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+1 - in the past I've had it recommended to not inline links and instead include them as footnotes, and I do not like that recommendation 🙃 I want the post to be rich with the context (where appropriate) and it to be linked naturally from what I'm talking about.

Some folks don't like that, that's fine! If it ends up sending someone on a side quest while they're trying to read my post, that's also OK!

Quoted Simon Willison (@simon@simonwillison.net)
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(I'm increasingly suspicious that hardly anyone ever clicks on inline links in text like this, but that's not going to stop me from including them!)

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Listened to Responsive, Generative, Accessible, Unions, The Web - Ethan Marcotte by Schalk Neethling 
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In this episode of the Mechanical Ink podcast, host Schalk Neethling sits down with Ethan Marcotte, a prominent figure in web design known for coining the term "responsive web design." Ethan's journey in the design world spans over two decades, during which he has significantly influenced how websites are created and experienced across various devices.

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Listened to "Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson" on Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
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<p>Woody Harrelson feels supercalifragilistic about being Conan O’Brien’s friend; Ted Danson feels scared.</p><p> </p><p>Woody and Ted sit down with Conan to discuss their new podcast Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (Sometimes), meeting, and pranking each other, on the set of Cheers, houseboat aspirations, and more. Later, Conan consults with his de facto assistant David Hopping about his presence on TikTok.</p><p> </p><p>For Conan videos, tour dates and more visit <a href="http://TeamCoco.com">TeamCoco.com</a>.</p><p>Got a question for Conan? Call our voicemail: (669) 587-2847.</p>

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Turned on my PC. Was just about to log in when I did a painful double take. The picture displayed by Windows 10 is a Toucan with the words “AI is playing a critical role in the preservation of the Amazon rainforest” You are correct. It’s fucking nuking it. You fucking shit lords. #AI #Microsoft

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Tell me about your Boring Technology that gets the job done and gets out of your user's way. Tell me how you made your app or service easy to use and hard to misuse. Tell me how you're encoding an understanding of the importance of consent into your architecture. Tell me how you're treating your employees better than your competitors are treating theirs.

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Listened to simplyblock's Cloud Commute - Access Policy Management at Cloud-Scale with Anders Eknert from Styra | RSS.com
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The podcast episode of simplyblock's Cloud Commute features Chris Engelbert interviewing Anders Eknert. They discuss Anders' background and current role at Styra, the company behind the Open Policy Agent (OPA) project. Anders lives and works in Stockholm, Sweden, and has been involved with Styra for about three and a half years. He shares how his previous work led him to OPA due to a need for managing complex authorization requirements across diverse environments.Styra, founded by the creators of OPA, focuses entirely on the OPA ecosystem. They offer two main products: Styra DAS (Declarative Authorization Service) and an enterprise version of OPA. Styra DAS helps manage OPA at scale, providing a control plane for policy management, lifecycle, and auditing. The enterprise OPA offers enhanced performance, lower memory usage, and direct integrations with data sources.OPA itself is a policy engine that enables policies as code, allowing for decoupled and centralized policy management. Common use cases include authorization and infrastructure policies, where OPA acts as a layer between services to make policy decisions. The discussion highlights the importance of treating policy like any other code, allowing for testing, reviewing, and versioning.Chris and Anders also discuss the functionality of OPA from a developer's perspective, explaining how it integrates with services to enforce policies. They touch on the broader benefits of a unified policy management system and how OPA and Styra DAS facilitate this at scale, ensuring consistency and control across complex environments.If you have questions for Anders, you can find him here:Blog: https://www.eknert.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anderseknertX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/anderseknertMastodon: https://hachyderm.io/GitHub: https://github.com/anderseknert/Styra and the Open Policy Agent can be found here:Styra Website: https://www.styra.com/Styra LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/styra/Styra X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/styraincOPA Website: https://www.openpolicyagent.org/OPA X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/openpolicyagentOPA GitHub: https://github.com/open-policy-agent/opaThe Cloud Commute Podcast is presented by simplyblock (https://www.simplyblock.io)

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Listened to Legacy Code Rocks: Quality-Check of External Dependencies with Feross Aboukhadijeh
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Many of the largest companies rely on third-party code to run critical parts of their software. However, there's often little focus on ensuring the quality of these external dependencies. Today we speak with Feross Aboukhadijeh, CEO and founder of , a developer-first security platform. Socket helps developers and security teams release software faster and reduce time spent on security busywork. Feross is also a lecturer at Stanford, where he teaches CS233 Web Security. We discuss why the quality of third-party dependencies matters, when to start addressing this issue, how to handle unmaintained dependencies, and what tools are available for managing third-party dependencies. After listening to the episode, be sure to visit the connect with Feross on , and check out his . Mentioned in this episode: Socket at &nbsp; Feross on X at &nbsp; Feross website at: &nbsp;