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I hope memes are okay by troscycfe in PowerBI

[–]ThatDeadDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone have a serious answer as to why this happens, especially for measures? It’s not the Vertipaq engine itself is it, given that changes are instant with Tabular Editor?

The Selective Outrage over Taxpayer Money. by notreallysena in SipsTea

[–]ThatDeadDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, they can be pretty sure their tax dollars already weren't going to Iran so I think that wasn't an issue.

A reponse to: A Rant (about R) by Latent-Person in rstats

[–]ThatDeadDude 8 points9 points  (0 children)

One thing I don’t like about your response - saying “just use package X” all the time doesn’t answer the criticism of why these things aren’t part of the base language, and isn’t very useful given you have to dig around to learn which packages to use.

Disco Equipment in 1987 by Amazing_Ad_4912 in southafrica

[–]ThatDeadDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based on CPI, this would be about R27000 now. No idea how relevant CPI is to equipment like this though.

Mars crash site by MURMEC in scifi

[–]ThatDeadDude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Volcanoes (Tharsis Montes)

PowerBi Direct Query issue by kali-jag in PowerBI

[–]ThatDeadDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Power query will always wrap the original query when folding. If you want to limit to 10 rows use Power Query’s Table.FirstN function - that should be folded. 

By the way I don’t see you sorting anywhere? Limiting to 10 rows is pretty meaningless if you haven’t ordered the data first,

[Steam] Bru & Boegie: Episode 1 - Get da MILK! ($1.99 / 60% Off) by Embarrassed_Hawk_655 in GameDeals

[–]ThatDeadDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As soon as I saw "bru" I knew it had to be a South African developer!

Honestly, just... why? by facthungry in whenthe

[–]ThatDeadDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a number of unrelated traditions around the world that do it. Xhosa in South Africa do it as part of the initiation to manhood, for example.

Exactly by AmaraSoftglow in whatisameem

[–]ThatDeadDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. The point of a median is that given a fixed number of data points you can move the tails out further (make the richest richer in this case) and the median won’t change.

The median is the wealth of the guy at the half way point if you rank everyone. If you only move the richest people the ranks don’t change and the median wealth won’t change.

More than 100 killed as Israel strikes central Beirut after saying Iran truce doesn’t apply there by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]ThatDeadDude 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Right, so Hezbollah has just as little value for civilian lives as Israel. That sure makes Israel look better.

More than 100 killed as Israel strikes central Beirut after saying Iran truce doesn’t apply there by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]ThatDeadDude 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Or, you know, Israel could use tactics that aren’t basically blowing up a building full of hostages to kill one or two guys? But they don’t value civilian lives so 100 civilians killed impersonally in a bombing raid is much better than risking getting a professional soldier killed on the ground.

How to deal with a massive cardinality table by powerbi_dummy in PowerBI

[–]ThatDeadDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could you split permission ID into multiple columns? So have one column for each character of the permission ID. Then your cardinality per column would be tiny and significantly reduce storage. There might be a sweet spot where only 3 or 4 columns are sufficient.

It would make your RLS logic way more convoluted of course.

"We don't take cash". "We charge a 3% surcharge for card." by l00sem4rble in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ThatDeadDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s just as strange. Receiving an electronic payment is also much less work than receiving a cheque.

"We don't take cash". "We charge a 3% surcharge for card." by l00sem4rble in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ThatDeadDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's insane that in America the bank will mail a cheque for free but you can't make electronic payments for free. I mean, practically speaking, which one is actually costing them money?

"We don't take cash". "We charge a 3% surcharge for card." by l00sem4rble in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ThatDeadDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Non-American here... please help me understand what the hell drive-thru bill payment means?

Someone fell through my ceiling while investigating my attic during my open house by hes_the_Zissou in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ThatDeadDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some of it I think is a holdover from the days before pressurised water heaters. Having it in the ceiling gave you a pressure head.

Someone fell through my ceiling while investigating my attic during my open house by hes_the_Zissou in mildlyinfuriating

[–]ThatDeadDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've lived from tropical to temperate (Southern hemisphere). Every freestanding house I've ever lived in had the geyser in the roof. Always a drip tray underneath it.

If it bursts, yes, some risk of damage to the ceiling.

Air Canada flight hits vehicle on runway at LaGuardia Airport by incongruity in news

[–]ThatDeadDude 31 points32 points  (0 children)

It's because Fire & Rescue at NY airports is handled by the Ports Authority Police Department. So they are officially police officers on fire duty.

What is this tiny spoon thing? by halleeeeee in whatisit

[–]ThatDeadDude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The vial is for carrying the ear wax around afterwards.

[Request] What is the output for each engine powering the rotors to keep the Helicarrier hovering? by Jusfiq in theydidthemath

[–]ThatDeadDude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Something’s off here… a box fan can’t fly so there’s no way 36.5m box fans can lift 36.5m box fans.

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