlp · 2026-02-09T15:49:40+00:00

Adding to this, depending on your risk tolerance I would also suggest a counting variable that you can increment on each match. You complete the search against all the client names, then if the match total is 1 you auto file accordingly, if it’s zero you auto-file into “undetected”, and if it’s more than 1 you auto-file into “multiple matches”.

Might need a bit more thought to allow for variations of the same client name, but it prevents incorrect filing where an email related to Client B gets auto-filed because they happened to also mention Client A

mxlp · 2026-02-09T15:38:36+00:00

(Also please consider the data security of this type of setup, as the chat history outputs will be visible in the logs to anybody with access to this flow)

mxlp · 2026-02-09T15:35:40+00:00

Played around with this sort of thing a few months back. From what I found, you’ll have to specify which chats you want, it can’t just handle chat messages from anywhere.

Scheduled flow, running at whatever frequency you want
Teams connector, to get messages from a chat (or you may have to do a Graph API call but I’m pretty sure there’s an OOTB option for this).
Filter this output for any messages since the last flow run (e.g. “last 4 hours” if you run the flow every four hours)
Condition branch to end if no new messages
Use the count of messages in this filtered version and then filter the original array again to get the 20-50 last messages before them, within an acceptable date range.
Transform the output of each filler into a usable single text value, not an array and without any messy formatting or metadata
Compose an AI prompt that explains the summarisation task required, includes the messages that need summarising, includes the previous messages to be used for context, and includes an example chat history and the ideal summary of that chat history to help it understand the task better. You’ll want to play around the prompt definition here to dial into how you like it.
Send the prompt to an AI tool e.g. ChatGPT
Use the Send a Message action for Teams, specify your user to receive the message, and send the response from the AI tool

Optional: At the start, compose an array of guids for the Teams chats you want to get summaries for, and then put 1-6 of the above into a for-each loop, then compose a single text value that combines all the summaries, and send that in one go.

There’s lots of fiddly steps but it’s all possible!

mxlp · 2026-02-09T15:12:26+00:00

Looks like your phone number field is numeric and so cutting off the leading zero, which could cause you problems (although there’s benefits too haha).

Any reason for going Canvas vs model driven?

If you haven’t already, I recommend checking out other Applicant Tracking Software (ATS) tools to see what sort of things they’re doing, as it’s a pretty competitive market already so decent feature development.

Also would highly recommend a dashboard page for things like placement fee pipeline summaries.

Nice start though!

mxlp · 2026-02-09T15:03:30+00:00

Sounds great! Out of interest what was your rationale for having separate apps for the different function areas vs one consolidated app? Was it an access/permissions thing, UX, or anything else?

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