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Seven quick links for Saturday afternoon

Condiments, communication, crying, creating, cracking, casting, and charting.

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The quintessential Cantonese condiment - Fried Dace with Black Bean. I absolutely love this stuff with fried rice (seriously, I want some now just writing about it), and I found the history of it fascinating (via Adrianna Tan).

From Bike Rides to Boardrooms: The Evolution of Managing Up. It’s easy to be cynical but managing up is not sucking up, it’s about building mutually beneficial relationships, and shifting those relationships from transactional, subordinate, and tactical to long-term sustainable, collaborative, and strategic partnerships.

Magic moment: Sydney aquarium filled with song after sea birds mourn death of gay penguin Sphen. I’m not crying, you’re crying.

Fighting Through Mental Struggles: Incredible Renderings Created with Only a Pencil. 10/10 no notes.

A former security architect demonstrates 15 different ways to break Copilot. Surprise! Microsoft 365 Copilot can be made to reveal sensitive information.

Namibia: Live stream in the Namib Desert. I’m yet to see any animals (that could be the times I look) however I saw a Wart Hog and Oryx drinking. Others report seeing Zebra, Wrt Hogs, Oryx, Spotted Hyena, and more (via Emma Evans).

Digital Fibre Optic Gyroscope (DFOG). I don’t claim to really understand beyond it being a form of Inertial Navigation System (INS), using coiled optical fibre that you know, senses the Earth’s rotation.