Patrick Bates

Christian, husband, father, jack of many IT trades, MS Silver Partner - Cloud Platform 2017-24, MS MVP - Data Platform 2016-18. Founder of @BerlinAlabama

[Patrick Bates @patrickebates]

@Timcast Enterprise works when you realize it's not a prequel. It's showing early timeline changes due to First Contact.

[Patrick Bates @patrickebates]

I have only one way to summarize the last two weeks:

Welcome to the Fourth Turning.

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@elonmusk How long before this is enabled for desktop/web use and widescreen format?

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@DOGE @NWS Please look into the transmitter for Cullman AL as well. Fairly recent outage due to copper issues, unsure if it was upgraded at that time or not.

[Patrick Bates @patrickebates]

The problem is that people on the east side of a time zone generally want to remain on DST and people on the west side generally want to remain on Standard time year round. Indiana is already its own time zone that ignores changing clocks because they are split down the middle by the time zone line. I think most people in Alabama would prefer to join that rule.

Why not let the States determine their own rules for DST changing rather than forcing it on them from the Federal level? Always felt like a 10A question to me.

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@DeaceProducer Better than this one? I still consider this your magnum opus.

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@DataRepublican @TheShawnHendrix Should have already been a subscriber, but this pushed it over the top.

Happy to help with data too, if my SQL skills can be of any use.

[Patrick Bates @patrickebates]

@AndyPalys @USPS I ordered two 20-count books of normal everyday flag stamps from USPS on 1/6. They "might" be in my mailbox today. 11 days later.

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@elonmusk Having incorporated a town in a different state, I know the laws of Texas make it much simpler. Good luck and Godspeed.

[Patrick Bates @patrickebates]

@tullyfur @ubnt I use Nanoswitch to power a mix of AirMax and UniFi devices at remote locations because it outputs 24v. This doesn’t appear to support AirMax, so it can’t be a direct replacement.

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Recent inet outages make me miss the early days when @plex apps favored LAN over Cloud. Very hard to operate local only now.

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Answering @Azure survey like this makes me think @Microsoft is forgetting where they came from

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.@Microsoft and @WordPress working together #wcbham

[Patrick Bates @patrickebates]

At #wcbham Happiness Bar until my session starts. Stop by for a chat and maybe some swag!

[WordCamp Birmingham @wpyall]

Are you a WordPress developer or do you want to be? If so, this is for you #wcbham https://t.co/SqVNBsllzK https://t.co/UhzA3Kb3X9

[WordCamp Birmingham @wpyall]

Hear the great speakers at #wcbham and get a cool t-shirt too! https://t.co/0xDwOj7qOh

[Patrick Bates @patrickebates]

Honored to receive my first MS @MVPAward for Data Platform work with @ProjectNami What a way to end #MSIgnite week #MVPBuzz

[Patrick Bates @patrickebates]

@MS_Ignite Will extra t-shirts be available for purchase? #MSIgnite

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@MS_Ignite Why no portrait orientation support for the iOS app?

[Azure SQL @AzureSQL]

Project Nami: WordPress for Azure SQL Database/SQL Server | Microsoft Azure Blog https://t.co/V44Q36vB6Y via @azure #cloud #sqlserver