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77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5.2 Whole-Genome Sequencing 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter V Data Services in Multiple Domains 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Scientific Data Services 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1.1 Literature Search Reform 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1.2 An Alternative Scholarly Communication Initiative 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1.3 Scientific Research Project Services 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Administrative Data Services 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.1 Police Department 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.2 Statistical Office 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.3 Environmental Protection Agency 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Internet Data Services 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.1 Open Source 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.2 Privacy Services 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.3 People Search 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Financial Data Services 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.1 Describing Correlation Relationships 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.2 Simulating Bookmakers’ Behaviors 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.3 Forecasting Stock Prices 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Health Data Services 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.1 Approaching Healthcare Singularity 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.2 New Drug of Launching Shortcuts 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.3 Monitoring in Chronic Disease 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5.4 Data Supporting Data: Brain Sciences \u0026amp; Traditional Chinese Medicine 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Transportation Data Services 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6.1 Household Travel Characteristics 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6.2 Multivariate Analysis of Traffic Congestion 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6.3 Short-Term Travel Time Estimation 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Transaction Data Services 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7.1 Pricing Reform 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7.2 Sales Transformation 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7.3 Payment Upgrading 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter VI Data Services in Distinct Sectors 106\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Natural Resource Sectors 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.1 Agricultureor: Rely on What? 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.2 Forestry Sector: Grain for Green at All Costs? 107\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.3 Livestock \u0026amp; Poultry Sector: Making Early Warning to Be More Effective 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.4 Marine Sector: How to Support the Ocean Economy? 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1.5 Extraction Sector: A New Exploration Strategy 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Manufacturing Sector 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1 Production Capacity Optimization 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.2 Remodeling Process of Production 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Logistics and Warehousing Sector 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3.1 Optimizing Order 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The Importance of Digital Play   Conflicting Views of Children’s Play Conflicting Views of Mediated Play Licensed Toys and Media Supersystems Digital Game Controversies and Dichotomies Dangerous Games and Risky Gamers Games for “Good” Girls Bad Game(r)s, Good Game(r)s Moving Forward Looking at “Stuff” and Structures Resituating Children’s Play Conclusion   2. Small Worlds and Walled Gardens   A Brief History of Children’s Digital Playgrounds Online Games: Portals, Arcades, and Environments, 2003–2005 Neopets The Virtual World Boom, 2005–2008 Design Trends and Disparities Beyond the Computer Screen Web-Enabled Consoles Connected Games Go Mobile Toys-to-Life and Cross-Platform Games Conclusion   3. Commercializing Play(grounds)   Revisiting Supersystems and Structures Texts and Contexts Affordances and Design Limitations Commercializing Gameplay The Velvet Rope Cross-Promotion and Branding Immersive Third-Party Advertising Brand Ambassadors When Stories, Designs, and Commercial Priorities Align Conclusion   4. From Rules of Play to Censorship   The Primacy of Rules in Digital Games Design(ed) Rules Written Rules, Rulebooks, and Codes of Conduct Who Follows the Rules Anyway? Why Breaking Rules Is Important Negotiating Encoded Rules Children Bending, but Not Breaking, the Rules Ice Goths and BarbieBoys Flash Mobs and Copycats Playing in the Margins of Manoeuvre Conclusion   5. Safety First, Privacy Later   Children’s Data and Privacy The COPPA Rule Revised Reframing Privacy Protections as Safety Mechanisms Privacy Policies “Safety” by Design Safety as a Key Selling Point Freedom of Expression as a Collateral Cost of Safety Secret Spaces and “Unsafe” Places Unsafe and Risky Play Conclusion   6. Playing as Making and Creating   Playing and Making Digital Games Children’s Literacy, Agency, and Cultural Rights Terms of Service, Terms of Play Who Owns Children’s Content in Digital Playgrounds? New Creative Opportunities, Same Old Terms User Rights in Minecraft Fandom and Fair Use as Consumer Practice Conclusion   7. The Politics of Children’s Digital Play   Where We Are, and How We Got Here The (Four) Problems with Digital Playgrounds Privacy, Secrets, and Selfhood Censorship and Freedom of Expression Ownership, Authorship, and Copyright Commercial Content and Control The Digital Playground as Public Sphere   Bibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739212624215,"sku":"9781442615564","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442615564.jpg?v=1720051509"},{"product_id":"the-detective-the-addictive-edge-of-your-seat-mystery-and-sunday-times-crime-book-of-the-year-9781529919615","title":"The Detective: The addictive, edge-of-your-seat","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*As seen on \u003ci\u003eThe One Show\u003c\/i\u003e* \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e*\u003c\/i\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eCrime Book of the Year*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BRUTAL KILLING UNCOVERS A COLD CASE. 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However, behind the mundanity of the barcode lies an important history. Barcodes bridged the gap between physical objects and digital databases and paved the way for the contemporary Internet of Things, the idea to connect all devices to the web. They were highly controversial at points, protested by consumer groups and labor unions, and used as a symbol of dystopian capitalism and surveillance in science fiction and art installations. This book tells the story of the barcode's complicated history and examines how an object so crucial to so many parts of our\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJordan Frith’s engaging storytelling and analysis makes \u003ci\u003eBarcode \u003c\/i\u003ea page-turner. He transforms the technical into the human, bringing lively cultural, political, and social analysis to something most of us overlook every day. 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[Thompson] illuminates both the fascinating coders and the bewildering technological forces that are transforming the world in which we live.’ \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Grann, author of The Lost City of Z\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFascinating\u003c\/b\u003e. Thompson is an excellent writer and his subjects are themselves gripping . . . Many books have covered this territory, but \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoders\u003c\/i\u003e is bang up to date in a fast-moving world\u003c\/b\u003e. * Nature *\u003cbr\u003e[Thompson] is a brilliant social anthropologist. 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By breaking down what the actual world of coding looks like . . . he removes the mystery and brings it into the legible world for the rest of us to debate. * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eWith his trademark clarity and insight, Thompson gives us \u003cb\u003ean unparalleled vista into the mind-set and culture of programmers\u003c\/b\u003e, the often-invisible architects and legislators of the digital age. -- Steven Johnson, author of \u003ci\u003eHow We Got to Now\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCoders\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003cb\u003ean engrossing, deeply clued-in ethnography\u003c\/b\u003e, and it’s also a book about power, a new kind: where it comes from, how it feels to wield it, who gets to try – and how all that is changing. -- Robin Sloan, author of \u003ci\u003eMr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBefore I read this brilliantly accessible book . . . coding was something of a foggy concept to me . . . There are \u003cb\u003estrings of engaging insights into the anthropology of computer programmers\u003c\/b\u003e. * Bookseller *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn avalanche of profiles, stories, quips, and anecdotes in this beautifully reported book returns us constantly to people, their stories, their hopes and thrills and disappointments . . . \u003cb\u003eFun to read, this book knows its stuff and makes it fun to learn\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e * Philadelphia Inquirer *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter - 1: The Software Update That Changed Reality Chapter - 2: The Four Waves of Coders Chapter - 3: Constant Frustration and Bursts of Joy Chapter - 4: Among the INTJs Chapter - 5: The Cult of Efficiency Chapter - 6: 10X, Rock Stars and the Myth of Meritocracy Chapter - 7: The ENAIC Girls Vanish Chapter - 8: Hackers, Crackers, and Freedom Fighters Chapter - 9: Cucumbers, Skynet, and Rise of the AI Chapter - 10: Scale, Trolls, and Big Tech Chapter - 11: Blue-collar Coding Acknowledgements - i: Acknowledgements Section - ii: Notes Index - iii: Index","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48867486073175,"sku":"9781529019001","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781529019001.jpg?v=1722283509"},{"product_id":"resisting-ai-an-anti-fascist-approach-to-artificial-intelligence-9781529213508","title":"Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArtificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, yet it causes damage to society in ways that can’t be fixed.  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