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Mindclone - Quando sei un cervello senza corpo, puoi ancora essere definito umano?: UN ROMANZO SULLA CONSAPEVOLEZZA DELLE ENTITÀ CIBERNETICHE
by Vittorio Rossi David T. WolfMarc Gregorio si risveglia paralizzato. Non riesce più a percepire il proprio corpo. Incidente? Infarto? Qualcuno gli ha fatto un'overdose di Botox? La risposta, scoprirà poi, è molto, molto peggiore. Lui è soltanto una copia di Marc, è un cervello digitale senza un corpo, dotato di tutti i ricordi umani di Marc, ma senza alcun accesso ai piaceri sensuali degli esseri umani. Ora deve trovare un motivo per continuare a "vivere". Adam il Mindclone incontra il vero Marc Gregorio... e la sua nuova ragazza, Molly Schaeffer. Anche Adam è innamorato di lei. Ma come può un'entità digitale sperimentare l'amore? Non può nemmeno gustare una pizza. L'unica sua consolazione: il suo potente cervello digitale. Spinto da Molly, si dedica così a scoprire trame terroristiche, attentati alle scuole, abusi dei membri del Congresso e imbrogli a Wall Street. Le sue buone azioni sollevano però l'interesse di un fornitore militare, assetato di potere, che non si fermerà davanti a nulla — furti, rapimenti e anche peggio — per ottenere il controllo della tecnologia. Senza un corpo, come potrà Adam salvare sè stesso – ed il mondo intero – da un terribile destino?
Mindf*ck: Inside Cambridge Analytica's Plot to Break the World
by AnonymousWhat if you could peer into the minds of an entire population? What if you could target the weakest with rumours that only they saw?In 2016, an obscure British military contractor turned the world upside down. Funded by a billionaire on a crusade to start his own far-right insurgency, Cambridge Analytica combined psychological research with private Facebook data to make an invisible weapon with the power to change what voters perceived as real.The firm was created to launch the then unknown Steve Bannon's ideological assault on America. But as it honed its dark arts in elections from Trinidad to Nigeria, 24-year-old research director Christopher Wylie began to see what he and his colleagues were unleashing.He had heard the disturbing visions of the investors. He saw what CEO Alexander Nix did behind closed doors. When Britain shocked the world by voting to leave the EU, Wylie realised it was time to expose his old associates. The political crime of the century had just taken place - the weapon had been tested - and nobody knew.
Mindful Design: A Survival Guide for Responsible Product Designers (Design Thinking)
by Scott RileyLearn to create seamless designs backed by a responsible understanding of the human mind. This new edition is fully updated and reworked to employ a realistic, challenging, and practical approach to interface design, presenting state of the art scientific studies in behavioral sciences, interface design and the psychology of design. All with modern, up-to-date examples and screenshots. The practical portion of this edition has been completely reworked, giving you the chance to follow along with a real, proven design process that has produced several successful products imbued with the principles of mindful, responsible design.You'll examine how human behavior can be used to integrate your product design into lifestyle, rather than interrupt it, and make decisions for the good of those that are using your product. You will also learn about the neurological aspects and limitations of human vision and perception; about our attachment to harmony and dissonance; and about our brain’s propensity towards pattern recognition and how we perceive the world around us. In the second half of the book, you’ll follow along with the key phases of a design project, implementing what you have learned in an end-to-end, practical setting. Design is a responsibility, but not enough designers understand the human mind or the process of thought. Mindful Design, Second Edition introduces the areas of brain science that matter to designers, and passionately explains how those areas affect each human’s day-to-day experiences with products and interfaces, providing a battle-tested toolkit to help you make responsible design decisions. What You'll Learn Review how attention and distraction work and the cost of attentional switchingUse Gestalt principles to communicate visual groupingEnsure your underlying models make sense to your audienceUse time, progression, and transition to create a compositionCarefully examine controlling behavior through reductionist and behaviorist motivation concepts Apply the theoretical knowledge to practical, mindful interface design Who This Book Is For The primary audience for this book is professional designers who wish to learn more about the human mind and how to apply that to their work. The book is also useful for design-focused product owners and startup founders who wish to apply ethical thinking to a team, or when bootstrapping their products. The secondary audience is design students who are either studying a ‘traditional’ visual design course, or a UX/interaction design course who have a desire to learn how they might be able to apply mindful design to their early careers. Finally, a tertiary audience for this book would be tutors involved in teaching design, or peripheral, courses who may wish to incorporate its teachings into their lectures, workshops or seminars.
Mindful Design: How And Why To Make Design Decisions For The Good Of Those Using Your Product
by Scott RileyLearn to create seamless designs backed by a responsible understanding of the human mind. This book examines how human behavior can be used to integrate your product design into lifestyle, rather than interrupt it, and make decisions for the good of those that are using your product. Mindful Design introduces the areas of brain science that matter to designers, and passionately explains how those areas affect each human’s day-to-day experiences with products and interfaces. You will learn about the neurological aspects and limitations of human vision and perception; about our attachment to harmony and dissonance, such as visual harmony, musical harmony; and about our brain’s propensity towards pattern recognition and how we perceive the world cognitively. In the second half of the book you will focus on the practical application of what you have learned, specific to interaction and interface design. Real-world examples are used throughout so that you can really see how design is impacting our everyday digital experience. Design is a responsibility, but not enough designers understand the human mind or the process of thought. This book explores the key factors involved and shows you how to make the right design choices. What You'll Learn Review how attention and distraction work and the cost of attentional switchingUse Gestalt principles to communicate visual groupingEnsure your underlying models make sense to your audienceUse time, progression, and transition to create a compositionCarefully examine controlling behavior through reductionist and behaviorist motivation concepts Apply the theoretical knowledge to practical, mindful application design Who This Book Is For The primary audience for this book is professional designers who wish to learn more about the human mind and how to apply that to their work. The book is also useful for design-focussed product owners and startup founders who wish to apply ethical thinking to a team, or when bootstrapping their products. The secondary audience is design students who are either studying a ‘traditional’ visual design course, or a UX/interaction design course who have a desire to learn how they might be able to apply mindful design to their early careers. Finally, a tertiary audience for this book would be tutors involved in teaching design, or peripheral, courses who may wish to incorporate its teachings into their lectures, workshops or seminars.
Mindful Teaching with Technology: Digital Diligence in the English Language Arts, Grades 6-12
by Troy HicksTechnology is integral to teaching in the English language arts, whether in-person, hybrid, or remote. In this indispensable guide, Troy Hicks shows how to teach and model "digital diligence"--an alert, intentional stance that helps both teachers and students use technology productively, ethically, and responsibly. Resources and lesson ideas are presented to build adolescents' skills for protecting online privacy, minimizing digital distraction, breaking through &“filter bubbles,&” fostering civil conversations, evaluating information on the Internet, creating meaningful digital writing, and deeply engaging with multimedia texts. Dozens of websites, apps, and other tools are reviewed, with links provided at the companion website; end-of-chapter teaching points and guiding questions facilitate learning and application.
Mindhacker
by Ron Hale-Evans Marty Hale-EvansCompelling tips and tricks to improve your mental skills Don't you wish you were just a little smarter? Ron and Marty Hale-Evans can help with a vast array of witty, practical techniques that tune your brain to peak performance. Founded in current research, Mindhacker features 60 tips, tricks, and games to develop your mental potential. This accessible compilation helps improve memory, accelerate learning, manage time, spark creativity, hone math and logic skills, communicate better, think more clearly, and keep your mind strong and flexible.
Minding Minors Wandering the Web: Regulating Online Child Safety
by Simone van der Hof Bibi van den Berg Bart SchermerEnsuring online safety has become a topic on the regulatory agenda in many Western societies. However, regulating for online safety is far from easy, due to the wide variety of national and international, private and public actors and stakeholders that are involved. When regulating online risks for children it is important to strike the right balance between protection against harms on the one hand and safeguarding their fundamental freedoms and rights on the other. The authors in this book attempt to grapple with precisely this theme: striking the right balance between ensuring safety for children on the internet while at the same time enabling them to experiment, to learn, to enrich their lives, to acquire skills and to have fun using this global network. The authors come from various scientific disciplines, ranging from law to social science and from media studies to philosophy. This means that the book provides the reader with both empirical and theoretical/conceptual chapters and sheds a multi-disciplinary light on the complex topic of regulating online safety for children.
Minding the Future: Artificial Intelligence, Philosophical Visions and Science Fiction (Science and Fiction)
by Barry Dainton Will Slocombe Attila TanyiBringing together literary scholars, computer scientists, ethicists, philosophers of mind, and scholars from affiliated disciplines, this collection of essays offers important and timely insights into the pasts, presents, and, above all, possible futures of Artificial Intelligence. This book covers topics such as ethics and morality, identity and selfhood, and broader issues about AI, addressing questions about the individual, social, and existential impacts of such technologies. Through the works of science fiction authors such as Isaac Asimov, Stanislaw Lem, Ann Leckie, Iain M. Banks, and Martha Wells, alongside key visual productions such as Ex Machina, Westworld, and Her, contributions illustrate how science fiction might inform potential futures as well as acting as a springboard to bring disciplinary knowledge to bear on significant developments of Artificial Intelligence. Addressing a broad, interdisciplinary audience, both expert and non-expert readers gain an in-depth understanding of the wide range of pressing issues to which Artificial Intelligence gives rise, and the ways in which science fiction narratives have been used to represent them. Using science fiction in this manner enables readers to see how even fictional worlds and imagined futures have very real impacts on how we understand these technologies. As such, readers are introduced to theoretical positions on Artificial Intelligence through fictional works as well as encouraged to reflect on the diverse aspects of Artificial Intelligence through its many philosophical, social, legal, scientific, and cultural ramifications.
Minding the Machines: Building and Leading Data Science and Analytics Teams
by Jeremy AdamsonOrganize, plan, and build an exceptional data analytics team within your organization In Minding the Machines: Building and Leading Data Science and Analytics Teams, AI and analytics strategy expert Jeremy Adamson delivers an accessible and insightful roadmap to structuring and leading a successful analytics team. The book explores the tasks, strategies, methods, and frameworks necessary for an organization beginning their first foray into the analytics space or one that is rebooting its team for the umpteenth time in search of success. In this book, you’ll discover: A focus on the three pillars of strategy, process, and people and their role in the iterative and ongoing effort of building an analytics team Repeated emphasis on three guiding principles followed by successful analytics teams: start early, go slow, and fully commit The importance of creating clear goals and objectives when creating a new analytics unit in an organization Perfect for executives, managers, team leads, and other business leaders tasked with structuring and leading a successful analytics team, Minding the Machines is also an indispensable resource for data scientists and analysts who seek to better understand how their individual efforts fit into their team’s overall results.
Mindless: Why Smarter Machines are Making Dumber Humans
by Simon HeadThe tools of corporate efficiency - expert systems, databases, and operations management - have improved our lives significantly, but with a cost: they're turning us into mindless drones. This book traces how these IT-intensive management systems have come to dominate our lives, with a profound effect in particular on the middle class.
Mindstorms: Children, Computers, And Powerful Ideas
by Seymour A. PapertIn this revolutionary book, a renowned computer scientist explains the importance of teaching children the basics of computing and how it can prepare them to succeed in the ever-evolving tech world.Computers have completely changed the way we teach children. We have Mindstorms to thank for that. In this book, pioneering computer scientist Seymour Papert uses the invention of LOGO, the first child-friendly programming language, to make the case for the value of teaching children with computers. Papert argues that children are more than capable of mastering computers, and that teaching computational processes like de-bugging in the classroom can change the way we learn everything else. He also shows that schools saturated with technology can actually improve socialization and interaction among students and between students and teachers.Technology changes every day, but the basic ways that computers can help us learn remain. For thousands of teachers and parents who have sought creative ways to help children learn with computers, Mindstorms is their bible.
Minecraft
by Jennifer Hawkins Daniel Goldberg Linus LarssonThree years ago, 32-year-old Markus "Notch" Persson of Stockholm was an unknown and bored computer programmer. Today, he is a multi-millionaire international icon. Minecraft, the "virtual Lego" game Markus crafted in his free time, has become one of the most talked about activities since Tetris. Talked about by tens of millions of people, in fact. It is the story of unlikely success, fast money, and the power of digital technology to rattle an empire. And it is about creation, exclusion, and the feeling of not fitting in.Here Markus opens up for the first time about his life. About his old Lego-filled desk at school. About the first computer his father brought home one day. But also about growing up in a family marked by drug abuse and conflict. But above all it is the story of the fine line between seeming misfit and creative madman, and the birth of a tech visionary.Minecraft: The Unlikely Tale of Markus "Notch" Persson and the Game that Changed Everything is a Cinderella story for the Internet age.
Minecraft Basics For Dummies
by Jesse Stay Joseph Stay Alex StayThe easy way to get started with Minecraft Want to creep into the biggest video game of all time? Grab your pickaxe and let's go! Minecraft Basics For Dummies helps you (or your kids) get started and join the infinite online world that keeps millions of players of all ages engaged every day. Inside this portable-trim book, crafters will get all the tips and tricks needed to get started—on their own or with multiple players—in each of the three gameplay modes. Choose a platform and download the game Navigate, collect resources, and build structures Defend your creations against monsters Manage parental controls to keep kids safe while playing online Become a Minecraft master by defeating the Ender Dragon Unleash your creativity, elevate family game night, and have a ton of fun joining more than 141 million players in the online world of Minecraft!
Minecraft Bauanleitungen für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Adam Cordeiro Emily NelsonEin Schloss bauen, so wie im Märchen? Ja, das geht in Minecraft und auch noch vieles mehr. In diesem Bucherklären Ihnen Adam Cordeiro und Emily Nelson, wann Sie welchen Spielmodus wählen sollten, wo Sie dierichtigen Materialien finden, wie Sie diese zusammenfügen und vieles mehr. Sie erfahren auch, wie Sie IhreFarm automatisieren, eine Stadt bauen und was für fortgeschrittene Techniken es im Baugewerbe in Minecraftgibt. So gerüstet, können Sie in Minecraft Hammer und Kelle schwingen.
Minecraft Bite-Size Builds (Minecraft)
by Mojang AB The Official Minecraft TeamDiscover new and exciting Minecraft builds made easy, broken down into manageable pieces—written in official partnership with the experts at game-creator Mojang.Learn how to design, build and customize 20 mini-projects in Minecraft, from firefighter planes and deep-sea submarines to hidden bunkers and mini arcade games. There's even a superhero flying school! Each build is accompanied by exploded views and step-by-step, fully-illustrated guides and detailed instructions to show you how to complete each build from start to finish. Informative text will help you with your construction understanding and encourage you to use your new knowledge to create your very own builds.
Minecraft Builder - Around the World: Independent and Unofficial
by Mortimer Children's BooksTravel the world in Minecraft! This easy-to-follow guide is filled with detailed instructions on how to make your own versions of the world's greatest landmarks. It includes straightforward instructions on how to build 13 different structures from around the world, including the Statue of Liberty, the Easter Island Heads, Sydney Opera House, Burj Khalifa, the Eiffel Tower, and many more.Builds range in difficulty, so there's something for every reader to try. Plus, every section is filled with cool info about the world's greatest wonders, meaning this is the perfect title for young learners. It's a fantastic way to combine geography, history and creativity into an amazing, fulfilling Minecraft experience.
Minecraft Construction For Dummies
by Adam Cordeiro Emily NelsonAn accessible guide that makes Minecraft construction easyThere isn't anything that can't be built in Minecraft, but it can be overwhelming to figure out where to start. That's why there's Minecraft Construction For Dummies, Portable Edition. More than just a game, Minecraft consists of players using an avatar to create or destroy various types of blocks, form fantastic structures, create artwork, and do much more, all in a three-dimensional environment and across various multiplayer servers in multiple game modes. With this fun and friendly beginner's guide, you will quickly discover how to fine-tune your skills in order to construct almost anything you want in this amazing environment.Provides step-by-step instructions to help you build houses, boats, islands, and moreAddresses how to mine the right materials for basic buildingReveals how to build statues, beacons, and pillars as landmarksExplores how to develop your farm for renewable resourcesMinecraft Construction For Dummies, Portable Edition goes where you go as you create a world you won't want to leave!
Minecraft Festive Ideas: More Than 50 Wonderful Winter Builds
by DKYou won’t run out of building ideas with this magical stocking-stuffer, featuring more than 50 festive building ideas, games, and activities! Packed with inspirational ideas and tips for Minecraft holiday builds, Minecraft Festive Ideas is perfect for creative Minecraft fans who want to build a fun and festive winter wonderland. Building ideas include a gingerbread house, an adorable family of penguins, an arena for a snow golem snowball fight, merry Minecraft challenges suitable for younger players, and much more! © 2023 Mojang AB.
Minecraft For Dummies
by CordeiroCraft yourself an amazing game of Minecraft!More than just a game, Minecraft consists of players using an avatar to create or destroy various types of blocks, form fantastic structures, create artwork, and do much more, all in a three-dimensional environment and across various multiplayer servers in multiple game modes. With this fun and friendly beginners guide, you will quickly grasp how to play Minecraft in the three modes of game play: survival, creative, and hardcore. The easy-to-understand writing style walks you through every step of the way, from downloading the game to choosing a gaming platform to defending your creations against monsters and winning the game by defeating the Ender Dragon.Explains how to use blocks to build amazing creations and engage in gameplay with other playersDetails techniques for travelling across the biomesZeroes in on playing wisely in Survival mode so you can acquire resources to maintain your health and hungerShares tips for playing carefully in Creative mode, using your unlimited supply of resources, the ability to fly, and moreHelps you play in Hardcore modeMinecraft For Dummies, Portable Edition goes where you go as you create a world you won't want to leave!
Minecraft For Dummies
by Jesse StayDon't be a Minecraft tourist - get expert tips and advice in this full-color primerMinecraft For Dummies is the complete guide to playing within the Minecraft world. With easy-to-follow guidance from a team of Minecraft experts, you'll develop programming and engineering skills as you build amazing creations using in-game blocks and mechanical devices. Whether you prefer the PC, console, or portable platform, this helpful guide will walk you through the process of setting up and beginning gameplay, and engage with other users from all around the globe. With this trusty guidebook in hand, you'll navigate the infinite world of Minecraft with confidence, skills, and a storehouse of expert advice.Minecraft is the sandbox construction game that has become a mainstream phenomenon with over a hundred million players. A virtually infinite world and versatile style of play offer endless possibilities for both the hardcore gamer and the total noob, and Minecraft For Dummies shows you everything you need to know before you break your first block.Choose your platform, download the game, and play in all three modesGather resources, place and break blocks, and use circuits and logic gatesDefend your creations against spiders, skeletons, zombies, and the CreeperTravel across the biomes and defeat the enderdragon to win the gameWhether you play to win or just like to explore, there is a style of Minecraft that will spark your imagination. Create or destroy, make war or peace, attack or defend - the game is whatever you want it to be. If you're ready to leave your mark on this digital universe, Minecraft For Dummies is the primer you need to get up to speed.
Minecraft Idea a Day: Packed with Hundreds of Ideas to Inspire You!
by DKDiscover a new Minecraft build idea to inspire you each day!Get creative with 150 awesome Minecraft builds, from secret bases, cute animals, and dream homes, to supersized landmarks, mob builds and much more!Whether it’s a bouncy castle, creeper maze, swamp monster, rainbow bridge, axolotl house, or giant hotdog, each day brings a new and totally random, super-fun surprise. Plus, get top tips on how to level-up your Minecraft building skills.© 2024 Mojang AB.
Minecraft Idea a Day: Packed with Hundreds of Ideas to Inspire You!
by DK¡Pasa las páginas de este libro y encuentra la inspiración cada día con una nueva idea de construcción de Minecraft!Da rienda suelta a tu creatividad con 150 increíbles construcciones de Minecraft, desde bases secretas, animales adorables y casas de ensueño hasta monumentos gigantes y mucho más. Con un formato vertical encuadernado en espiral, es perfecto para ponerlo sobre tu escritorio o mesita de noche, y para pasar un rato divertido con familiares y amigos. Un castillo inflable, un laberinto de enredaderas, un monstruo de pantano, un puente arcoíris, una casa de axolotes o un hot dog gigante…Cada día encontrarás una sorpresa nueva, totalmente aleatoria y súper divertida, además de los mejores consejos para mejorar tus habilidades como constructor de Minecraft.© 2024 Mojang AB.------------------------------------------------------------Flip the page and discover a new Minecraft build idea to inspire you daily!Get creative with 150 awesome Minecraft builds, from secret bases, cute animals, and dream homes to supersized landmarks, mob builds, and much more! The stand-up, spiral-bound format is perfect for displaying next to your screen and enjoying with family and friends as you find inspiration for your next brilliant build.Whether it’s a bouncy castle, creeper maze, a swamp monster, rainbow bridge, axolotl house, or giant hotdog, each day brings a new and totally random, super-fun surprise. Plus, get top tips on how to level up your Minecraft-building skills.© 2024 Mojang AB.
Minecraft Ideas navideñas (Festive Ideas)
by DK¡Encuentra la inspiración con más de 50 ideas de construcción, juegos y actividades de Navidad!Perfecto para los fans más creativos, este libro está lleno de ideas y consejos útiles para llevar a cabo construcciones navideñas del mundo de Minecraft. Construye una casa de pan de jengibre, una adorable familia de pingüinos o una arena para peleas de bolas de nieve con gólems, y enfréntate a los desafíos más divertidos con Minecraft Ideas navideñas.© 2024 Mojang AB.------------------------You won’t run out of building ideas with this magical stocking-stuffer, featuring more than 50 festive building ideas, games, and activities!Packed with inspirational ideas and tips for Minecraft holiday builds, Minecraft Festive Ideas is perfect for creative Minecraft fans who want to build a fun and festive winter wonderland. Building ideas include a gingerbread house, an adorable family of penguins, an arena for a snow golem snowball fight, merry Minecraft challenges suitable for younger players, and much more!© 2024 Mojang AB.
Minecraft Legends: A Hero's Guide to Saving the Overworld (Minecraft)
by Mojang AB The Official Minecraft TeamPrepare for the upcoming Minecraft: Legends video game with this official guide from Mojang, featuring tips, tricks, and strategies to help you defeat the Piglin threat and save the Overworld! The Overworld needs a hero. Is it you? The Overworld is on the brink of destruction. The piglins have arrived, and they&’re hungering to take it for themselves. Gather your strength, inspire unexpected friends and lead them into battle before the piglins&’ Nether corruption devours all. Inside these pages, you&’ll discover game-winning strategies, from combat hacks to building tips, and learn what to expect from the piglin hordes and their bases. This is your ultimate guide to driving the piglins back to the Nether.
Minecraft Master Builder Challenges (Minecraft Master Builder #5)
by Welbeck Children's BooksIf you're playing Minecraft online with friends, you need this cool new collection of amazing Minecraft challenges! This book gives you simple, step-by-step instructions for building amazing arenas, setting up fun quests, and organising server-wide games.Difficulty levels range from easy-to-play games like hide-and-seek and racing, to fun building challenges, and all the way up to huge epic tasks involving all your friends. Best of all, you don't need to mod your copy of Minecraft-all the challenges here can be shared with your friends without any extra downloads or alterations to regular Minecraft. If you're looking to create some spectacular challenges to amuse and amaze your friends, look no further!