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- Smaug, the brand new OVHcloud backbone network infrastructure https://www.ovh.com/blog/smaug-the-brand-new-ovhcloud-backbone-network-infrastructure/ 31 comments
- [OC] Money: The Hidden Backbone of Civilization (and the rise of Bitcoin) https://gavinmai.com/1719770712000-the-hidden-backbone-of-civilization 2 comments bitcoin
- Europe’s Atomic Powerhouse Sees Reactor Fleet Return to Strength -- France’s sprawling nuclear energy industry, the backbone of Europe’s power system, is finally back to strength https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-01/europe-s-atomic-powerhouse-sees-reactor-fleet-return-to-strength?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-climate 341 comments europe
- Cogent Communications, an internet backbone provider that routes data across intercontinental connections, has cut ties with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/5/22962822/internet-backbone-provider-cogent-shuts-off-service-russia 19 comments worldnews
- Brave: Corporations Stand In Solidarity With the Communities They Exploit - Amazon, which provides the technical backbone of ICE and plotted to smear a fired Black organizer, says it 'stands in solidarity with the Black community' in the 'fight against racism and injustice.' And that's just the begi https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bv8nv3/brave-corporations-stand-in-solidarity-with-the-communities-they-exploit 6 comments technology
- Mitt Romney is the the only Republican senator with a backbone. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-impeachment-romney-iduskbn1zz2q6 59 comments politics
- @ZahidGishkori "Alarming: PTI MNA Majeed Niazi brutaly tortured MP Ahmed Ali Aulakh whose ribs & backbones badly broken.Other day,Mr Niazi publicly abused Aulakh by spewing naked filth in-front of Govt Officers. No action from @PTIofficial leadership against Mr Niazi who took law in his hand." https://twitter.com/ZahidGishkori/status/1156660707208966144 16 comments pakistan
- Mitch McConnell Attacks The Volunteer Backbone Of Elections https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-for-the-people-act_us_5c5a0c73e4b09293b209343c 5 comments politics
- China says military ties 'backbone' to relations with Pakistan https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pakistan-defence/china-says-military-ties-backbone-to-relations-with-pakistan-iduskcn1lz03p 3 comments worldnews
- How Amazon’s logistics backbone, Whole Foods, PillPack, and Echo are primed to tackle the prescription drug market https://medium.com/@nxpatel/amazon-pharmacy-532033b6a6ff 40 comments technews
- The gorgeous pixel art Backbone is live on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/106061903/backbone-pixel-art-detective-adventure-inspired-by 10 comments linux_gaming
- At least one republican has some morals and a backbone. http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/324629-dem-senator-listen-to-john-kasich-on-health-care 17 comments politics
- Republicans, Where's the Backbone? http://billmoyers.com/story/republicans-wheres-backbone/ 38 comments politics
- Internet Backbone Provider Cogent Blocks Pirate Bay and other "Pirate" Sites https://torrentfreak.com/internet-backbone-provider-cogent-blocks-pirate-bay-and-other-pirate-sites-170209/ 205 comments technology
- Internet Backbone Provider Cogent Blocks Pirate Bay and other “Pirate” Sites https://torrentfreak.com/internet-backbone-provider-cogent-blocks-pirate-bay-and-other-pirate-sites-170209/ 16 comments politics
- the 4th industrial revolution has a backbone https://www.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/5124bw/the_4th_industrial_revolution_has_a_backbone/ 12 comments ethereum
- Daniel Baier, midfield backbone for Liverpool EL-opponent FC Augsburg injured in training. Missing at least four weeks. [german] http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/startseite/644329/artikel_haarriss-im-sprunggelenk_baier-faellt-wochenlang-aus.html 9 comments soccer
- Engineers break power and distance barriers for fiber optic communication. This advance has the potential to increase the data transmission rates for the fiber optic cables that serve as the backbone of the internet, cable, wireless and landline networks. http://phys.org/news/2015-06-electrical-power-distance-barriers-fiber.html 8 comments science
- Sony leaks reveal Hollywood is trying to break DNS, the backbone of the internet -- A leaked legal memo reveals a plan for blacklisting pirate sites at the ISP level http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/16/7401769/the-mpaa-wants-to-strike-at-dns-records-piracy-sopa-leaked-documents?rss=1 356 comments technology
- Attacking Tor: how the NSA targets users' online anonymity. Secret servers and a privileged position on the internet's backbone used to identify users and attack target computers. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/tor-attacks-nsa-users-online-anonymity 15 comments privacy
- Epresso.js: tiny MVC framework inspired by Backbone and React with a focus on simplicity and speed http://githubnews.com/repositories/14 12 comments javascript
- JavaScript (and Backbone) Inheritance http://ditherandbicker.com/posts/2014-09-15-javascript-inheritance.html 13 comments javascript
- A New Laser for a Faster Internet: A new laser developed by a research group at Caltech holds the potential to increase by orders of magnitude the rate of data transmission in the optical-fiber network—the backbone of the Internet. http://www.caltech.edu/content/new-laser-faster-internet 6 comments science
- Backbone Antipatterns http://blog.shinetech.com/2013/11/26/backbone-antipatterns/ 10 comments javascript
- New research says the ancestor of all creatures with jaws and a backbone was not a sleek, shark-like beast but a toothless, armoured fish. http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/09/26/3856025.htm 28 comments science
- Why Angular, Ember or Backbone don't work for us https://moot.it/blog/technology/frameworkless-javascript.html 72 comments javascript
- Sprint runs on the government's behalf a a private, encrypted wiretapping backbone that is separated from the internet (wired 2007) http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2007/08/wiretap 4 comments technology
- Moving From Backbone To React http://usepropeller.com/blog/posts/from-backbone-to-react/ 11 comments programming
- AP puts it all together: there's PRISM (back door into social networking sites, gmail, etc), the FISA court orders for metadata on all phone company customers, and then there's NSA taps directly into the INTERNET backbone. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/secret-prism-success-even-bigger-data-seizure 8 comments politics
- NASA's Webb Telescope's Last Backbone Component Completed [pic] http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/755406main_image1-jwst_backplane_support_frame.jpg 39 comments space
- Unsuck your backbone // Speaker Deck https://speakerdeck.com/ammeep/unsuck-your-backbone 5 comments javascript
- DARPA has begun development of a wireless communications link that is capable of 100 gigabits per second over a range of 200 kilometers. Officially dubbed “100 Gb/s RF Backbone”, the program will provide the US military with networks that are around 50 times faster than its current wireless links. http://www.extremetech.com/computing/143455-darpa-begins-work-on-100gbps-wireless-tech-with-120-mile-range?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=darpa-begins-work-on-100gbps-wireless-tech-with-120-mile-range 13 comments technology
- Deval Patrick: ‘It Is Time For Democrats To Grow A Backbone’ http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/09/04/796011/deval-patrick-dnc-backbone/ 6 comments politics
- Backbone has made me a better programmer http://floatleft.com/notebook/backbone-has-made-me-a-better-programmer 11 comments javascript
- Backbone Aura 0.8 Developer Preview - an event-driven architecture on top of Backbone.js for widget-based applications http://addyosmani.github.com/backbone-aura/ 5 comments javascript
- House Dems finally find backbone, pass middle class tax cuts over Republican objections. http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/house-dems-pass-middle-income-only-tax-cut-bill.php 3 comments politics
- Obama grows a backbone? "Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu returned to Israel last night after an apparently disastrous meeting with US President Obama in Washington. According to leaked accounts reported in the Israeli media, Mr Obama humiliated Mr Netanyahu by leaving the meeting early..." http://www.smh.com.au/world/obama-humiliated-netanyahu-at-meeting-20100325-r000.html?autostart=1 43 comments politics
- Internet backbone breaks the 100-gigabit barrier http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527445.700-internet-backbone-breaks-the-100gigabit-barrier.html?haasformid=46aa9eea-8158-4b87-8d70-3994c2a1bd64&haaspage=0 22 comments technology
- UK again shows no backbone in extradition request."It is quite astonishing that two boys who have been found not guilty in the court in which they were tried have now been sentenced in their absence to three years' imprisonment. " http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/8387739.stm 7 comments worldnews
- Has lying become the backbone of GOP politics? http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=17395 11 comments politics
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