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I wonder how much the 'free and open source' requirements of this curriculum hold it back. Someone serious about self learning shouldn't be hesitant to invest s
by AstroBen 1y ago
I wonder how much the 'free and open source' requirements of this curriculum hold it back. Someone serious about self learning shouldn't be hesitant to invest some money in good material
- elpatokamo 1y agoThis is fair. One example is the discrete math course (called Math for CS). The MIT course is widely agreed (in the Discord server anyway) to be harder to follow than even just a good discrete math textbook, but there are no high quality discrete math textbooks that are free and open source (as least that I know of). I’m doing OSSU, and I went for “Discrete Mathematics with Applications” by Susanna Epps. Cost $50 for a used textbook. Technically I’m deviating from the curriculum but I’d say I’m still “doing OSSU”
- AstroBen 1y agoAnd you can even resell the textbook after using it :)