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Episode 214: VPNs, Windows 7 EoL, Crapplications

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This week the title says it all. There’s also some more bread talk.

Mood board:

  • “I love the talk about bread, can I get some stickers.”
  • Do they have markdown in Intranets now?
  • Kicking to fit use cases.
  • Porting of Ports
  • Crapplications, aka, “Crappity crap”
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      • Now It's Really, Truly Time to Give Up Windows 7
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