Tabla de Contenidos: “…New Opportunities -- Notes -- Part 4 Challenges -- Chapter 9 Understanding Reality -- Seeking New Frontiers -- Post-Truths in the Metaverse -- Assumptions -- A Protocol and an Engine -- Governance and Access -- Notes -- Chapter 10 Privacy and Safety in the Metaverse -- Data Issues -- Your Internet of Things -- Security -- Social and Emotional -- Harassment -- Digital Cloning -- Hacking -- Society -- Children's Safety -- Safety Controls -- Notes -- Chapter 11 New Rights and Regulations -- Crypto Scams -- New Medium and Platform Risks -- Metaverse Dark Web -- Challenges and Risks -- Trust Across Worlds -- Assess -- Inform -- Manage -- Prevent -- New Rules for New Ways -- Notes -- Chapter 12 The New Humanity -- The Impact of Data -- Reality, Digital, Technology -- IoT (Internet of Things) -- Wearables -- Robotics -- Self-Driving Cars -- Exoskeletons -- It's All Connected -- Where's the Line? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Custom Shapes: Intro to Bézier CurvesCubic Bézier Curve: Two Control Point Spline; Quadratic Bézier Curve: One Control Point Spline; Using Splines: Creating Complex Shapes; The Draw Bézier Curves Tool: 2D Shape Modeling; The Edit Paths by Nodes Tool: Refining 2D Shapes; Summary; Chapter 3: The Styling of Digital Illustration: Stroke and Fill; Inkscape: Vector Illustration Shape Styles; The UI Layout: Overview of Key Areas in Inkscape; Polygon Shapes: Creating Basic Closed Shapes; Solid Color Fill: Using Fill to Color Your Octagon Dark Green…”

“…The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the ensuing 'war on terror' have focused attention on issues that have previously lurked in a dark corner at the edge of the legal universe. This book presents a systematic and comprehensive attempt by legal scholars to conceptualize the theory of emergency powers, combining post-September 11 developments with more general theoretical, historical and comparative perspectives. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Getting Twitter API access -- Authenticating with Twitter -- Scraping user tweets -- Scraping user following -- Scraping user followers -- Scraping using search terms -- Converting Twitter tweets into network data -- End-to-end Twitter scraping -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Graph Construction and Cleaning -- Technical requirements -- Creating a graph from an edge list -- Types of graphs -- Summarizing graphs -- Listing nodes -- Removing nodes -- Quick visual inspection -- Adding nodes -- Adding edges -- Renaming nodes -- Removing edges -- Persisting the network -- Simulating an attack -- Summary -- Part 3: Network Science and Social Network Analysis -- Chapter 7: Whole Network Analysis -- Technical requirements -- Creating baseline WNA questions -- Revised SNA questions -- Social network analysis revisited -- WNA in action -- Loading data and creating networks -- Network size and complexity -- Network visualization and thoughts -- Important nodes -- Degrees -- Degree centrality -- Betweenness centrality -- Closeness centrality -- PageRank -- Edge centralities -- Comparing centralities -- Visualizing subgraphs -- Investigating islands and continents - connected components -- Communities -- Bridges -- Understanding layers with k_core and k_corona -- k_core -- k_corona -- Challenge yourself! …”

“…The company has also become the largest provider of cloud-computing services and home surveillance systems, not to mention the ubiquitous Alexa. With cutting-edge analyses, this book looks at the many dark facets of the corporation, including automation, surveillance, tech work, workers' struggles, algorithmic challenges, the disruption of local democracy and much more. …”

“…With the help of enlightening examples, dynamic exercises, and lifesaving tips, she guides you through a range of challenging situations, demonstrating how her innovative approach makes managing less of a stumble in the dark. Discover why many people dislike the role of “manager” Identify and accept your temperament Learn how to capitalize on your strengths Explore the Thinker-Feeler personality spectrum Examine the interplay between thinking-feeling and introversion-extroversion Apply The Platinum Rule, the ERSA method, and numerous other cutting edge tools Gain techniques to identify others’ styles and motivate based on their primary drivers Increase your self-awareness Devora Zack, CEO of Only Connect Consulting, is a global keynote speaker, consultant, and coach with 100+ clients such as Cornell University, Smithsonian, Australian Institute of Management, U.S. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Unraveling the Mystery; The Vision Thing; Context Sensitivity; Short-Termism; Long-Term Language; The Battle; Part 1: Visionary Content; Chapter 1: The Groundwork; Your Personal Vision; Vision 101; Transformational Leadership; The Alpe d'HuZes; Core Ingredients; Logos, Ethos, and Pathos; The Dark Side; Chapter 2: Tapping Into Your Imagination; Rejuvenated Restaurants; N. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…; What Is Open Source Software?; The Dark Side of the Force; Use the Source, Luke; Innovation Through the Scientific Method; Perils to Open Source; Motivating the Open Source Hacker; The Venture and Investment Future of Linux; Science and the New Renaissance; A Brief History of Hackerdom; Prologue: The Real Programmers; The Early Hackers; The Rise of Unix; The End of Elder Days; The Proprietary Unix Era; The Early Free Unixes; The Great Web Explosion…”

“…—Peter Wayner, author of Translucent Databases "Cannon provides an invaluable map to guide developers through the dark forest created by the collision of cutting-edge software development and personal privacy." …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 2 Working with Layers, Selections, and MasksDUPLICATE AND CHANGE THE BACKGROUND LAYER to fix problems such as overexposure; Using an ADJUSTMENT LAYER to adjust a photo nondestructively; BLEND TWO PHOTOS TOGETHER with a layer mask; Using CUSTOM SHAPE LAYERS to add designs to photos; ACCENTUATE A SKY easily with a gradient fill layer; Using the QUICK SELECTION TOOL AND REFINE EDGE PALETTE for selections; Using a QUICK MASK to make a detailed selection; EXTRACT THE MAIN SUBJECT from the background; Open or add layers as SMART OBJECTS for nondestructive changes…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Change your WINDOW VIEWSChapter 2: Working with Layers, Selections, and Masks; NAME AND COLOR- CODE LAYERS to organize the Layers panel; DUPLICATE AND CHANGE the Background layer for more options; Adjust a photo with an ADJUSTMENT LAYER; BLEND TWO PHOTOS TOGETHER with a layer mask; Add a design with a CUSTOM SHAPE LAYER; ACCENTUATE A SKY with a gradient fill layer; Make a selection with the QUICK SELECTION TOOL; USE REFINE EDGE to make all selections better; PAINT A QUICK MASK to make a detailed selection; ADD LAYERS AS SMART OBJECTS for flexible changes…”

“…Although such tactics are extremely controversial, many security professionals are reaching into the dark side of their tool box to identify, target, and suppress their adversaries. …”

“…An urgent and expert investigation into behavioral addiction, the dark flipside of today's unavoidable digital technologies, and how we can turn the tide to regain control. …”