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Can't upvote this enough. 1) The early homeworks in this class were basically puzzles, where if you’ve seen the style of problem before you more or less knew t
by bkrausz 16y ago
Can't upvote this enough.
1) The early homeworks in this class were basically puzzles, where if you’ve seen the style of problem before you more or less knew the answer. The goal was to expose us to these types of problems and teach us how to think them through properly.
2) The class was taught by Luis just as he was beginning to hit mainstream media. The guy has a unique approach to problems that was absolutely inspiring. His lectures were one of the few that I actually made an effort to go to.
- Retric 16y agoIMO, the most economically valuable lesson an above average student learns at a top collage is how to cheat effectively. Four years is no where near enough time to provide a good education, but plenty for a gentle wake-up call to how the world actually works. Edit: Now here is someone that was actually paying attention: I believe it was called Finkleberg’s 101 game, at least when I took the class. Maybe he pulled the same trick with a different problem several times. I remember thinking “this is such a googleable problem” because of the peculiar name so I actually assumed that a google search for the name would be a honeypot trap. My assumption proved correct. PS: There are plenty of great resources at a top institution to learn, but you can only explore a tiny fraction of them.
- wisty 16y agoWould you think that one of the most economically valuable things universities do is kicking out cheats? Because they are the ones who will (most likely) back-stab their way to a CEO position, then run down the company while still paying themselves out-sized bonuses.