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What Makes a Good Photo A Beginners Guide to Editing in Lightroom

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What Makes a Good Photo A Beginners Guide to Editing in Lightroom
English | Size: 1.55 GB
Category: Tutorial

So we’ve all been there: You see a photo, you like the photo, you decide to get in on the action – maybe take a few photos yourself…
So you get a camera, or you pull out your smart phone – both of which are great choices for photos, but then you start shooting and the photos are not matching up with the ideas you visualized. [Read more…]

What Makes a Good Photo A Beginners Guide to Editing in Lightroom

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What Makes a Good Photo A Beginners Guide to Editing in Lightroom
English | Size: 1.55 GB
Category: Tutorial

So we’ve all been there: You see a photo, you like the photo, you decide to get in on the action – maybe take a few photos yourself…
So you get a camera, or you pull out your smart phone – both of which are great choices for photos, but then you start shooting and the photos are not matching up with the ideas you visualized. [Read more…]

Ed Finn – What Algorithms Want – (23 mp3s)

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Ed Finn – What Algorithms Want – (23 mp3s)
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Category: Audio


We depend on – we believe in – algorithms to help us get a ride, choose which book to buy, execute a mathematical proof. It’s as if we think of code as a magic spell, an incantation to reveal what we need to know and even what we want. Humans have always believed that certain invocations – the marriage vow, the shaman’s curse – do not merely describe the world but make it. Computation casts a cultural shadow that is shaped by this long tradition of magical thinking. In What Algorithms Want, Ed Finn considers how the algorithm – in practical terms, “a method for solving a problem” – has its roots not only in mathematical logic but also in cybernetics, philosophy, and magical thinking. [Read more…]

What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite

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What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite
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Category: E-book


This book reveals a remarkable paradox: what your brain wants is frequently not what your brain needs. In fact, much of what makes our brains “happy” leads to errors, biases, and distortions, which make getting out of our own way extremely difficult.

What Makes Your Brain Happy and Why You Should Do the Opposite
By David DiSalvo
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