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Now I know someone is browsing my Youtube history and posting to HN. Youtube really is the math teacher I never had. Probability Models and Axioms https://www.

Now I know someone is browsing my Youtube history and posting to HN. Youtube really is the math teacher I never had. Probability Models and Axioms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9WZyLZCBzs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9WZyLZCBzs The Exponential Function https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo1ZZlvT2LQ&t=100s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo1ZZlvT2LQ&t=100s Vector Space https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozwodzD5bJM&t=36s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozwodzD5bJM&t=36s Tree cutting fails: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHZkR6UVegY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHZkR6UVegY

quakeguy 10y ago
That last vid made my day, expecting nodes and splitting algorhytms. You clever you! :)
- mcguire 10y ago
  For those of you who don't know, felling trees is incredibly dangerous. They store immense energy in a not terribly structurally safe form. Don't do it if you don't know what you are doing.
  - datainplace 10y ago
    I remembering learning that the most powerful force acting on a building or tree was inertia. Watching videos like this makes that much more clear.
  - nothis 10y ago
    My dad always insists on cutting them himself and watching it always gave me a heart attack. That vid is basically what I play through in my head the whole time. So far nothing happened but man.
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mindcrime 10y ago
Youtube really is the math teacher I never had. Same here. I'm on a quest to run myself through the equivalent of a standard Calc I, Calc II, Calc III, Linear Algebra sequence, and I've managed to find great Youtube resources for all of those things (and more). It's times like these that you marvel at how awesome the Internet can be at its best. :-)
- alphajulietmike 10y ago
  I'm learning linear algebra in tandem with Andrew Ng's - machine learning course on coursera. Challenging would be an apt description!
  - mindcrime 10y ago
    Yeah, part of my motivation for doing a lot of maths study is exactly that I took that Andrew Ng class. You can get through the class without knowing multi-variable calculus and linear algebra and what-not, but that class made it clear to me that learning that stuff would be hugely beneficial.
  - flor1s 10y ago
    Check out Linear Algebra: Foundations to Frontiers (https://www.edx.org/course/linear-algebra-foundations-frontiers-utaustinx-ut-5-05x https://www.edx.org/course/linear-algebra-foundations-fronti...), it's being offered self paced by edx, and you can download the lecture notes for free at http://www.ulaff.net http://www.ulaff.net. When I took the course two years ago I liked how the lecturer will discuss basic concepts in the lectures but also gives additional material related to state of the art research being done in the field. There also used to be a course called Coding the Matrix, I'm not sure if it is still being offered online. The lecture notes form a book of the same title, which is available for less than 10$ (Kindle).
- 40acres 10y ago
  Hey I'd love to hear about how your learning experience is going! Care to share your experiences? I'm about to start a self-directed learning exercise focused on CS related math. I've never used online resources to learn / brush up on complex topics before so I'm a bit unsure what to expect.
agumonkey 10y ago
I take more pride/pleasure by understanding through reading. Somehow I don't trust my brain not to go into a visual form of rote learning by replicating what the video said. Books are a bit more painful, but forces my brain to actually make sense of abstractions actively instead of passively (which is not always the case on videos, but a lot more probable). Also, libraries are a good place to reflect.

quakeguy 10y ago

That last vid made my day, expecting nodes and splitting algorhytms. You clever you! :)

mcguire 10y ago
For those of you who don't know, felling trees is incredibly dangerous. They store immense energy in a not terribly structurally safe form. Don't do it if you don't know what you are doing.
- datainplace 10y ago
  I remembering learning that the most powerful force acting on a building or tree was inertia. Watching videos like this makes that much more clear.
- nothis 10y ago
  My dad always insists on cutting them himself and watching it always gave me a heart attack. That vid is basically what I play through in my head the whole time. So far nothing happened but man.

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mindcrime 10y ago

Youtube really is the math teacher I never had. Same here. I'm on a quest to run myself through the equivalent of a standard Calc I, Calc II, Calc III, Linear Algebra sequence, and I've managed to find great Youtube resources for all of those things (and more). It's times like these that you marvel at how awesome the Internet can be at its best. :-)

alphajulietmike 10y ago
I'm learning linear algebra in tandem with Andrew Ng's - machine learning course on coursera. Challenging would be an apt description!
- mindcrime 10y ago
  Yeah, part of my motivation for doing a lot of maths study is exactly that I took that Andrew Ng class. You can get through the class without knowing multi-variable calculus and linear algebra and what-not, but that class made it clear to me that learning that stuff would be hugely beneficial.
- flor1s 10y ago
  Check out Linear Algebra: Foundations to Frontiers (https://www.edx.org/course/linear-algebra-foundations-frontiers-utaustinx-ut-5-05x https://www.edx.org/course/linear-algebra-foundations-fronti...), it's being offered self paced by edx, and you can download the lecture notes for free at http://www.ulaff.net http://www.ulaff.net. When I took the course two years ago I liked how the lecturer will discuss basic concepts in the lectures but also gives additional material related to state of the art research being done in the field. There also used to be a course called Coding the Matrix, I'm not sure if it is still being offered online. The lecture notes form a book of the same title, which is available for less than 10$ (Kindle).
40acres 10y ago
Hey I'd love to hear about how your learning experience is going! Care to share your experiences? I'm about to start a self-directed learning exercise focused on CS related math. I've never used online resources to learn / brush up on complex topics before so I'm a bit unsure what to expect.

agumonkey 10y ago

I take more pride/pleasure by understanding through reading. Somehow I don't trust my brain not to go into a visual form of rote learning by replicating what the video said. Books are a bit more painful, but forces my brain to actually make sense of abstractions actively instead of passively (which is not always the case on videos, but a lot more probable). Also, libraries are a good place to reflect.