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Screen Time Is Not Forever / El Tiempo de Pantalla No Es Para Siempre Board Book - Board Book

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by Elizabeth Verdick (Author), Marieka Heinlen (Illustrator)Help young children learn to limit screen time and fun ways to spend "screens-off" time. As important as screens are in our lives, we all need to unplug, especially children. This active, encouraging English-Spanish bilingual board book offers young children and families an easy way to set boundaries and limit screen time, and to find enjoyable ways to spend time without screens. "Together, we say, 'All done.' Now follow up with some...

What's Your Digital Business Model?: Six Questions to Help You Build the Next-Generation Enterprise - Hardcover

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by Peter Weill (Author), Stephanie Woerner (Author)Digital transformation is not about technology--it's about change.In the rapidly changing digital economy, you can't succeed by merely tweaking management practices that led to past success. And yet, while many leaders and managers recognize the threat from digital--and the potential opportunity--they lack a common language and compelling framework to help them assess it and guide them in responding. They don't know how to think about their d...

Good Charts Workbook: Tips, Tools, and Exercises for Making Better Data Visualizations - Paperback

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by Scott Berinato (Author)A useful tool to help individuals and teams put theory into practice and apply the principles laid out in Good Charts. Puts Good Charts theory into practice Step-by-step guidance on creating and improving charts Helps develop dataviz competence with mini challenges, as well as larger challenges Lots of space for sketching inside the workbook Same friendly, accessible voice and style as Good Charts Audience: Same as Good Charts: any manager, entrepreneur, or employee...

How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy - Hardcover

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by Jenny Odell (Author)** A New York Times Bestseller ** NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY: Time - The New Yorker - NPR - GQ - Elle - Vulture - Fortune - Boing Boing - The Irish Times - The New York Public Library - The Brooklyn Public Library "A complex, smart and ambitious book that at first reads like a self-help manual, then blossoms into a wide-ranging political manifesto."--Jonah Engel Bromwich, The New York Times Book ReviewOne of President Barack Obama's "Favorite Books of 20...

Top Java Challenges: Cracking the Coding Interview: based on real interviews - Paperback

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by Moises Gamio (Author)If you want to join an ever-changing field full of discovery and potential, one where you'll never get bored and have a chance to make an impact - then your answer may be 'yes.' Tech will put you right where the growth and disruption are happening. It will take hard work, but you will thrive if you are willing to adapt and learn. I am a software engineer who faced real interviews as a candidate for startups and big companies. Throughout the years, I have sourced factua...

30-Minute Groups: Online Safety: Spotting Red Flags, Protecting Privacy, and Being a Positive Voice

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Report copyright infringementby Raychelle Cassada Lohmann (Author)Are you ready to equip your students with the digital skills they need to thrive in the online world? In today's interconnected world, online safety is more crucial than ever. Our Online Safety for Middle and High School curriculum provides the tools and strategies to empower your students to navigate the digital landscape responsibly. Key Features and Benefits: Engaging Activities: Interactive exercises and discussions spar...

Distributed Programming in ADA with Protected Objects - Paperback

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by Pascal Ledru (Author)As distributed applications become more sophisticated, their implementation becomes more and more difficult. It is therefore important to study how to facilitate the implementation of efficient distributed applications. This thesis reviews the different classes of distributed languages and presents a new approach to develop efficient distributed programs using the Ada language. This approach is compared in detail with existing distributed programming languages, existin...

A Study of Japanese Animation as Translation: A Descriptive Analysis of Hayao Miyazaki and Other Anime Dubbed into English - Paperback

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by Reito Adachi (Author)Despite the growing popularity and influence of Japanese animation in America and other parts of the world, the importance of anime studies as audio-visual translation has not been well-recognized academically. In order to throw new light on this problem, the author attempts to clarify distinctive characteristics of English dubs of Japanese animated films between the 1980s and the 2000s, including Hayao Miyazaki's, in descriptive ways: through a corpus-based statistica...

An Open Design for Computer-Aided Algorithmic Music Composition: athenaCL

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Report copyright infringementby Christopher Ariza (Author)This dissertation introduces a new design for a computer-aided algorithmic music composition system. Rather than exploring specific algorithms, this study focuses on system and component design. The design introduced here is demonstrated through its implementation in athenaCL, a modular, polyphonic, poly-paradigm algorithmic music composition system in a cross-platform interactive command-line environment. The athenaCL system offers an...

Toponym Resolution in Text: Annotation, Evaluation and Applications of Spatial Grounding of Place Names - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Jochen L. Leidner (Author)The problem of automatic toponym resolution, or computing the mapping from occurrences of names for places as found in a text to an unambiguous spatial footprint of the location referred to, such as a geographic latitude/longitude centroid is difficult to automate due to insufficient and error-prone geographic databases, and a large degree of place name ambiguity: common words need to be distinguished from proper names (geo/non-geo amb...

Beautiful Mates: Applying Principles of Beauty to Computer Chess Heuristics

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Report copyright infringementby Ben P. Walls (Author)A synopsis of eminent computer chess programs reveal that they are designed around a 'brute force' approach. An argument is made that by continuing the 'brute force' search approach, computer chess development is moving away from human evaluation methods. Research is done into studies of evaluation methods, and a discovery is made that humans use a form of intuition, called their 'sense of beauty', to choose the best chess move. A paper by ...

Displacement Mapping and Volume Rendering Graphics Hardware

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Report copyright infringementby Michael C. Doggett (Author)The complexity of graphics hardware is currently undergoing a major change with the introduction of geometry engines on relatively inexpensive single chip ASICs which now contain the complete graphics rendering pipeline in full custom hardware. While the highest performance in measured in frames per second is the ultimate criteria for judging these chips, the focus is now starting to shift towards new features and different rendering ...

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Report copyright infringementby Michael Alexander (Author)Your complete guide to Excel 365, written for newbies all the way to seasoned professionals Neatly organised and written using accessible language, Microsoft Excel 365 Bible contains everything that readers need to know to get up and running quickly with Excel. Covering the numerous updates to Excel 365 since the previous edition was published in 2022, this Second Edition contains many useful examples and tips and tricks that cover all...

The Information Age and Diplomacy: An Emerging Strategic Vision in World Affairs

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Report copyright infringementby Amir Dhia (Author)Advances in the field of information and communication technologies have substantially affected most segments of our life, leading to the Information Age or Information Revolution. On both individual and state scale, 'information' has become a vital 'commodity' by which one measures levels of knowledge, skills, well-being, prosperity and development. Tracing the evolution of the Information Age and the emerging trends of diplomacy and politics...

Software-Agents and Liberal Order: An Inquiry Along the Borderline Between Economics and Computer Science

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Report copyright infringementby Dirk Nicolas Wagner (Author)"Liberal order and software-agents" - long-established ideas and modern technology are bridged. The impulse for undertaking this effort comes from the observation that it becomes difficult for computer science alone to create order for and within machines. The growing complexity of computer systems, open networks like the Internet, and the increasingly social role of software entities push the traditional quest for total global contr...

The Atomic Human: What Makes Us Unique in the Age of AI - Hardcover

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by Neil D. Lawrence (Author)From a renowned computer scientist, this book seeks the distinctive human quality that will prevail against artificial intelligence. If artificial intelligence takes over decision-making what, then, is unique and irreplaceable about human intelligence? The Atomic Human is a journey of discovery to the core of what it is to be human, in search of the qualities that cannot be replaced by the machine. Neil Lawrence brings a timely, fresh perspective to this new era, ...

Numerical Methods Using Java: For Data Science, Analysis, and Engineering - Paperback

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by Haksun Li Phd (Author)Implement numerical algorithms in Java using NM Dev, an object-oriented and high-performance programming library for mathematics.You'll see how it can help you easily create a solution for your complex engineering problem by quickly putting together classes.Numerical Methods Using Java covers a wide range of topics, including chapters on linear algebra, root finding, curve fitting, differentiation and integration, solving differential equations, random numbers and sim...

AI + the New Human Frontier: Reimagining the Future of Time, Trust + Truth - Hardcover

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by Erica Orange (Author)A critical discussion of AI as a transformative opportunity for humanity AI + The New Human Frontier: Reimagining the Future of Time, Trust + Truth by Erica Orange, a renowned futurist, offers a compelling exploration of generative AI's potential to enhance human creativity rather than replace it. This pivotal book navigates how AI tools will help shape the human experience, and aid in augmenting human ingenuity and imagination. The author eloquently argues that the es...

Building DIY Websites for Dummies - Paperback

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by Jennifer DeRosa (Author)Create an attractive website that draws in visitors - no coding required! There's more to building a website than just picking a theme and dropping in text and images. Creating a site that attracts visitors and turns those visitors into customers requires some professional insight and a few tips and tricks. Building DIY Websites For Dummies guides non-designers through the steps of creating an attractive and effective website using today's top web-based tools. This ...

Level Up! the Guide to Great Video Game Design - Paperback

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by Scott A. Rogers (Author)Want to design your own video games? Let expert Scott Rogers show you how! If you want to design and build cutting-edge video games but aren't sure where to start, then the THIRD EDITION of the acclaimed Level Up! is for you! Written by leading video game expert Scott Rogers, who has designed for the hits Pac-Man World, God of War, Maximo and SpongeBob SquarePants, this updated edition provides clear and well-thought-out examples that forgo theoretical gobbledygook...

Grant Writing with AI for Dummies - Paperback

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by Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts (Author)Supercharge your next grant proposal with the power of AI A stand-out grant proposals can be the difference between your organization thriving, surviving, or folding. So don't miss the opportunity presented by artificial intelligence (AI) to take your grant proposals to the next level! In Grant Writing with AI For Dummies, business writer extraordinaire Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts delivers an exciting new guide to supercharging your next grant proposal with AI....

Microsoft 365 Outlook for Dummies - Paperback

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by Faithe Wempen (Author)Get up to speed on Microsoft's world-famous emailing, scheduling, collaborating, and organizing super-app Microsoft Outlook can do pretty much anything for you--short of cooking you a steak dinner. It can deliver and sort your email, filter out the junk, help you organize your life, send data to the cloud, sync up your various devices, and even integrate with iOS and Android. And in the latest edition of Microsoft Outlook For Dummies you'll learn how to do all of that...

Scaling Responsible AI: From Enthusiasm to Execution

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Report copyright infringementby Noelle Russell (Author)Implement AI in your organization with confidence while mitigating risk with responsible, ethical guardrails Much like a baby tiger in the wild, artificial intelligence is almost irresistibly alluring. But, just as those tiger cubs inevitably grow up into formidable and fierce adults, the dangers and risks of AI make it a force unto itself. Useful and profitable, yes, but also inherently powerful and risky. In Scaling Responsible AI: From...

Five Nights at Freddy's Ultimate Guide: An Afk Book - Paperback

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by Scott Cawthon (Author)Fans won't want to miss this ultimate guide to Five Nights at Freddy's -- bursting with theories, lore, and insights from the games, books, and more!This all-encompassing guidebook concentrates material from The Freddy Files (Updated Edition) and adds over 100 pages of new content exploring Help Wanted, Curse of Dreadbear, Fazbear Frights, the novel trilogy, and more!Fans hungry for fresh Five Nights at Freddy's lore can sink their teeth into this massive guidebook p...

My Big Color & Learn Book: Scholastic Early Learners (Coloring Book) - Paperback

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by Scholastic (Author)Build pen control and fine motor skills with this interactive coloring book from Scholastic Early Learners. With more than 200 pages of basic learning alongside engaging coloring activities, this coloring book is the perfect mix of learning and fun. Includes two sheets of stickers! Includes 232 coloring and activity pages to help build children's pen-control skills Aimed at children 3-6 Features a large image to color and a word to trace on every page Includes counting, ...

A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend Them Back - Paperback

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by Bruce Schneier (Author)A hack is any means of subverting a system's rules in unintended ways. The tax code isn't computer code, but a series of complex formulas. It has vulnerabilities; we call them "loopholes." We call exploits "tax avoidance strategies." And there is an entire industry of "black hat" hackers intent on finding exploitable loopholes in the tax code. We call them accountants and tax attorneys.In A Hacker's Mind, Bruce Schneier takes hacking out of the world of computing and...

Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacks - Paperback

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by Scott J. Shapiro (Author)"Unsettling, absolutely riveting, and--for better or worse--necessary reading." --Brian Christian, author of Algorithms to Live By and The Alignment ProblemAn entertaining account of the philosophy and technology of hacking--and why we all need to understand it. It's a signal paradox of our times that we live in an information society but do not know how it works. And without understanding how our information is stored, used, and protected, we are vulnerable to hav...

Future Tense: How We Made Artificial Intelligence--And How It Will Change Everything - Hardcover

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by Martha Brockenbrough (Author)Human history has always been shaped by technology, but AI is like no technology that has come before it. Unlike the wheel, combustion engines, or electricity, AI does the thing that humans do best: think. While AI hasn't reproduced the marvelously complex human brain, it has been able to accomplish astonishing things. AI has defeated our players at games like chess, Go, and Jeopardy!. It's learned to recognize objects and speech. It can create art and music. I...

Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI - Hardcover

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by Madhumita Murgia (Author)Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction A riveting story of what it means to be human in a world changed by artificial intelligence, revealing the perils and inequities of our growing reliance on automated decision-making On the surface, a British poet, an UberEats courier in Pittsburgh, an Indian doctor, and a Chinese activist in exile have nothing in common. But they are in fact linked by a profound common experience--unexpected encounters with artifici...

Kotlin Coroutines: Deep Dive - Paperback

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by Marcin Moskala (Author)Kotlin coroutines revolutionized JVM development, especially on Android and the backend. They let us easily make efficient and reliable multithreading. Its cutting-edge design and features are suited ideally for modern use cases. In this book, we will explore Kotlin coroutines - both built-in support and kotlinx.coroutines library. Number of Pages: 502 Dimensions: 1.01 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: March 14, 2022

As If Human: Ethics and Artificial Intelligence - Hardcover

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by Nigel Shadbolt (Author), Roger Hampson (Author)A new approach to the challenges surrounding artificial intelligence that argues for assessing AI actions as if they came from a human being Intelligent machines present us every day with urgent ethical challenges. Is the facial recognition software used by an agency fair? When algorithms determine questions of justice, finance, health, and defense, are the decisions proportionate, equitable, transparent, and accountable? How do we harness th...

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by Panos Louridas (Author)A broad introduction to cryptography--what it is, how it really works, what its future holds, and why every informed citizen should understand its basics. We all keep secrets--from our gym locker codes to our email passwords to our online interactions. And we choose to share those secrets only with those whom we trust. So, too, do organizations, businesses, governments, and armies. In this fascinating book Cryptography, Panos Louridas provides a broad and accessible ...