You Are Not Expected To Understand This

Author : Torie Bosch
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780691230818

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"You Are Not Expected to Understand This" by Torie Bosch Pdf

Leading technologists, historians, and journalists reveal the stories behind the computer coding that touches all aspects of life—for better or worse Few of us give much thought to computer code or how it comes to be. The very word “code” makes it sound immutable or even inevitable. “You Are Not Expected to Understand This” demonstrates that, far from being preordained, computer code is the result of very human decisions, ones we all live with when we use social media, take photos, drive our cars, and engage in a host of other activities. Everything from law enforcement to space exploration relies on code written by people who, at the time, made choices and assumptions that would have long-lasting, profound implications for society. Torie Bosch brings together many of today’s leading technology experts to provide new perspectives on the code that shapes our lives. Contributors discuss a host of topics, such as how university databases were programmed long ago to accept only two genders, what the person who programmed the very first pop-up ad was thinking at the time, the first computer worm, the Bitcoin white paper, and perhaps the most famous seven words in Unix history: “You are not expected to understand this.” This compelling book tells the human stories behind programming, enabling those of us who don’t think much about code to recognize its importance, and those who work with it every day to better understand the long-term effects of the decisions they make. With an introduction by Ellen Ullman and contributions by Mahsa Alimardani, Elena Botella, Meredith Broussard, David Cassel, Arthur Daemmrich, Charles Duan, Quinn DuPont, Claire L. Evans, Hany Farid, James Grimmelmann, Katie Hafner, Susan C. Herring, Syeda Gulshan Ferdous Jana, Lowen Liu, John MacCormick, Brian McCullough, Charlton McIlwain, Lily Hay Newman, Margaret O’Mara, Will Oremus, Nick Partridge, Benjamin Pope, Joy Lisi Rankin, Afsaneh Rigot, Ellen R. Stofan, Lee Vinsel, Josephine Wolff, and Ethan Zuckerman.

Author : John Lions
Publisher : Peer to Peer Communications
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1573980137

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Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition with Source Code by John Lions Pdf

For the past 20 years, UNIX insiders have cherished and zealously guarded pirated photocopies of this manuscript, a "hacker trophy" of sorts. Now legal (and legible) copies are available. An international "who's who" of UNIX wizards, including Dennis Ritchie, have contributed essays extolling the merits and importance of this underground classic.

Author : Mark C. Marino
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262357432

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Critical Code Studies by Mark C. Marino Pdf

An argument that we must read code for more than what it does—we must consider what it means. Computer source code has become part of popular discourse. Code is read not only by programmers but by lawyers, artists, pundits, reporters, political activists, and literary scholars; it is used in political debate, works of art, popular entertainment, and historical accounts. In this book, Mark Marino argues that code means more than merely what it does; we must also consider what it means. We need to learn to read code critically. Marino presents a series of case studies—ranging from the Climategate scandal to a hactivist art project on the US-Mexico border—as lessons in critical code reading. Marino shows how, in the process of its circulation, the meaning of code changes beyond its functional role to include connotations and implications, opening it up to interpretation and inference—and misinterpretation and reappropriation. The Climategate controversy, for example, stemmed from a misreading of a bit of placeholder code as a “smoking gun” that supposedly proved fabrication of climate data. A poetry generator created by Nick Montfort was remixed and reimagined by other poets, and subject to literary interpretation. Each case study begins by presenting a small and self-contained passage of code—by coders as disparate as programming pioneer Grace Hopper and philosopher Friedrich Kittler—and an accessible explanation of its context and functioning. Marino then explores its extra-functional significance, demonstrating a variety of interpretive approaches.

Author : James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner,Deb Calvert
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781119446286

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Stop Selling and Start Leading by James M. Kouzes,Barry Z. Posner,Deb Calvert Pdf

NAMED THE #3 TOP SALES BOOK OF 2018! Make extraordinary sales happen! In the Age of the Customer, sales effectiveness depends mightily on the buyer experience. Despite nearly-universal agreement on the need for creating value in every step of the buyer’s journey, sellers continue to struggle with how to create that value and connect meaningfully with buyers. New research bridges the gap and reveals the behavioral blueprint for sellers that makes buyers more likely to meet with them — and more likely to buy from them. In Stop Selling & Start Leading, you’ll discover that the very same behaviors that make leaders more effective also work to make sellers more effective, too. This critical shift in the selling mindset, and in the sales role itself, is the key to boosting your overall sales effectiveness. • Inspire, challenge, and enable buyers • Change your behavior to build trust and increase sales • Step into your leadership potential • See yourself the way your buyers do • Feel good about selling again When you’re aiming for quota attainment and real connections with buyers, this book gives you the confidence and skills you need.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1932
Category : United States
ISBN : LOC:00187008116

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Second Deficiency Appropriation Bill for 1932 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2022 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015013471910

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Hearings by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : Jason Reynolds
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781481438278

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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds Pdf

“An intense snapshot of the chain reaction caused by pulling a trigger.” —Booklist (starred review) “Astonishing.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A tour de force.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) A Newbery Honor Book A Coretta Scott King Honor Book A Printz Honor Book A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winner for Young Adult Literature Longlisted for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature Winner of the Walter Dean Myers Award An Edgar Award Winner for Best Young Adult Fiction Parents’ Choice Gold Award Winner An Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2017 A Vulture Best YA Book of 2017 A Buzzfeed Best YA Book of 2017 An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds’s electrifying novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds—the time it takes a kid to decide whether or not he’s going to murder the guy who killed his brother. A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RULE Or, you can call it a gun. That’s what fifteen-year-old Will has shoved in the back waistband of his jeans. See, his brother Shawn was just murdered. And Will knows the rules. No crying. No snitching. Revenge. That’s where Will’s now heading, with that gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, the gun that was his brother’s gun. He gets on the elevator, seventh floor, stoked. He knows who he’s after. Or does he? As the elevator stops on the sixth floor, on comes Buck. Buck, Will finds out, is who gave Shawn the gun before Will took the gun. Buck tells Will to check that the gun is even loaded. And that’s when Will sees that one bullet is missing. And the only one who could have fired Shawn’s gun was Shawn. Huh. Will didn’t know that Shawn had ever actually USED his gun. Bigger huh. BUCK IS DEAD. But Buck’s in the elevator? Just as Will’s trying to think this through, the door to the next floor opens. A teenage girl gets on, waves away the smoke from Dead Buck’s cigarette. Will doesn’t know her, but she knew him. Knew. When they were eight. And stray bullets had cut through the playground, and Will had tried to cover her, but she was hit anyway, and so what she wants to know, on that fifth floor elevator stop, is, what if Will, Will with the gun shoved in the back waistband of his jeans, MISSES. And so it goes, the whole long way down, as the elevator stops on each floor, and at each stop someone connected to his brother gets on to give Will a piece to a bigger story than the one he thinks he knows. A story that might never know an END…if Will gets off that elevator. Told in short, fierce staccato narrative verse, Long Way Down is a fast and furious, dazzlingly brilliant look at teenage gun violence, as could only be told by Jason Reynolds.

Author : Lydia M. Andrade,Scott Dittloff,Lopita Nath
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351235044

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A Guide to Faculty-Led Study Abroad by Lydia M. Andrade,Scott Dittloff,Lopita Nath Pdf

A Guide to Faculty-Led Study Abroad provides practical information on the curricular and administrative considerations necessary to design and implement a course-based study abroad experience of the highest quality. From techniques for funding the trip, to legal considerations, curricular development, and cultural preparation, this book explains how to create a meaningful and valuable international experience in a variety of settings and formats. The study abroad novice and experienced faculty or administrator alike will benefit from this step-by-step guide on how to create a truly transformative, course-based study abroad experience.

Author : United States. National Labor Relations Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1818 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Labor laws and legislation
ISBN : UOM:39015074884894

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Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board by United States. National Labor Relations Board Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2007-07
Category : Infantry
ISBN : UCSB:31205031858101

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Infantry by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew Wilson,Rachel Wilson
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433551024

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The Life We Never Expected by Andrew Wilson,Rachel Wilson Pdf

Sometimes life throws you a curveball. Andrew and Rachel Wilson know what it means to live a life they never expected. As the parents of two children with special needs, their story mingles deep pain with deep joy in unexpected places. With raw honesty, they share about the challenges they face on a daily basis—all the while teaching what it means to weep, worship, wait, and hope in the Lord. Offering encouragement rooted in God's Word, this book will help you cling to Jesus and fight for joy when faced with a life you never expected.

Author : William Russell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1832
Category : Education
ISBN : OSU:32435074455072

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America Annuals of Education. V. 1-4, Jan. 18260-Dec. 1829; New Ser., V. 1, No. 1-5, Jan.-July 1830; 3d Ser., V.1-9, Aug. 1830-Dec. 1839 by William Russell Pdf

Author : Brian W. Fitzpatrick,Ben Collins-Sussman
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781449329877

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Team Geek by Brian W. Fitzpatrick,Ben Collins-Sussman Pdf

In a perfect world, software engineers who produce the best code are the most successful. But in our perfectly messy world, success also depends on how you work with people to get your job done. In this highly entertaining book, Brian Fitzpatrick and Ben Collins-Sussman cover basic patterns and anti-patterns for working with other people, teams, and users while trying to develop software. This is valuable information from two respected software engineers whose popular series of talks—including "Working with Poisonous People"—has attracted hundreds of thousands of followers. Writing software is a team sport, and human factors have as much influence on the outcome as technical factors. Even if you’ve spent decades learning the technical side of programming, this book teaches you about the often-overlooked human component. By learning to collaborate and investing in the "soft skills" of software engineering, you can have a much greater impact for the same amount of effort. Team Geek was named as a Finalist in the 2013 Jolt Awards from Dr. Dobb's Journal. The publication's panel of judges chose five notable books, published during a 12-month period ending June 30, that every serious programmer should read.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Children
ISBN : UOM:39015076736456

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Temporary Unemployment Compensation and Aid to Dependent Children of Unemployed Parents by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means Pdf

Considers legislation to extend temporarily the unemployment compensation of workers who have exhausted their regular compensation rights and are still unemployed, and to provide temporary Federal-state aid to dependent children of unemployed parents. Also considers raise in taxable wage base as means of financing the programs.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : HARVARD:32044106502446

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Parliamentary Papers by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf