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Have you ever asked yourself how you can work magic just to see your business grow? Say, an increase in production and sales or being in a position to hire the best qualified staff members for your team? Well, the Artificial Intelligence a Modern Approach handbook is just what you need to achieve just that!

Python coding is not something you can read about while relaxing on the couch. This book is for those that are ready to start working right away to write your own codes. I do not recommend this book if you are the type of person who listens to a book once and never opens it again because you think you have mastered the book's technical contents. Tech books are different from novels and other non-fiction books. They demand more than merely one listen. Buy this book if you have made up your mind to listen and practice it again and again.

Peter Seibel interviews 15 of the most interesting computer programmers alive today in Coders at Work, offering a companion volume to Apress’ highly acclaimed best-seller Founders at Work by Jessica Livingston. As the words “at work” suggest, Peter Seibel focuses on how his interviewees tackle the day-to-day work of programming, while revealing much more, like how they became great programmers, how they recognize programming talent in others, and what kinds of problems they find most interesting.

Grokking Artificial Intelligence Algorithms is a fully illustrated and interactive tutorial guide to the different approaches and algorithms that underpin AI. Written in simple language and with lots of visual references and hands-on examples, you'll learn the concepts, terminology, and theory you need to effectively incorporate AI algorithms into your applications. And to make sure you truly grok as you go, you'll use each algorithm in practice with creative coding exercises.

The robots are here. They make our cars; they deliver fast food; they mine the sea floor. And in the near-future, their presence will increasingly enter our homes and workplaces - making human-robot interaction a frequent everyday occurrence. What will this future look like? What will define the relationship between humans and robots? Here Kate Darling, a world-renowned expert in robot ethics, shows that in order to understand the new robot world, we must first move beyond the idea that this technology will be something like us.

Does your agile team get lead astray by burning fires? Do you struggle to keep your agile team focused? Do you feel the need for more than just doing the top of the backlog every two weeks? Are you using, or want to use, OKRs with an agile team? Then, this is the book for you. Acclaimed author Allan Kelly has written a short guide to OKRs, writing them, organizing to deliver, and the pitfalls.

So, you want to be a PE? You wish to join the ranks of the 800,000-plus in the US that did what it took to earn the title in our highly respected and coveted profession? The ground rules have been laid and the requirements have been spelled out. You want the nitty-gritty, the unfiltered truth. Well, I’m gonna give it to you raw, no rubber. There are things that can be done that will increase your chances of success, regardless of your aptitude for testing, no matter how long you’ve been out of school, or how hectic your life is. If you want it, go get it!

This book is about Linux and cybersecurity. It covers the latest security threats and defense strategies. It takes you into the mind-set of a threat actor to help you better understand the motivation and the steps of performing an actual attack - the cybersecurity kill chain. Knowing where to start when learning a new skill can be a challenge, especially when the topic seems so vast.