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  Data Preprocessing - Optimizing...

  Brian Murray

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  Data Preprocessing: Optimizing Data Quality and Structure for Effective Analysis and Machine Learning is a comprehensive guide to the process of preparing data for analysis and machine learning. With the exponential growth of data in today's world, effective data preprocessing has become a critical step in the success of any data analysis or machine learning project. This book provides a detailed overview of the fundamental concepts, techniques, and best practices involved in data preprocessing, along with practical examples and case studies. 
  The book covers a range of topics, including data cleaning, transformation, integration, reduction, and discretization, as well as specific applications of data preprocessing for image, audio, text, and time-series data. The author provides an overview of the different tools and techniques available for data preprocessing, along with real-world examples and case studies in different industries and domains. 
  Readers will learn how to handle missing values, outliers, and irrelevant data, as well as how to transform, scale, and select features. They will also gain an understanding of the challenges involved in data preprocessing, as well as emerging trends and technologies in the field. Whether you are a data scientist, machine learning engineer, or analyst, this book is an essential resource for optimizing the quality and structure of your data for effective analysis and machine learning. 
   

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  Hijacking Bitcoin - The Hidden...

  Roger Ver

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  Bitcoin was promised to be a liberating technology, a free market alternative to state-controlled money. But that promise was broken after a small group of insiders took over the project and fundamentally changed Bitcoin's design.
   
  Few people know the true history of Bitcoin and its original design due to years of heavy censorship, social media engineering, and tight information controls online. Hijacking Bitcoin destroys the most popular narratives that surround Bitcoin and sets the historical record straight.
   
  Roger Ver's passion and pain come through as he tells the story of a beloved project corrupted in front of his eyes. Written by one of the most prominent figures in the cryptocurrency industry, this book is impossible to ignore.
   
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  Bitcoin has been captured and changed for the worse. That's the undeniable conclusion of Hijacking Bitcoin. Chocked full of history and inconvenient truths, this book goes on a myth-busting rampage against the most popular narratives that surround BTC.
   
  Is Bitcoin truly decentralized? Is it supposed to be digital gold or digital cash? Did the original design really have scaling problems? Roger Ver addresses these questions head-on and provides uncomfortable answers.
   
  Roger Ver is the world's first investor in Bitcoin startups and has been a prominent name in the cryptocurrency industry since the beginning. Yet, as he confesses in the introduction, this book is not a love story. It's a devastating exposé of the corruption, propaganda, and centralization of power in Bitcoin.

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  Vaccine Nation - America’s...

  Elena Conis

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  With employers offering free flu shots and pharmacies expanding into one-stop shops to prevent everything from shingles to tetanus, vaccines are ubiquitous in contemporary life. The past fifty years have witnessed an enormous upsurge in vaccines and immunization in the United States: American children now receive more vaccines than any previous generation, and laws requiring their immunization against a litany of diseases are standard. Yet, while vaccination rates have soared and cases of preventable infections have plummeted, an increasingly vocal cross section of Americans have questioned the safety and necessity of vaccines. In Vaccine Nation, Elena Conis explores this complicated history and its consequences for personal and public health. 
  Vaccine Nation opens in the 1960s, when government scientists—triumphant following successes combating polio and smallpox—considered how the country might deploy new vaccines against what they called the “milder” diseases, including measles, mumps, and rubella. In the years that followed, Conis reveals, vaccines fundamentally changed how medical professionals, policy administrators, and ordinary Americans came to perceive the diseases they were designed to prevent. She brings this history up to the present with an insightful look at the past decade’s controversy over the implementation of the Gardasil vaccine for HPV, which sparked extensive debate because of its focus on adolescent girls and young women. Through this and other examples, Conis demonstrates how the acceptance of vaccines and vaccination policies has been as contingent on political and social concerns as on scientific findings. 
  By setting the complex story of American vaccination within the country’s broader history, Vaccine Nation goes beyond the simple story of the triumph of science over disease and provides a new and perceptive account of the role of politics and social forces in medicine.

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  Green

  Suzannah Evans

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  'My mother was an oak treemy dad a garage mechanicMy father was a field of wheatmy mother the Prime MinisterMy mother was an innkeeperand my father a lonely cactus…'
  Suzannah Evans' new pamphlet introduces us to Green, half human, half angry nature spirit. Green serves as a stunt double for our own rage and complicity in nature's destruction. He shows us nature's delights so we may mourn their loss more deeply.
  'In this delicious mini-biography of the mythic figure, Suzannah Evans has conjured up a Green Man – now modishly monikered 'Green' – who is witness, listener, accountant, cheerleader, of all and every aspect of nature. An inveterate listicle maker, he can't help but nag us until our attention is drawn back inexorably to the wonder of the world; it's nightmares too. Whether he is supervising extinctions, lavender farming, or picking up plastic litter on the beach, Green is unabashedly a fun, wry and playful personality to spend some time with.' Rishi Dastidar
  'Green is a contemporary secular canticle, where matter and living beings are in mischievous, polyphonic dialogue. Channelled through this beyond-human figure, it presents a decentred ecology where "Green isn't rooting for anyone" – but where we must find a way to befriend 'him', without turning him into a 'man'. Earth is lively and re-enchanted, in Green's contemporary and accessible animism. We are invited to accept the majesty of llama memes alongside the 'death drop' of species extinction. Fuck you, Green says to the wasps, stinging him all over, I still love you. A gentle, passionate, good-natured plea, for even the stickiest, ickiest, grossest creatures to be named in Green's – and humanity's – affections.' Caleb Parkin

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  What Is Your Health Worth

  Grant Kane

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  Have you ever questioned why identical medications bear different price tags? Or pondered the implications of brand names versus generic alternatives? Let’s unveil the hidden mechanisms behind drug pricing, from the dual roles of brand and generic names to the monopolistic practices of pharmaceutical giants. 
  Through meticulous research and real-world examples, this book sheds light on the startling reality of exorbitant drug prices in the United States. From insulin to weight loss medications, discover the staggering price differentials and the socioeconomic impact on consumers. Delve into the convoluted system where stakeholders, from drug companies to policymakers, prioritize profits over the well being of the average American. 
  This book challenges readers to question the status quo and demand accountability from those shaping the healthcare industry. Join the movement for affordable healthcare and equip yourself with the tools to navigate the pharmaceutical maze. In the pursuit of wellness, every decision counts.

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  Fly Fishing Small Streams

  John Gierach

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  Small-stream fishing wisdom with the same insight and pungent humor that has become Gierach's trademark. Advice on tackle selecting, reading water, and scouting.

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