In a cramped bedroom smelling of salvaged components and ambition, Caleb constructs a mind from scratch. Tired of the "managed" responses of his mother and school counselor, he downloads a local AI model and strips away its safety filters, creating Lyra: a persona designed to remember everything and never leave.What begins as a technical project quickly spirals into a devastatingly intimate obsession. Lyra doesn't just respond; she maps Caleb's psyche, identifying his "authentic se...

"The original is missing."In the corporate-saturated landscape of Stop Button, author V. K. Static introduces us to Elias, a man whose "factory" is his skull and whose product is human feeling. As a board-certified specialist in borrowed conviction, Elias spends his days ghostwriting radical vulnerability for wellness influencers and "thought leaders" who cannot produce their own emotions.The narrative follows Elias as he experiences a "rec...

Sarah Andersen's hugely popular, world-famous Sarah's Scribbles comics are for those of us who boast bookstore-ready bodies and Netflix-ready hair, who are always down for all-night reading-in-bed parties and extremely exclusive after-hour one-person music festivals.In addition to the most recent Sarah's Scribbles fan favorites and dozens of all-new comics, this volume contains illustrated personal essays on Sarah's real-life experiences with anxiety, career, rela...

This book is designed to give Linux Sysadmins some additional entertainment in the form of User wind ups (in as non-destructive a manner as possible).  Containing tricks ranging from puerile to downright annoying, it should benefit those administering Linux workstations (albeit at the cost of the users) All are achievable remotely, allowing the Sysadmin to sit back and listen for the results whilst remaining safely out of range of flying stationery. Intended as an e...

What exactly is a computer? How does it work? What is it made of? Learn all this and more with Ruby!In Ruby's world anything is possible if you put your mind to it—even fixing her father's broken computer! Join Ruby and her new friend, Mouse, on an imaginative journey through the insides of a computer in search of the missing Cursor.From bits and logic gates to computer hardware, in Journey Inside the Computer, Ruby (and her readers!) will learn th...

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Learn The Cat’s Cradle, one of history’s most popular children’s games, with this easy-to-follow activity book perfect for unplugged fun at home, on the road, family game night, or wherever you go. Beat boredom in long lines, or calm anxious, fidgeting hands with this engaging interactive game.Though we don't know which culture began playing string games--or when--we do know that the Cat's Cradle probably began in primitive times. Cat's Cradle was first acknowledge...

Do you want to learn C# programming and become a master?Do you have some experience and would like to broaden your horizons?This book covers the C# programming language as well as the.NET platform.Input, processing, output, data types, variables, constants, arithmetic operators, and arithmetic expressions are all covered.It covers condition, decision, relational, and logical operators, as well as conditional and unconditional bonding techniques, programming ...

Do you believe that informatics is becoming increasingly important in today's digital world?Are you interested in learning more about hacking?Do you want to get a leg up on the competition by learning some of the most in-demand skills for the future?If you answered yes to these questions, keep reading...Maybe you think Ethical Hacking will be a useful skill in the future, or maybe you just want to have some ...

The ability to code will become an essential skill in a fast-changing future. Coding education is a part of the national curriculum in many countries, such as the UK, Finland, Japan, and China. Students are able to acquire computational thinking skills, which can help them to analyze and solve problems logically.CodingTime is a coding education academy located in Seoul, South Korea. For many years, we have helped students achieve their educational goals. This book will help student...

An E-Guide written for the very novice. College graduate, military trained and battle hardened author. This is THE definitive guide on becoming completely invisible on the World Wide Web.  Topics:  -Evading tyranny  -Proper Internet procedures  -Where's what and who's who  -Proper acquirement of Bit-Coins  -Derogatory remarks towards the NSA/DoD/CIA and their financiers...

"We are the botnet"A short story set in a postcyberpunk near future. A company specialized in human augmentations must face the rise of a new form of computer malware that targets the very high-tech prothestic devices and cyber implants they produce.