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Since you linked to the honor code, can you point to anything in these blog posts that qualifies - in the context of completing the class - as "solutions to hom

Since you linked to the honor code, can you point to anything in these blog posts that qualifies - in the context of completing the class - as "solutions to homework, quizzes, exams, projects, and other assignments"? Could anything I provided be directly used to "cheat" and finish the class without doing the work? And just as a practical matter, there are dozens of github repos with literal (as in copy, paste, submit, done) solutions to these problems already available. You're certainly free to disagree, but I do not view this as violating either the spirit or the intent of the honor code. This content has been out for years and is not in any way novel or unique. It's simply another vector through which the material can be learned, possibly opening it up to an even wider audience. Which is, I believe, what Andrew's goal was all along.

danjoc 10y ago
I'll take that as a no. Your title claims "All of Andrew Ng's machine learning class in Python." I think you've sufficiently admitted this is the course work, and I need to point no further than that. Now you also fall back and say, "Well, other people are doing it too!!" which is itself an admission of guilt in my mind. The way I see it, Andrew Ng is an entrepreneur co-founder with a startup called Coursera. He makes his courses free, because he's a good guy, and free attracts the audience that makes his platform worth something. By reproducing one of his most popular courses in python, you dilute his brand and try to snatch part of his audience. It's not any different than if you copied Harry Potter wholesale, but translated it to French. You're infringing on a work a person with noble goals produced, and who is head and shoulders above you as an authority on the course material. It's fine to be excited about what he taught you, but you should make your own course instead of gimping his. Don't be the reason we can't have nice things.
- jdwittenauer 10y ago
  I don't see much value in continuing to debate this. You're entitled to your opinion and I respect that, but I do not share your viewpoint.
- lemonghost 10y ago
  > The way I see it, Andrew Ng is an entrepreneur co-founder with a startup called Coursera. He makes his courses free, because he's a good guy, and free attracts the audience that makes his platform worth something. I liked this class and Andrew seems like a great guy but I'd like to point out that it's no longer free to take the evaluations for Coursera courses. Coursera is a startup and needs to find a way to monetize the courses to stay in business. I have no problem with that but I think its a little disingenuous to present Coursera as a free service when its clearly not.
  - wodenokoto 10y ago
    I see this written on HN and reddit a lot lately, yet I've just signed up and begun two courses, included Andrews ML course and have yet to be asked for money or met restrictions beyond the once in place last year.
    - sanswork 10y ago
      I'm doing the ML course at the moment and I'm asked to pay for a certificate after every screen.
      - wodenokoto 10y ago
        Yes, you are right. I should have written "forced to" instead of asked to, but now it is too late to edit. Anyway, my point stands. I can take these courses for free, despite people on HN and reddit claiming you can't.

danjoc 10y ago

I'll take that as a no. Your title claims "All of Andrew Ng's machine learning class in Python." I think you've sufficiently admitted this is the course work, and I need to point no further than that. Now you also fall back and say, "Well, other people are doing it too!!" which is itself an admission of guilt in my mind. The way I see it, Andrew Ng is an entrepreneur co-founder with a startup called Coursera. He makes his courses free, because he's a good guy, and free attracts the audience that makes his platform worth something. By reproducing one of his most popular courses in python, you dilute his brand and try to snatch part of his audience. It's not any different than if you copied Harry Potter wholesale, but translated it to French. You're infringing on a work a person with noble goals produced, and who is head and shoulders above you as an authority on the course material. It's fine to be excited about what he taught you, but you should make your own course instead of gimping his. Don't be the reason we can't have nice things.

jdwittenauer 10y ago
I don't see much value in continuing to debate this. You're entitled to your opinion and I respect that, but I do not share your viewpoint.
lemonghost 10y ago
> The way I see it, Andrew Ng is an entrepreneur co-founder with a startup called Coursera. He makes his courses free, because he's a good guy, and free attracts the audience that makes his platform worth something. I liked this class and Andrew seems like a great guy but I'd like to point out that it's no longer free to take the evaluations for Coursera courses. Coursera is a startup and needs to find a way to monetize the courses to stay in business. I have no problem with that but I think its a little disingenuous to present Coursera as a free service when its clearly not.
- wodenokoto 10y ago
  I see this written on HN and reddit a lot lately, yet I've just signed up and begun two courses, included Andrews ML course and have yet to be asked for money or met restrictions beyond the once in place last year.
  - sanswork 10y ago
    I'm doing the ML course at the moment and I'm asked to pay for a certificate after every screen.
    - wodenokoto 10y ago
      Yes, you are right. I should have written "forced to" instead of asked to, but now it is too late to edit. Anyway, my point stands. I can take these courses for free, despite people on HN and reddit claiming you can't.