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Andrej Karpathy's video is probably much better than this: https://youtu.be/l8pRSuU81PU https://youtu.be/l8pRSuU81PU
by rty32 2y ago
Andrej Karpathy's video is probably much better than this:
https://youtu.be/l8pRSuU81PU https://youtu.be/l8pRSuU81PU
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- elpocko 2y agoIt's gotta be an exceptionally awesome video to beat written text though. I'll take mediocre text over good video any day.
- nottorp 2y agoHow can a video be better than text based info when we're talking about a programming task, which is all text?
- graovic 2y agoYou can listen someone thought process, that is extremely valuable
- hombre_fatal 2y agoBecause the value isn't in just having raw reference material like complex code you just paste into your program. The value is in communicating ideas and understanding. You don't need to skim through the 4 hour video long to see it's full of whys and hows and explanations and demonstrations that massively dwarf the blog post. It's basically a mini course. Programming is an interactive process, so transcribing the video to text also removes a lot information. The video isn't just an audio form of what could've been a long text tutorial. You're watching someone do something.
- nottorp 2y ago> The value is in communicating ideas and understanding. And those ideas absolutely can't be communicated in concise writing, I have to waste my life on listening to talking heads?
- hombre_fatal 2y agoYes. Skim the video. You're watching someone explain things interactively in a way that cannot be done with text. Whether you have the preference for it or not is not up for debate here.
- nottorp 2y ago> Skim the video. So not all 4 hours are worth watching? :)
- jamescmartinez 2y agoThis is an option for those who want to learn from a more interactive medium instead of from a textbook. Different people learn in different ways. I wouldn’t call any of it a waste.
- frognumber 2y agoConvert video to text with this one simply secret trick: * yt-dlp * whisper (whisper is surprisingly good for a lot of educational videos) Even better is to connect text to images. but that's less of a simple trick (although I do have the code).
- omerhac 2y agoThats cool but not exactly the same as reading text that was written to be consumed as text. I think a big part of the reason technical text is easier to digest is the way it's written, and not so much the medium.
- throwaway71271 2y agoThis particular video is an exceptionally awesome video. And so are his other neural net videos. He keeps bringing you back to first principles, again and again, does not let a single doubt remain, and the code is very accessible and practical. The intersection between those who can teach and those who truly understand the deepest essence of a subject is much smaller than we would hope. People like Feynman, Tanenbaum, Sussman, Susskind, and now Karpathy are exceedingly rare. Each of them is a gift for generations to come. So, when you find one whose style resonates with the way you think, I suggest watching their videos multiple times. :)