# Scottish Technology Club Bulletin — Week 32, 2024

The Edinburgh Festival kicked off at the end of last week. Welcome to any technology enthusiasts who will be visiting the country!

Ljupche has posted a video on [5 ways your AWS architecture might be vulnerable](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCW0SqgCNlI), and CodeBase published [TechScaler takeaways: tales from Silcon Valley](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bY9tZyup8o8).

Edinburgh was in the news with the as the [UK Govt shelved plans for an £800m exascale supercomputer at the University of Edinburgh](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyx5x44vnyeo). I asked the Secretary of State for Scotland and local MP Ian Murray for comment. His office replied
with blurb that has been reported elsewhere that: "There was no new funding for the above programmes allocated at the time in government spending plans and therefore will not be taken forward". I further asked if Ian Murray had been involved or consulted on the decision either as the Secretary of State
or as the local MP. His office replied "Nothing to add to the statement below". Scott Arthur MP said that [it wasn't a cancellation if the money wasn't there in the first place](https://x.com/DrScottArthurMP/status/1820371294883328169). If you are an AI researcher then please do let me know: what you think the impact of this might be? [Matt Clifford](https://x.com/matthewclifford) is now in charge of heading up UK Govt policy for AI state capacity.

As it's a quiet period for meetups I'm spending my time organising the next few JavaScript meetups for September, and reworking the website. If you have feedback on what would be most useful for you to see (meetups, lists, links, videos, people) then
please do drop me an email or reach out on the Discord or socials.

## 📅 Tech events across Scotland this week

### Monday 5 August

- [Overthewire.org war games workshop - Hacker games and tutorials](https://www.meetup.com/glasgow-computer-security-meetup-group/events/302114328/) — Glasgow · Glasgow Computer Security Meetup
- [Linux command line basics for beginners (and hackers!)](https://www.meetup.com/open-source-glasgow/events/302114181/) — Glasgow · Open Source Glasgow

### Wednesday 7 August

- [Umbraco CMS - Edinburgh Virtual Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/edinburgh-umbraco-users-group/events/302267482/) — Online · Edinburgh Umbraco Users Group

## About Scottish Technology Club

Scottish Technology Club is a community for Scotland’s technology sector, run by [Jamie McHale](https://jamiemchale.com/). Jamie is an entrepreneur and software engineer who provides software development, technology consulting, and contracting services to startups and other organisations through [Telaco](https://www.telaco.com/).

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