### Issue 2150 - Monday 12th August, 2024

## In Today's Issue

- New National Science Statement and new National Science and Research Priorities
- DEF CON badge creator ripped off stage over payment disagreement
- Civ 7 game play demo Aug 20, someone stole Woodend's copper NBN cables, Russia & Venezuela try to block Signal
- Tippy Type keyboard cover might help those with long finger nails type easier
- Cheap Boost Mobile SIM, Anker USB charger, Doom Quake & Wolfenstein games for Swich, Jabra Elite 10 Gen 2 earbuds

## The News

### New National Science Statement and new National Science and Research Priorities

Australia's got a new National Science Statement and new National Science and Research Priorities, the first time they've been updated in 10 years. The five priorities are: transitioning to a net zero future, supporting healthy and thriving communities, elevating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledge systems, protecting and restoring Australia's environment, building a secure and resilient nation. The statements are: Australian scientists, science institutions, and infrastructure shaping Australia's science future. Science at the centre of Australian industry. A diverse, skilled workforce to underpin the translation of science into new industries. Embracing science to drive Australia's regional and global interests. A science system prepared for future challenges. Cool - now what?

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### DEF CON badge creator ripped off stage over payment disagreement

Bit of drama in the l33t hAx0r world with Dmitry Grinberg and Entropic Engineering, creators of the fancy badges given to attendees of DEF CON in Las Vegas, got physically pulled off stage during a panel he was uninvited to for refusing to leave, as a protest against not being paid for his work on the badge. DEF CON reckons Entropic went over budget and Dmitry asked to be taken off stage so they did that to keep the panel going, but Entropic says DEF CON never told them this until they had already done all the work. Sounds like a damn mess that could have been prevented with improved communication and oversight.

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### Civ 7 game play demo Aug 20, someone stole Woodend's copper NBN cables, Russia & Venezuela try to block Signal

- Heads up Civ-nerds, the Firaxis team is going to show off the first bits of gameplay from the upcoming Civ 7 on August 20th. Let's fucking gooooooo!!! Hopefully the full game is ready later this year so I can play it over the Christmas break.
- 2,300 premises in the Victorian town of Woodend had their internet wiped out on Friday as some utter grubs decided stealing copper from NBN nodes was a good idea. Pricks just ripped the copper out of the ground. Disgraceful.
- Signal got banned and blocked in Russia and Venezuela. Russia's blockage of the service makes sense - they can't snoop on it to sniff out dissidents. Venezuela also blocked X because they think both services are aiding an uprising against the leadership. Good time to run a Signal Proxy.

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## Something I Saw On The Internet

### Tippy Type keyboard cover might help those with long finger nails type easier

Whenever I see someone with really long fingernails my first thought is "must be a challenge to wipe your arse with those claws". My second thought is "how in God's name would they use a keyboard??". Victoria Song over at The Verge reckons it's really shit, so when the Tippy Type keyboard popped up on their TikTok feed, they got one. It's "a silicone keyboard cover" that features "tower-like cylindrical keys so you can type as you naturally would: with your finger pads and not your nails. The proposed benefits are two-fold. One, it shouldn't hurt at all. Two, it protects your manicure". Apparently it's quite good, but Victoria reckons a mechanical keyboard suits them fine.

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## Bargains

- Boost Mobile 365-day SIM with 160GB data, unlimited calls & SMS - $185.75 from Lucky Mobile's eBay store
- Anker 543 65W 4-Port GaN Desktop Charger - $54.99 from Amazon
- Various Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein games for sale on the Nintendo eShop
- Jabra Elite 10 Gen 2 wirless earbuds (Cocoa colour) - $239 at Officeworks

## Image Of The Day

Future Sex was a 1990s magazine based in San Francisco and published by Kundalini Publishing. The magazine was glossy with four-color printing and featured articles, interviews, reviews, erotica, and erotic photography celebrating the zeitgeist of technological revolution, body modification, sexual liberation, and the mainstreaming of sexual proclivities previously considered taboo—from bondage to fetishes to "teledildonics." (Famicoman / Internet Archive)

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