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by EzGraphs 15y ago
In general, python is a more "regular" language with less unusual cases - so it tends to show up a bit more often in traditional programming 101 courses. It also promotes readability by making indentation a part of the language syntax. Tha
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Got to love the fact that another HN link hovering around this one reads: "Fact based, data-oriented news (s0rce.com)"
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If you mean SQL specific resources, Joe Celko (who's book "SQL for Smarties" was mentioned in the article) has written a good deal. He generally expresses himself using ANSI Standard SQL (and served on the standards committees). But I thi
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Good point. This does imply that the teacher is watching the monitor rather than helping another student and then actively intervenes. So it is likely a different dynamic than a classroom where a teacher is observing the whole class at on
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Granting that startups frequently change direction quickly and radically... I would still evaluate someone who is moving in a direction differently than one who is not. Choice of a direction (including an active decision and specific concre
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To Quote Martin Fowler "Often when you come across something new it can be a good idea to overuse it in order to find out it's boundaries. This is a quite reasonable learning strategy. It's also why people always tend to overuse new technol
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The R language ( http://www.r-project.org/ ) might lend itself well to your more intense mathematical demands. There are packages with specific to some of your concerns (e.g. Nonlinear Dynamics: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/tsD
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Agreed - I am a dev and a bit sick of seeing Bootstrap splashed across quickly designed sites. That said, I demoed a site I built using Bootstrap recently to some business users and was complimented on my design ability.
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Ask HN: Highest Ranking of HN Submission?
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Maven deals with dependencies related to application builds. If I understand the article correctly, the author is suggesting a way of sanely managing dependencies related to deployment configurations. This might include subgraphs that rep
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I wondered about that... yest Stanford University is prominently displayed on the course web page: https://www.coursera.org/algo/auth/welcome
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There is more widespread fear of "1984" scenarios (abuse by controlling authorities) and a bizarre tendency to give up personal automomy and be lulled into complacency ("Brave New World"). Modern America's seems to gravitate towards promot
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I am a bit suspicious in this regard of algorithm questions for which the interviewer already has an answer. The interviewer may have a solution in hand that they never solved themselves, or solved at their leisure in a different context (
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The comparison between the local state university and MITx is noteworthy. One of the big arguments that I hear continuously for traditional colleges is that they provide opportunities for research and are a place to make social connections
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I took the class and completed it - (but was not of the elite who achieved perfect scores). It was a well structured class with great presentation and had the best interactive exercises I have seen for a tech course. Dr. Widom and her team
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Hmm - we have had some signups earlier tonight - Could you try this link directly: http://gradesquare.com/signup
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Had our admins make a number of adjustments to the site - these issues have been resolved and the site is responding much better now.
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What kind of social interaction were you thinking? Some ideas we have been kicking around are the following: - Integration with Twitter/Facebook/Linked In - Comments/Tagging/Social Bookmarking on Course pages - Chat/Video Chat
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No others sources are available - see: http://gradesquare.com/by_source
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Very helpful - thanks for the ideas. We are planning a round of changes in the near future.
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Yup - saw that as well....bit of a jump in traffic overwhelmed the server momentarily. Apologies.
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There has been an explosion of educational resources in the last few months (think MITx, Stanford, Khan Academy etc). GradeSquare provides the tools to help you find courses and plan your studies more effectively. Check us out and let us kn
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Show HN: GradeSquare.com - Find and Track your Online Courses(gradesquare.com)
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Log File Analysis with R(r-chart.com)
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Good suggestion - they are on our horizon for sure. Best wishes on your classes.
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Actually - a very interesting suggestion. I have always thought of the videos there in a different category (motivational speaking). They definitely have an educational component though.
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Took the Stanford Database class online (while working) at the end of last year. It was one of the best technical education experiences I have ever had. That said... Self study does not include credentials and evidence of specific work th
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Nice - the thenewboston.com is completely new to me. The other two are good ideas as well. It looks like these use resources that appear in other sites (AcademicEarth has OCW related content, YouTube has Khan Academy). It will be interest
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Anything really. We started with a pretty heavy emphasis on traditional academics - but many of those sites are the best publicized as well. An idea for the list of subjects we currently flagged (sorry about the dups): http://gradesquare.c
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To give a bit of context I've been working on a site that aggregates online learning opportunities: http://gradesquare.com/by_source At this point we have courses from the following sites: Annenberg Learner Blender Cookie CMU Google Cours

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