Books

It's not 1998 anymore. It's been over 30 years since Linux was first released, and the Linux Desktop has undergone seismic shifts in usability and capability over the years. This book is designed for the modern age and helps you take advantage of all the latest technology available for desktop Linux. Even if you've used Linux before, things have changed a lot in just the last few years. Whether you're worried Windows no longer has your best interests at heart, or you're just plain curious, this guide will help you get up and running while avoiding all of the usual potholes and footguns along the way.

Unlock the secrets to skyrocketing website traffic, mastering SEO, and dominating Google’s first page with practical strategies, expert insights, and long-term growth techniques.

Some things talk. Some things glow. Some things smile— but don’t really know!! In a world full of blinking lights and friendly voices, this book is a soft reminder: Real listens. Real stays. Real holds. For children and the grown-ups who love them, Where Real Lives is a quiet journey toward recognizing what’s real—and keeping it close.

A manifesto against simulated empathy.A blueprint for ethical design.This is not a book about AI—it’s about what we mistake it for.

How Software Fails: A Field Guide to Understanding Complex System DisastersSoftware failures aren’t accidents, they’re inevitable. From cosmic rays flipping bits to tiny files crashing millions of machines, our most critical systems collapse in ways no one foresaw. Through gripping cases, the $460M Knight Capital meltdown, the lethal Therac-25, a file grounding global air travel, this book uncovers the hidden rules of complex disasters. Drawing on Richard Cook’s principles, it shows why testing can’t guarantee safety, how “reasonable” choices spawn chaos, and why scale makes the impossible certain. But it’s also about resilience: NASA’s Mars rovers, Netflix’s chaos engineering, and the ethics of life-critical systems. For engineers, managers, or curious readers, this guide reshapes how you see the fragile systems running our world.

This is a work of fiction that attempts to document what might happen if a fictional Wisc senior citizen named Lefty Insider attempts to seek justice against exploitation from a fictional monopolistic corporation, (identified as Charpectrum), through the Federal and State Consumer Protection systems.This fictional tale seeks to imagine what a realistic experience would be like if a well-informed, educated and technically competent persistently stubborn consumer, of German ancestry, sought the protection of government agencies against the financial and marketing exploitation from a rapacious and malevolent incumbent monopoly Internet service provider corporation.This is also a story about elected idiots, liars, fools, incompetents, bureaucrats, and of course is but a fictional story about imagined government run Consumer Protection systems.

Have you noticed how we are so familiar with being an audience that the types of audiencing we are doing are virtually invisible? Yet, audiencing is something we all do: it is fun, it is a skill, it can be our job, and for most of us it is a social survival strategy — it is not something we can easily escape but we can at least understand it. And appreciate why it matters. Using popular quotes, academic research, AI, and personal anecdotes, Audiencing makes visible four audiencing types — something that, once seen clearly, may change how you see yourself, and others, as you audience, everyday. To discover more – audience on.

Did you ever wonder which ChatBot fits you better? Could bots have distinct personalities? And what about inference transparency, like system prompts? Explore how AI models and frontends differ in structure, personality, and usability – and find the best fit for your needs!

Can we imagine a world where everything we collectively know as humans, everywhere, is available and understandable to everyone of us, anytime, with the same quality of the clearest and strongest memory we can recall? If such a world would exist, how would it be and which characteristics the global society in it would have?

In unethical software, not every line of code is written with good intentions. Unethical Software Engineering: Dark Patterns exposes how to manipulate users, drive profits, and evade accountability. From covert surveillance, monetization at all costs, digital fraud, ranking manipulation, all the way to unethical artificial intelligence practices, this scary book unveils how these "dark patterns" exploit human beings, erode trust, and disrupt digital ethics.Whether you're a developer, an architect, a tech enthusiast, or simply a concerned user, this book will change how you think about your daily apps — and inspire you to demand better. By helping you to draw the line between what is acceptable and what is questionable, Unethical Software Engineering: Dark Patterns shines a light on the digital dark side of software engineering where profits are prioritized over people.

Embark on a riveting journey into the heart of artificial intelligence with "The Rise of the Machines," a compelling exploration that unveils the power and potential pitfalls of AI technology. In this ebook, we delve into the very essence of AI, unraveling its capabilities, and exposing the imminent threat of a looming takeover.

Tired of experiencing poor Internet speeds, bandwidth error messages, buffering, and freezing along with excessive monopoly pricing, Lefty takes on an Internet monopolist and demands irrefutable proof of the delivery of their advertised service levels. He fights for the little guys historically being duped with overpricing and under delivery.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence in machines that are programmed to think and learn like humans. In other words, AI involves creating algorithms and computer programs that can perform tasks that usually require human intelligence, such as perception, decision-making, natural language understanding...

Beyond practical applications, the McGinty Equation underscores the beauty and elegance of physics, demonstrating how theoretical concepts can be used to solve complex problems and uncover new truths about the universe. Its potential applications extend beyond quantum mechanics and into other fields, such as biology, finance, and computer science.