In this book Mark C. Layton introduces the planning and execution approaches that can help complete projects more quickly, with higher quality and using fewer resources. The book lays out the principles and practices of agile techniques in jargon-free language that anyone can understand. Readers will learn all the important terms, tools, and concepts, so they can infuse agility into their projects.

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This book shows how to use MicroPython to program the Pico and interface with the Pico’s hardware. Harry Fairhead and Mike James reveal what you can do with the Pico's GPIO lines together with widely used sensors, servos, motors and ADCs. This updated and expanded edition was prompted by the launch of the Pico 2 and Pico 2W which use a new chip, the RP2350, with significant improvements but also changes. This book therefore covers four devices, the new Pico 2 and its WiFi counterpart, the Pico 2W, as well as the original Pico and Pico W.

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This book addresses the challenge of building AI that not only generates text but also grounds its responses in real data and takes action. Salvatore Raieli shows how to use retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), knowledge graphs, and agent-based architectures to engineer truly intelligent behavior.

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In this rollicking tech and pop culture history, Keith Houston follows emoji from its birth in 1990s Japan, traces its Western explosion in the 2000s, and considers emoji’s ever-expanding lexicon. Named for the world’s most popular pictogram, Face with Tears of Joy tells the whole story of emoji, where they came from, how they work, and where they're going.

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In this book Dr. Joachim Steinwendner and Dr. Roland Schwaiger show how to program a neural network, from implementing the scikit-learn library to using the perceptron learning algorithm. The book shows how to train a neural network, measure errors, make use of transfer learning, and implement the CRISP-DM model.

<ASIN: 1493226967>

This book explains how to use tmux 3, a keyboard-driven terminal multiplexer that provides a mouse-free development environment. In this updated third edition for tmux 3, Brian P. Hogan shows how to customize, script, and make use of tmux’s abilities to craft a productive terminal environment that lets you keep your fingers on your keyboard’s home row. 

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In this book, Crisis Magazine editor and author Eric Sammons argues that although in its early days bitcoin was known as the currency of drug-dealers and criminals, it is in fact the most moral money ever created and that it outshines our current economic system, which empowers the corrupt and corrupts the powerful. 

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This book provides guidance on creating web APIs that are flexible, secure, and easily integrated. It shows how to streamline and standardize API design decisions with rationale and automation, and provides insights on how to apply the concepts to other API styles such as gRPC.In this new edition Arnaud Lauret covers the latest updates to the OpenAPI standard.

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This book looks at the challenges of game development from rendering complex 3D scenes to managing AI behavior and handling animations using high-performance C++ data structures and algorithms. Zhenyu George Li  and Charles Shih-I Yeh show how to apply practical C++ techniques to create smooth, scalable, and intelligent games.

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In this book linguist Adam Aleksic explores how internet algorithms are transforming language and communication in unprecedented ways. From "brainrot" memes and incel slang to the trend of adding "-core" to different influencer aesthetics, the internet has ushered in an unprecedented linguistic upheaval. We're entering an entirely new era of etymology

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This book covers the essentials of modern Fortran, and is written for all ages and all skill levels. Mike McGrath starts from setting up your coding environment and starting to write Fortran programs with the Fortran programming language and the modern Intel IFX Fortran compiler. Color-coded examples illustrate the text, and all source code is available to download.

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This book offers a targeted approach to address the memory constraints presented when programming in C++ in allocating and managing memory efficiently given the diverse needs of real-time systems, embedded systems, games, and conventional desktop applications. Written by an ISO C++ Standards Committee member, Patrice Roy, this guide covers fundamental concepts of object lifetime and memory organization. Readers will learn how to control memory allocation mechanisms, create custom containers and allocators, and adapt allocation operators to suit specific requirements.

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