Publisher: Larry Slawson
This book examines the deadly Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake. It provides an analysis of the snake's characteristics, behavioral patterns, and venom toxicity in relation to humans and animals.
Focusing attention can help an animal find food or flee a predator. It also may have led to consciousness. Tracing evolution over millions of years, Michael S. A. Graziano uses examples from the natural world to show how neurons first allowed animals to develop simple forms of attention: taking in messages from the environment, prioritizing them, and responding as necessary. Then some animals evolved covert attention - a roving mental focus that can take in information apart from where the senses are pointed, like hearing sirens at a distance or recalling a memory. Graziano proposes that in order to monitor and control this specialized attention, the brain evolved a simplified model of it - a cartoonish self-description depicting an internal essence with a capacity for knowledge and experience. In other words, consciousness. In this eye-opening work, Graziano accessibly explores how this sense of an inner being led to empathy and formed us into social beings. The theory may point the way to engineers for building consciousness artificially. Graziano discusses what a future with artificial consciousness might be like, including both advantages and risks, and what AI might mean for our evolutionary future.Show book
The pioneering environmental activist presents her most influential writings—with an informative introduction by Wendell Berry. Motivated by agricultural devastation in her home country of India, Vandana Shiva became one of the world's most influential environmental and anti-globalization activists. Her groundbreaking research has exposed the destructive effects of monocultures and commercial agriculture and revealed the links between ecology, gender, and poverty. In The Vandana Shiva Reader, Shiva assembles her most influential writings, combining trenchant critiques of the corporate monopolization of agriculture with a powerful defense of biodiversity and food democracy. This essential collection demonstrates the full range of Shiva's research and activism, from her condemnation of commercial seed technology, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and the international agriculture industry's dependence on fossil fuels, to her tireless documentation of the extensive human costs of ecological deterioration. This important volume illuminates Shiva's profound understanding of both the perils and potential of our interconnected world and calls on citizens of all nations to renew their commitment to love and care for soil, seeds, and people.Show book
Dive deep into the transformative world of artificial intelligence with "The Artificial Intelligence Takeover." This book is more than just a guide—it's a journey through the intricate tapestry of AI, woven with history, innovation, and a touch of speculation. From its humble beginnings to its monumental impact on our daily lives, AI is not just a technological marvel; it's a testament to human ingenuity. Explore the myriad ways AI intersects with sectors as diverse as healthcare, the arts, and space exploration. But this exploration doesn't stop at marveling at AI's capabilities. It delves deep into the heart of pressing debates: Can AI truly replicate human creativity? What are the implications of an omnipresent surveillance system powered by AI? And where does humanity fit in a world increasingly influenced by algorithms? With a blend of meticulous research and engaging narrative, this book breaks down complex AI concepts, making them accessible to both novices and tech enthusiasts. It celebrates the potential of AI while also cautioning against its unchecked growth. As AI continues to shape our future, this book stands as a lighthouse, illuminating both the promises and the challenges of this technological frontier. AI's future is unfolding before our eyes, and its trajectory is intertwined with our choices and understanding. "The Artificial Intelligence Takeover" is your compass in this evolving landscape, guiding you to a future where technology and humanity coexist in harmony.Show book
We live in the world of Technology. Technology is at the edge of its best development than ever before. It is growing at the speed of a python. In this growth many big factors have played an amazing role than any others. IT industry is one of them and almost the heart of present technology. IT field has given almost everything to the human being that they had not even imagined before. But there are some special sub topics also it has which are famous among the mouths of the people. Big data is also one those sub topics. Big data is well known specially among the people attached with It sector. Let’s know that why this word is so special in modern era.Show book
That we live in a world ruled and confused by cultural diversities has become common sense. It was the social sciences that gave birth to a new theoretical paradigm, the creation of cultural theories. Since then, social science theorizing applies to any social phenomenon across the world exploring cultural diversities in any social practice—except in regard to the social sciences and how they practice the creation of knowledge. How academics in the social sciences across the world create knowledge is no topic for cultural theories. Social science theorizing seemingly assumes that creating knowledge does not know such diversities. Kazumi Okamoto presents the development of an analytical instrument that helps study ‘academic culture’, analyze ‘academic practices’ of how social sciences create and distribute knowledge, and the influence the ‘academic environment’ has on their knowledge productions. Applying this theoretical tool to the academe in Japan, she further presents a case study about how social scientists in Japan interpret academic practices and how they are affected by their academic environment. Studying the academic culture in the case of Japan, she reveals that not only the academic practices and the academic environment of the academe in Japan show much less diversities than cultural theories tend to presuppose, but that the assumption that creating social science knowledge does not know cultural diversities is an error as well.Show book
Microsoft Azure, commonly referred to as Azureis a cloud computing service created by Microsoft for building, testing, deploying, and managing applications and services through Microsoft-managed data centers. It provides software as a service (SaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and supports many different programming languages, tools, and frameworks, including both Microsoft-specific and third-party software and systems. The major benefit of a remote desktop connection is being able to connect to your data from anywhere in the world. Your data is in one place that is easy to see and you no longer have to have software installed on your own computer.Azure is one of the best virtual computers and networks providers for remote desktop (RDP) connections. When you create Azure account, you pay as you go. You purchase Azure services with pay-as-you-go pricing. You pay only for what you use each month, with no upfront commitment, and cancel anytime. You must add your credit/debit card for billing to use pay as you go subscription.But I was looking for totally free subscription where I dont need to add my credit card for billing. I found there are two possible options for that:1) A sandbox gives you access to Azure resources. Your Azure subscription will not be charged. The sandbox may only be used to complete training on Microsoft Learn. Creating the Azure Virtual machines using sandbox which is learning subscription, you can connect to the VM via RDP port but you cannot access to Internet through the Internet Explorer. 2) Alternatively Microsoft Azure provides a free $100 credit for students accounts registered through university emails (free student subscription for around one year). There is internet access in the VM machine under this type of subscription.Azure documentations is too deep and it is hard to be understand creating and managing virtual computers and networks in Auzre for remote access connection by any beginner. So, I tried to outline in this report the most important topics as reference guide to assist the user to create and manage virtual computers and networks in Azure for remote access connection in simplified and clear way. This report will include the following parts:1.Getting free Azure subscription through Sandbox Microsoft Learn subscription (No credit card needed)2.Free 12 months, then pay-as-you-go Azure account subscription (Credit card needed) 3.Student subscription (No debit/credit cards needed)4.How to get university email5.Virtual networks and virtual machines in Azure6.Quick start for PowerShell in Azure Cloud Shell7.Quick start with Azure PowerShell8.Installing Azure CLI on Windows and creating virtual machine9.Creating a Windows virtual machine in Azure10.Quick start to create a Linux virtual machine in the Azure portal11.Tutorial to create a NAT Gateway using the Azure portal and test the NAT service12.What is Azure Network Watcher?13.Network Watcher Agent14.Troubleshoot connections with Azure Network Watcher using the Azure portal15.Troubleshoot Azure VM connectivity problems16.Quick start to configure Load Balancer17.Quick start to configure VPN Gateway using Azure portal18.Tutorial to connect to a virtual machine using Azure Bastion19.Exercise to create Window Virtual Machine 20.Exercise to create Ubuntu Virtual MachineShow book
