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urbannomad

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urbannomad··on Ask HN: What book is considered the bible of your field/industry?
On Food And Cooking: The Science And Lore Of The Kitchen by Harold McGee
urbannomad··on Ask HN: Has all interesting desktop software already been written?
Have you tried PowerBI?
urbannomad··on Concerns for global spread of Zika mean Rio de Janeiro Olympics must not proceed
Not even Geylang?
urbannomad··on CV Dazzle: Camouflage from Face Detection
Relevant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bRScmwXJ4s

It's a presentation from Defcon 18 about the capabilities and limitations of facial recognition.

urbannomad··on Dockercraft: Manage Docker containers from Minecraft
Which actually existed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsn
urbannomad··on Reddit Fires Cryptocurrency Engineer; Cryptocurrencies Not in Short Term Plans
They didn't realize this when they hired him?
urbannomad··on Ask HN: Where to Register a Company When Being a Traveling Digital Nomad?
Are there any other requirements to setting up/running an SG company?
urbannomad··on Hands-On with Microsoft's New Holographic Goggles
"Holographic" live shows may be where it shines.
urbannomad··on Wifiphisher: Fast automated phishing attacks against WPA networks
From what I know, python is usually the first language that newbies get pointed to when they ask where to start. It's easy to read, understand, and has a ton of libraries.

Plus python is older, and I think gained more popularity than ruby (before rails came along).

urbannomad··on More actual, real, impressive Duke Nukem Forever footage
I'm sure the game will be compelling.