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- Rich people can't build social networks https://hua.substack.com/p/rich-people-cant-build-social-networks 11 comments
- I'm building a social network owned by people and would like to ask the community what privacy features would you like to see? https://utopiyn.com 25 comments privacy
- Cable networks ignore/misrepresent today's Capitol Building protest. Chants of "where is CNN?" heard as over 400 people are arrested https://theintercept.com/2016/04/12/democracy-spring-media-coverage/ 5 comments politics
- Japan is building a giant, underground conveyor belt to transport all the stuff people buy | A 310-mile automated distribution network could ease traffic, reduce CO2, and address a shrinking workforce https://www.fastcompany.com/91148807/japan-is-building-a-giant-underground-conveyor-belt-to-transport-all-the-stuff-people-buy 39 comments technology
- Sean Ross Sapp on X [in response to rumors of WWE buying TNA]: "I'm confused as to what really leads people to believe this? WWE hasn't been in tape library acquisition mode in years, and largely did it to build a library for the network." https://x.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1802708589099847905?s=19&t=e8EzHHn9xIx24Rzkoy7oSg 133 comments squaredcircle
- Boosting gut microbes protects against Alzheimer’s disease: Mice treated with probiotic "R13" were less likely to accumulate a protein called beta-amyloid in their guts. Beta-amyloid builds up in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease – forming sticky clumps that damage brain networks. https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/31/eaba0466 3 comments science
- Build it and they will come? Why Britain's 1960s cycling revolution flopped - Squint at Stevenage’s extensive 1960s protected cycleway network and you could be in the Netherlands – except for the lack of people on bikes. So why did the New Town’s residents choose the motor car over the bicycle? https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/sep/19/britains-1960s-cycling-revolution-flopped-stevenage 8 comments bicycling
- Networking people please respond! Building my own home network for my free gigabit internet connection. I'll summarize where I'm at. I have many questions (mostly about routers). http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-wirelessac1900-dual-band-gigabit-wireless-router/8448381.p?id=1219334566012&skuId=8448381 12 comments techsupport
- This podcast gives actionable advice to build & maintain a professional network (e.g. contact people in your network every 90 days). I use these ideas - do you? http://www.manager-tools.com/2006/05/building-a-network 4 comments productivity
- Google launches global human trafficking helpline & data network - Commits $3M (£2M) to build an international helpline network fueled by data. Human trafficking enslaves 21M people, with 2.5M forced into labor. Most are ages 18-24 & 43% are forced into the sex trade. http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-04/10/google-human-trafficking 117 comments worldnews
- Google said Wednesday it will build a series of "ultra high-speed" fiber optic broadband networks that will pump out 1GB bps (bit per second) connections to the lucky “50,000 to 500,000 people” within their reach http://www.pcworld.com/article/189024/google_challenge_to_us_broadband_might_actually_change_things.html/ 8 comments technology
- People in Minneapolis Are Calling Each Other Instead of the Cops. Disappointed by recent attempts at electoral reform, organizers are building community-based safety networks that aim to make police obsolete. https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjb8z5/people-in-minneapolis-are-calling-each-other-instead-of-the-cops 62 comments goldandblack
- ISPs, "If you want to run your networks as private enterprises, then you can build them privately. You've got 60 days to get your copper out of our dirt, or we'll pay you scrappage rates and turn it over to a company that will give people the bits they want, not the bits that pay you the most." http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/28/internet-service-providers-charging-premium-access 38 comments politics
- Google+ Was Never a Facebook Competitor --- It's not about bringing people together on one site to create a giant social network. Instead it's all about accumulating user data and building the "most targeted advertising platform in history" http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_was_never_a_facebook_competitor.php 20 comments business
- Beck sold his NY Home, "As we build a new media [Empire] I'm not building it in New York," he said." - He is NOT going away people, I can see he will build a new conservative TV network far right of FoxNews! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/18/glenn-beck-leaving-new-york-sells-home_n_850351.html 8 comments politics