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Thursday, May 14, 2026

The memory paradox: why our brains need knowledge in the age of AI

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I have this aching feeling - which might sound familiar -  but I never saw any academic research on this: offloading too much thinking to AI...
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Understanding conda channels

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 Conda channels are package source - locations where conda looks for software packages when you run conda install. Each channel can contain ...
Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Quick tip: fix eID Viewer installation - a driver can't load on this device

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I recently had to use the Belgian eID software and couldn't get it to work on the Windows 11 - it always failed with "A driver ca...
Sunday, December 28, 2025

Quick tip: retrieving raw, unprocessed files stored in Github

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 The domain raw.githubusercontent.com serves raw, unprocessed files stored in Github repositories - think of it as GitHub's "direct...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Quick tip: checking your Github Copilot settings

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 Open  https://github.com/settings/copilot/features References: Best practices for using GitHub Copilot Asking GitHub Copilot questions in y...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Interactive Pandas dataframes with ITables 2.0

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 ITables is a Python package available on Github (maintained by Marc Wouts) which changes how Pandas and Polars dataframes are rendered in P...

Enable and disable Data Wranger in VS Code for Pandas DataFrame and Series

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To disable default rendering of Pandas DataFrames in VS Code Jupyter Notebook with Data Wrangler (after installing the extension) - follow t...
Sunday, December 07, 2025

Datawrapper: enrich your stories with charts, maps and tables

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  Datawrapper  is designed to make professional-quality charts, maps and tables - even for those without coding or design skills. Also check...
Monday, October 13, 2025

Quick tip: Upgrade yfinance as part of OpenBB

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I have noticed that the yfinance Python package requires regular updating to keep it working. yfinance is also one of the core libraries ins...
Wednesday, August 06, 2025

Divididend analysis of Telenor ASA using Jupyter Notebook

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Cross posted from  Divididend analysis of Telenor ASA using Jupyter Notebook I just published the notebook  dividends.ipynb  on my GitHub  r...
Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Getting financial data in Python using the OpenBB SDK

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The OpenBB SDK (also known as OpenBB Platform ) is developed as open-source (the code is available on https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/Open...

Quick tip: command prompt shortcut for PAC development tools

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Last year, I blogged about how you can use PAC to start the Plugin Registration Tool and Configuration Tool  (see Start CRM development tool...

Quick Tip: installing Azure Service Bus Explorer with Chocolatey

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 Recently I had to reinstall Azure Service Bus Explorer on a new laptop and it seems that you now need to use Chocolatey  (a package manage...
Saturday, December 28, 2024

The Rational Reminder podcast - favorite episodes from 2024

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I started listening to the Rational Reminder Podcast somewhere around the beginning of this year and I can highly recommend it to anyone int...
Monday, December 23, 2024

Hidden gem : the business process catalog for Dynamics 365 apps

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The business process catalog for Dynamics 365 apps is an Excel workbook that contains more than 700 processes grouped by end-to-end scenario...
Sunday, December 22, 2024

Dynamics 365 Contact Center - the new kid on the block

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 In July 2024, Microsoft announced general availability of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center . This Contact Center As A Service (CCAAS) ...
Saturday, December 21, 2024

Thoughts about Artificial Intelligence and business value

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The question that a lot of companies have, is  how to realize business value from AI. Obviously companies don't invest millions (billion...
Friday, December 20, 2024

API Playground in Dataverse Accelerator App

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 The API playground is a pre-authenticated software testing tool which is part of the Dataverse Accelerator App. API playground  allows you ...
Sunday, September 29, 2024

Book review: beyond diversification - what every investor needs to know about asset allocation

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I recently finished reading  Beyond diversification  from Sebastien Page.   Sebastien Page  (Chief Investment Officer at T. Rowe Price) expl...
Saturday, September 28, 2024

Dynamics 365 and Power Platform monthly reading list September 2024

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 2024 Release Wave 2 Release plans for 2024 release wave 2 are now publicly available -  Release plans for Dynamics 365, Power Platform, and...
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