The Daily Populous

Monday May 1st, 2017 evening edition

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FACEBOOK has come under fire over revelations it is targeting potentially vulnerable youths who “need a confidence boost” to facilitate predatory advertising practices.

Such information gathered through a system dubbed sentiment analysis could be used by advertisers to target young Facebook users when they are potentially more vulnerable.

While Google is the king of the online advertising world, Facebook is the other major player which dominates the industry worth about $80 billion last year.

The leaked document shows it has been honing the covert tools its uses to gain useful psychological insights on young Australian and New Zealanders in high school and tertiary education.

Facebook targeting Australian children 0:49 It has been revealed Facebook is using surveillance to target advertising at vulnerable Australian children.

However there is suggestion that the research could be in breach of Australian guidelines for advertising and marketing towards children.

Many commentators have suspected Facebook engaged in this sort of cynical exploitation of the data it gathers but the leaked document is scarce proof. »

Elon Musk Asks, "Why Do You Want to Live?"

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Prompted by a discussion of Musk’s vision for SpaceX’s interplanetary transport system, the conversation veered to basically discussing the meaning of life.

“I just think there have to be reasons why you get up in the morning and you want to live,” Musk said.

“If the future doesn’t include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, it’s incredibly depressing.”. »

Meet Jules Mountain, the cancer survivor who conquered the Everest Avalanche

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Meet Jules Mountain, the cancer survivor who conquered the Everest Avalanche.

Jules Mountain, 2 years ago this week, was lying in his one-man, coffin-like tent at Everest Base Camp, trying to sleep.

Despite fearing that returning to the scene may trigger latent trauma from the horror of 2015, Jules joined another expedition and conquered Everest on Friday, 13th May 2016. »

20 ton hydraulic press build - I call her "THE CRUSHINATOR"

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Total billet size approximately 33" x 2" x 0.25" but I had to cut it down to get it to fit into my forge.

Anyway, if all you wanted to see was some hot juicy steel getting smashed, no need to continue.

However, if you want to see how I built THE CRUSHINATOR keep reading and perhaps you might feel inspired to build something cool yourself. »

Ja Rule And Fyre Festival Slapped With $100 Million Lawsuit For Multiple Counts Of Fraud – ZeroPointNow

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The festival was quickly canceled after the story broke, with event organizers Ja Rule (real name Jeffrey Atkins) and Billy McFarland sort of apologizing:.

We just filed Federal Class Action against Fyre Media for festival of horror.

Faced with the complete lack of even the most basic amenities, as well as no assistance from Defendants, festival attendees began to panic. »