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September 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christoph Treude, Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering, The University of Melbourne Alexander Sinn/Unsplash In March 2022, the author of node-ipc, a software library with over a million weekly downloads, deliberately broke their code. If the code discovers it is running within Russia or Belarus, it attempts to ... <a title="‘Protestware’ is on the rise, with programmers self-sabotaging their own code. Should we be worried?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/28/protestware-is-on-the-rise-with-programmers-self-sabotaging-their-own-code-should-we-be-worried-190836/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Protestware’ is on the rise, with programmers self-sabotaging their own code. Should we be worried?">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Christian Moro, Associate Professor of Science & Medicine, Bond University Photo by Andrea Piacquadio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-sleeping-man-3771069/, CC BY After 50 years of research, eminent Stanford University sleep researcher William Dement reportedly said the only solid explanation he knows for why we sleep is “because we get sleepy”. Even ... <a title="What position should I sleep in, and is there a ‘right’ way to sleep?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/28/what-position-should-i-sleep-in-and-is-there-a-right-way-to-sleep-189873/" aria-label="Read more about What position should I sleep in, and is there a ‘right’ way to sleep?">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brett Farmer, Lecturer in Film, Media and Communication, Deakin University Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images In June, the American Film Institute presented its 48th Life Achievement Award, the highest honour in American cinema, to the beloved stage-and-screen star Julie Andrews. On conferring the award, the AFI praised Andrews as ... <a title="‘Prima donna in pigtails’: how Julie Andrews the child star embodied the hopes of post-war Britain" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/28/prima-donna-in-pigtails-how-julie-andrews-the-child-star-embodied-the-hopes-of-post-war-britain-188363/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Prima donna in pigtails’: how Julie Andrews the child star embodied the hopes of post-war Britain">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Melanie Woodfield, Clinical Psychologist, Te Whatu Ora | HRC Clinical Research Training Fellow, University of Auckland, University of Auckland Getty Images Exam season is fast approaching for many senior students in New Zealand and Australia. At the best of times, adolescents may struggle with ambition and drive, ... <a title="Preparing for exam season: 10 practical insights from psychology to help teens get through" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/28/preparing-for-exam-season-10-practical-insights-from-psychology-to-help-teens-get-through-189439/" aria-label="Read more about Preparing for exam season: 10 practical insights from psychology to help teens get through">Read more</a>
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September 28, 2022
Source: Council on Hemispheric Affairs – Analysis-Reportage Danny ShawRío de Janeiro (The author has changed certain names and details to protect individuals’ privacy.) When you arrive in another country, there is nothing more precious than new friends who adopt you, protect you, and teach you about their language, music, culture, and traditions. For an open-minded ... <a title="Brazil: More Fascism and Neocolonialism or a Path Back to Self-Determination?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/28/brazil-more-fascism-and-neocolonialism-or-a-path-back-to-self-determination/" aria-label="Read more about Brazil: More Fascism and Neocolonialism or a Path Back to Self-Determination?">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra The Albanese government’s proposed National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) would have a broad scope but only hold public hearings “in exceptional circumstances and where it is in the public interest to do so”. The “exceptional circumstances” provision immediately came under some ... <a title="Anti-corruption commission would hold public hearings ‘in exceptional circumstances’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/anti-corruption-commission-would-hold-public-hearings-in-exceptional-circumstances-191434/" aria-label="Read more about Anti-corruption commission would hold public hearings ‘in exceptional circumstances’">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Culum Brown, Professor, Macquarie University Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania Australians watched in horror last week as 230 pilot whales became stranded at a beach near Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania’s west coast. Some whales were saved, but the vast majority died. This left a big ... <a title="About 200 dead whales have been towed out to sea off Tasmania – and what happens next is a true marvel of nature" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/about-200-dead-whales-have-been-towed-out-to-sea-off-tasmania-and-what-happens-next-is-a-true-marvel-of-nature-191340/" aria-label="Read more about About 200 dead whales have been towed out to sea off Tasmania – and what happens next is a true marvel of nature">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Helen Dickinson, Professor, Public Service Research, UNSW Sydney The National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) has a new chair and for the first time it is a disabled person – former paralympian Kurt Fearnley. His appointment, along with that of two new directors, Graeme Innes (former disability discrimination ... <a title="A disabled NDIA chair is a great first move in the NDIS reset. Here’s what should happen next" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/a-disabled-ndia-chair-is-a-great-first-move-in-the-ndis-reset-heres-what-should-happen-next-191419/" aria-label="Read more about A disabled NDIA chair is a great first move in the NDIS reset. Here’s what should happen next">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University Shutterstock Global stock markets are tanking on fears of recessions in the US, the UK and Europe, and the OECD is actually forecasting recessions in Europe. So is recession now inevitable in Australia? Not at ... <a title="A global recession looks increasingly likely – but here’s how Australia could escape it" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/a-global-recession-looks-increasingly-likely-but-heres-how-australia-could-escape-it-191336/" aria-label="Read more about A global recession looks increasingly likely – but here’s how Australia could escape it">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Anthony Kimpton, Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Queensland Shutterstock The first rental electric scooters quietly appeared on the streets of Brisbane in late 2018. Four years later, distinctively coloured e-scooters are seemingly everywhere, with trial schemes popping up in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Darwin and Perth. Outside ... <a title="E-scooters are becoming wildly popular – but we have to factor in the weather" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/e-scooters-are-becoming-wildly-popular-but-we-have-to-factor-in-the-weather-190917/" aria-label="Read more about E-scooters are becoming wildly popular – but we have to factor in the weather">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Naser Ghobadzadeh, Senior lecturer, National School of Arts, Australian Catholic University AP Photo/Michael Sohn Once again, Iran is in the midst of political upheaval and civil unrest. The latest protests, triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the morality police, follow several ... <a title="3 ways these latest Iran demonstrations are different to past protests" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/3-ways-these-latest-iran-demonstrations-are-different-to-past-protests-191418/" aria-label="Read more about 3 ways these latest Iran demonstrations are different to past protests">Read more</a>
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September 27, 2022
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rachel Gallagher, PhD Candidate, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland Shops, offices, gyms and apartments dominate Brisbane’s ‘mixed use’ zone. Rachel Gallagher, Author provided COVID-19 may have kick-started the decline of the Australian CBD, but our newly published research shows how planning decisions ... <a title="How we accidentally planned the desertion of our cities" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/09/27/how-we-accidentally-planned-the-desertion-of-our-cities-190145/" aria-label="Read more about How we accidentally planned the desertion of our cities">Read more</a>
