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AWS Certified AI Practitioner Study Guide

Foundational (AIF-C01) Exam

by Vikram Elango, Vivek Gangasani, Shreyas Subramanian ...

Series series Sybex Study Guide
Quickly and intelligently prepare for the AIF-C01 exam and succeed in your first role as an AWS AI practitionerIn AWS Certified AI Practitioner Study Guide: Foundational (AIF-C01) Exam, a team of veteran AWS and AI specialists walks you through an efficient and effective path to success on the challenging AIF-C01 exam. You'll demonstrate your knowledge and effectiveness with artificial ... Read more

$69.99 CAD

Quickly and intelligently prepare for the AIF-C01 exam and succeed in your first role as an AWS AI practitionerIn AWS Certified AI Practitioner Study Guide: Foundational (AIF-C01) Exam, a team of veteran AWS and AI specialists walks you through an efficient and effective path to success on the challenging AIF-C01 exam. You'll demonstrate your knowledge and effectiveness with artificial
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Artificial Intelligence

Everything you need to know about the coming AI. A Ladybird Expert Book

by Michael Wooldridge ...

Series series The Ladybird Expert Series
'I propose to consider the question, 'Can machines think?' Alan Turing (1950)Part of the ALL-NEW Ladybird Expert series.This book is for everyone living in the age of Artificial Intelligence. And this is an accessible and authoritative introduction to one of the most important conversations of our time . . .Written by computer scientist Michael Wooldridge, Artificial Intelligence chronicles the ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

'I propose to consider the question, 'Can machines think?' Alan Turing (1950)Part of the ALL-NEW Ladybird Expert series.This book is for everyone living in the age of Artificial Intelligence. And this is an accessible and authoritative introduction to one of the most important conversations of our time . . .Written by computer scientist Michael Wooldridge, Artificial Intelligence chronicles the
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Writing for Games

Theory and Practice

by Hannah Nicklin ...

Focussing on the independent videogames sector, this book provides readers with a vocabulary to articulate and build their games writing practice; whether studying games or coming to games from another storytelling discipline. Writing for Games offers resources for communication, collaboration, reflection, and advocacy, inviting the reader to situate their practice in a centuries-long heritage of ... Read more

$94.99 CAD

Focussing on the independent videogames sector, this book provides readers with a vocabulary to articulate and build their games writing practice; whether studying games or coming to games from another storytelling discipline. Writing for Games offers resources for communication, collaboration, reflection, and advocacy, inviting the reader to situate their practice in a centuries-long heritage of
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Deep Dive

Exploring the Real-world Value of Open Source Intelligence

by Rae L. Baker ...

Learn to gather and analyze publicly available data for your intelligence needsIn Deep Dive: Exploring the Real-world Value of Open Source Intelligence, veteran open-source intelligence analyst Rae Baker explains how to use publicly available data to advance your investigative OSINT skills and how your adversaries are most likely to use publicly accessible data against you. The author delivers an ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Learn to gather and analyze publicly available data for your intelligence needsIn Deep Dive: Exploring the Real-world Value of Open Source Intelligence, veteran open-source intelligence analyst Rae Baker explains how to use publicly available data to advance your investigative OSINT skills and how your adversaries are most likely to use publicly accessible data against you. The author delivers an
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Applied Incident Response

by Steve Anson ...

Incident response is critical for the active defense of any network, and incident responders need up-to-date, immediately applicable techniques with which to engage the adversary. Applied Incident Response details effective ways to respond to advanced attacks against local and remote network resources, providing proven response techniques and a framework through which to apply them. As a starting ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

Incident response is critical for the active defense of any network, and incident responders need up-to-date, immediately applicable techniques with which to engage the adversary. Applied Incident Response details effective ways to respond to advanced attacks against local and remote network resources, providing proven response techniques and a framework through which to apply them. As a starting
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Analytics Engineering with SQL and dbt

Building Meaningful Data Models at Scale

by Rui Pedro Machado, Helder Russa ...

With the shift from data warehouses to data lakes, data now lands in repositories before it's been transformed, enabling engineers to model raw data into clean, well-defined datasets. dbt (data build tool) helps you take data further. This practical book shows data analysts, data engineers, BI developers, and data scientists how to create a true self-service transformation platform through the use ... Read more

$57.99 CAD

With the shift from data warehouses to data lakes, data now lands in repositories before it's been transformed, enabling engineers to model raw data into clean, well-defined datasets. dbt (data build tool) helps you take data further. This practical book shows data analysts, data engineers, BI developers, and data scientists how to create a true self-service transformation platform through the use
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The Internet For Dummies

by John R. Levine, Margaret Levine Young ...

Get up and running on the Internet—the fast and easy wayIf you're an Internet newcomer and want to get up to speed without all the intimidating technical jargon, The Internet For Dummies has you covered. With over 5,000,000 copies sold*, The Internet For Dummies is the #1 choice for Internet newcomers.Inside, you'll discover how to make the most of the Internet, get accustomed to popular sites, ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Get up and running on the Internet—the fast and easy wayIf you're an Internet newcomer and want to get up to speed without all the intimidating technical jargon, The Internet For Dummies has you covered. With over 5,000,000 copies sold*, The Internet For Dummies is the #1 choice for Internet newcomers.Inside, you'll discover how to make the most of the Internet, get accustomed to popular sites,
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How AI Ate the World - A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence – and Its Long Future

by Chris Stokel-Walker ...

UKTN Technology Book of the Year'Easily the most comprehensive book on AI I have read so far, covering all the key issues.' Peter Hunt, Business & Tech Correspondent, Evening StandardHow AI Ate the World: A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence – and Its Long Future is your essential guide to how AI went from sci‑fi fantasy to the engine quietly (and not so quietly) reshaping work, art, ... Read more

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UKTN Technology Book of the Year'Easily the most comprehensive book on AI I have read so far, covering all the key issues.' Peter Hunt, Business & Tech Correspondent, Evening StandardHow AI Ate the World: A Brief History of Artificial Intelligence – and Its Long Future is your essential guide to how AI went from sci‑fi fantasy to the engine quietly (and not so quietly) reshaping work, art,
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Ceph: Designing and Implementing Scalable Storage Systems

Design, implement, and manage software-defined storage solutions that provide excellent performance

by Michael Hackett, Vikhyat Umrao, Karan Singh, Nick Fisk, Anthony D'Atri, Vaibhav Bhembre ...

Get to grips with the unified, highly scalable distributed storage system and learn how to design and implement it.Key FeaturesExplore Ceph's architecture in detailImplement a Ceph cluster successfully and gain deep insights into its best practicesLeverage the advanced features of Ceph, including erasure coding, tiering, and BlueStoreBook DescriptionThis Learning Path takes you through the basics ... Read more

$39.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Get to grips with the unified, highly scalable distributed storage system and learn how to design and implement it.Key FeaturesExplore Ceph's architecture in detailImplement a Ceph cluster successfully and gain deep insights into its best practicesLeverage the advanced features of Ceph, including erasure coding, tiering, and BlueStoreBook DescriptionThis Learning Path takes you through the basics
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Master Builder Mod Launchers & Building Mods

The Best Mods in Minecraft®™

by Triumph Books ...

Experience the best mods in Minecraft®™ with Master Builder Mod Launchers & Building Mods. Master the Technic Mod Launcher and the Feed the Beast Mod Launcher with fan favorites like Official Crafting Dead or Pixelmon and Trident or Mage Quest. Also including Instant Structures Mod and Instant Massive Structures Mod, Master Builder Mod Launchers & Building Mods contains vital information on 15 ... Read more

$3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Experience the best mods in Minecraft®™ with Master Builder Mod Launchers & Building Mods. Master the Technic Mod Launcher and the Feed the Beast Mod Launcher with fan favorites like Official Crafting Dead or Pixelmon and Trident or Mage Quest. Also including Instant Structures Mod and Instant Massive Structures Mod, Master Builder Mod Launchers & Building Mods contains vital information on 15
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AI Crash Course

A fun and hands-on introduction to machine learning, reinforcement learning, deep learning, and artificial intelligence with Python

by Hadelin de Ponteves ...

Unlock the power of artificial intelligence with top Udemy AI instructor Hadelin de Ponteves.Key FeaturesLearn from friendly, plain English explanations and practical activitiesPut ideas into action with 5 hands-on projects that show step-by-step how to build intelligent softwareUse AI to win classic video games and construct a virtual self-driving carBook DescriptionWelcome to the Robot World … ... Read more

$28.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Unlock the power of artificial intelligence with top Udemy AI instructor Hadelin de Ponteves.Key FeaturesLearn from friendly, plain English explanations and practical activitiesPut ideas into action with 5 hands-on projects that show step-by-step how to build intelligent softwareUse AI to win classic video games and construct a virtual self-driving carBook DescriptionWelcome to the Robot World …
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The Sierra Adventure

The Story of Sierra On-Line

by Shawn Mills ...

The Sierra Adventure: The Story of Sierra On-Line tells the story of legendary computer game company Sierra On-Line, developers of industry defining titles such as King’s Quest, Quest for Glory, and Leisure Suit Larry. Told through the words of the people who worked there, designers, artists, programmers, animators, musicians, marketting, and management, this is the story told in the words of ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

The Sierra Adventure: The Story of Sierra On-Line tells the story of legendary computer game company Sierra On-Line, developers of industry defining titles such as King’s Quest, Quest for Glory, and Leisure Suit Larry. Told through the words of the people who worked there, designers, artists, programmers, animators, musicians, marketting, and management, this is the story told in the words of
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Practical Cybersecurity Architecture

A guide to creating and implementing robust designs for cybersecurity architects

by Ed Moyle, Diana Kelley ...

Plan and design robust security architectures to secure your organization's technology landscape and the applications you developKey FeaturesLeverage practical use cases to successfully architect complex security structuresLearn risk assessment methodologies for the cloud, networks, and connected devicesUnderstand cybersecurity architecture to implement effective solutions in medium-to-large ... Read more

$51.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Plan and design robust security architectures to secure your organization's technology landscape and the applications you developKey FeaturesLeverage practical use cases to successfully architect complex security structuresLearn risk assessment methodologies for the cloud, networks, and connected devicesUnderstand cybersecurity architecture to implement effective solutions in medium-to-large
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The Psychology of Video Games

by Celia Hodent ...

Series series The Psychology of Everything
What impact can video games have on us as players? How does psychology influence video game creation? Why do some games become cultural phenomena?The Psychology of Video Games introduces the curious reader to the relationship between psychology and video games from the perspective of both game makers and players. Assuming no specialist knowledge, this concise, approachable guide is a starter book ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

What impact can video games have on us as players? How does psychology influence video game creation? Why do some games become cultural phenomena?The Psychology of Video Games introduces the curious reader to the relationship between psychology and video games from the perspective of both game makers and players. Assuming no specialist knowledge, this concise, approachable guide is a starter book
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Meganets

How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities

by David B. Auerbach ...

How the autonomous digital forces jolting our lives – as uncontrollable as the weather and plate tectonics – are transforming life, society, culture, and politics.David Auerbach’s exploration of the phenomenon he has identified as the meganet begins with a simple, startling revelation: There is no hand on the tiller of some of the largest global digital forces that influence our daily lives: from ... Read more

$24.99 CAD

How the autonomous digital forces jolting our lives – as uncontrollable as the weather and plate tectonics – are transforming life, society, culture, and politics.David Auerbach’s exploration of the phenomenon he has identified as the meganet begins with a simple, startling revelation: There is no hand on the tiller of some of the largest global digital forces that influence our daily lives: from
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Open Source Systems: Towards Robust Practices

13th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 22-23, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by Federico Balaguer, Roberto Di Cosmo, Alejandra Garrido, Fabio Kon, Gregorio Robles, Stefano Zacchiroli ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book is open access under a CC BY license.This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2017, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in May 2017.The 16 revised full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics related to free, libre, ... Read more

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This book is open access under a CC BY license.This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2017, held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in May 2017.The 16 revised full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics related to free, libre,
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Ethics and Civil Drones

European Policies and Proposals for the Industry

Edited by María de Miguel Molina, Virginia Santamarina Campos ...

Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
This open access book disseminates some of the results of the European H2020 AiRT Project (Technology transfer of RPAs for the creative industry). In particular, it presents findings related to mitigating safety and security concerns when civil drones are piloted by the service sector (mainly, the creative industry). European policies regarding drones generally focus on outdoor drones, but they ... Read more

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This open access book disseminates some of the results of the European H2020 AiRT Project (Technology transfer of RPAs for the creative industry). In particular, it presents findings related to mitigating safety and security concerns when civil drones are piloted by the service sector (mainly, the creative industry). European policies regarding drones generally focus on outdoor drones, but they
... Read more
QuickBase: The Missing Manual

The Missing Manual

by Nancy Conner ...

Ready to put Intuit's QuickBase to work? Our new Missing Manual shows you how to capture, modify, share, and manage data and documents with this web-based data-sharing program quickly and easily. No longer do you have to coordinate your team through a blizzard of emails or play frustrating games of "guess which document is the right one."QuickBase saves your organization time and money, letting ... Read more

$35.99 CAD

Ready to put Intuit's QuickBase to work? Our new Missing Manual shows you how to capture, modify, share, and manage data and documents with this web-based data-sharing program quickly and easily. No longer do you have to coordinate your team through a blizzard of emails or play frustrating games of "guess which document is the right one."QuickBase saves your organization time and money, letting
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Security Monitoring

Proven Methods for Incident Detection on Enterprise Networks

by Chris Fry, Martin Nystrom ...

How well does your enterprise stand up against today's sophisticated security threats? In this book, security experts from Cisco Systems demonstrate how to detect damaging security incidents on your global network--first by teaching you which assets you need to monitor closely, and then by helping you develop targeted strategies and pragmatic techniques to protect them.Security Monitoring is based ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

How well does your enterprise stand up against today's sophisticated security threats? In this book, security experts from Cisco Systems demonstrate how to detect damaging security incidents on your global network--first by teaching you which assets you need to monitor closely, and then by helping you develop targeted strategies and pragmatic techniques to protect them.Security Monitoring is based
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L'IA va-t-elle aussi tuer la démocratie ?

by Jean-François Copé, Dr Laurent Alexandre ...

Deux textes, deux mises en gardes urgents : l’IA va-t-elle dynamiter la politique ?Pour Laurent Alexandre les effets de l’irrésistible progression de l’IA vont tout bouleverser.À l’origine on pensait qu’Internet deviendrait le principal outil de la promotion de la démocratie, au contraire le web est devenu un outil majeur de désinformation et de contrôle policier, allié des régimes les plus ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Deux textes, deux mises en gardes urgents : l’IA va-t-elle dynamiter la politique ?Pour Laurent Alexandre les effets de l’irrésistible progression de l’IA vont tout bouleverser.À l’origine on pensait qu’Internet deviendrait le principal outil de la promotion de la démocratie, au contraire le web est devenu un outil majeur de désinformation et de contrôle policier, allié des régimes les plus
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Java: A Beginner's Guide, Seventh Edition

by Herbert Schildt ...

Up-to-Date, Essential Java Programming Skills—Made Easy!Supplement for key JDK 10 new features available from book's Downloads & Resources page at OraclePressBooks.com.Fully updated for Java Platform, Standard Edition 9 (Java SE 9), Java: A Beginner’s Guide, Seventh Edition, gets you started programming in Java right away. Bestselling programming author Herb Schildt begins with the basics, such as ... Read more

$40.99 CAD

Up-to-Date, Essential Java Programming Skills—Made Easy!Supplement for key JDK 10 new features available from book's Downloads & Resources page at OraclePressBooks.com.Fully updated for Java Platform, Standard Edition 9 (Java SE 9), Java: A Beginner’s Guide, Seventh Edition, gets you started programming in Java right away. Bestselling programming author Herb Schildt begins with the basics, such as
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Hacking Exposed Malware & Rootkits: Security Secrets and Solutions, Second Edition

by Christopher C. Elisan, Michael A. Davis, Sean M. Bodmer, Aaron LeMasters ...

Series series Hacking Exposed
Arm yourself for the escalating war against malware and rootkits Thwart debilitating cyber-attacks and dramatically improve your organization’s security posture using the proven defense strategies in this thoroughly updated guide. Hacking Exposed™ Malware and Rootkits: Security Secrets & Solutions, Second Edition fully explains the hacker’s latest methods alongside ready-to-deploy countermeasures ... Read more

$77.99 CAD

Arm yourself for the escalating war against malware and rootkits Thwart debilitating cyber-attacks and dramatically improve your organization’s security posture using the proven defense strategies in this thoroughly updated guide. Hacking Exposed™ Malware and Rootkits: Security Secrets & Solutions, Second Edition fully explains the hacker’s latest methods alongside ready-to-deploy countermeasures
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Video Games and the Global South

by Phillip Penix-Tadsen ...

Video Games and the Global South redefines games and game culture from south to north, analyzing the cultural impact of video games, the growth of game development and the vitality of game cultures across Africa, the Middle East, Central and South America, the Indian subcontinent, Oceania and Asia. ... Read more

$2.99 CAD

Video Games and the Global South redefines games and game culture from south to north, analyzing the cultural impact of video games, the growth of game development and the vitality of game cultures across Africa, the Middle East, Central and South America, the Indian subcontinent, Oceania and Asia.
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Archaeologies of Touch

Interfacing with Haptics from Electricity to Computing

by David Parisi ...

A material history of haptics technology that raises new questions about the relationship between touch and mediaSince the rise of radio and television, we have lived in an era defined increasingly by the electronic circulation of images and sounds. But the flood of new computing technologies known as haptic interfaces—which use electricity, vibration, and force feedback to stimulate the sense of ... Read more

$31.99 CAD

A material history of haptics technology that raises new questions about the relationship between touch and mediaSince the rise of radio and television, we have lived in an era defined increasingly by the electronic circulation of images and sounds. But the flood of new computing technologies known as haptic interfaces—which use electricity, vibration, and force feedback to stimulate the sense of
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