TheRealmccoy

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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
thanks, I have an android phone. also my intention is to finish he two EdX courses specifically.
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
wow ! thanks so very much! I hope that I won't disappoint, either of us. and yes, thanks for the offer to, but it would cost you a lot to ship it all the way where I live. but also, this is an experiment in pedagogy and Mobile learning
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
:-) same here. let's see how far I go.
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
thanks so ever much, I would try Termux, though I would like to stick with VIM which I have currently installed. I want to be comfortable with it first and then may be take on Emacs
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
I have installed VIM and using it
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
thanks so ever much, I would try openshift.com
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
this is an experiment in mobile learning and pedagogy. hundreds of millions of people have only a smart-phone as a computer.
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
yes, that's the next step. thanks so ever much!
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
it's an experiment in pedagogy and then in myself, I want to see how far I can go and learn both about pedagogy and programming. pedagogical approach for mobile has to be completely different than the classroom ones, and that's wh
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
the objective is same, is someone learn enough on a mobile to either get an entry level job or may be showcase his skill to someone who could get that person a laptop. hundreds of millions of people have only a smart-phone as a computer.
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
Yes it is GNURootDebian. I would definitely try out Termux, thanks so ever much!
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
that's what this experiment is all about, kids are so much in Smartphone these days, can they actually learn something worthwhile with it?
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
absolutely, it is huge sum of money, almost a year's living expenses for millions of families (I riterate the word, family)
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
this is an experiment in pedagogy and mobile learning. mobile learning is supposed to be huge, but does it work? also, while I could buy a Chromebook definitely, hundreds of millions of people are not as much previleged as myself, but so ma
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
yes to most extent it won't be. this is an experiment in pedagogy also, where I would like to see, if someone is really driven and resources are under constraints, can he do it? Can passion overcome constraints?
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
I saw Solo Learn but did not check out, I am not sure of the level of complexity it would present in real. EdX courses are in truth, God send, hundreds of millions of people around the world have only mobile as a computer, if they can acces
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
yes IDEs are not possible. I found one for Python called QPython but not sure how it is. After using some of the desktop IDEs, not sure whether to call it by same name.
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
this is an experiment to see how conducive mobile is for learning.also hundred if millions of people around the world have a Smartphone as their only computer. is it possible for them to learn programming and make themselves better due to i
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
Thanks ! not using keyboard is intentional and deliberate.
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
For past 12 months or so, I have been dwelling into whether learning is possible on mobile or not. Of those 7 I worked free of cost for an Edtech startup, which was providing learning on mobile. My quest is still not solved. In a world whi
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
yes, absolutely true.
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Ask HN: Can programming be learnt completely on smartphone?
24 points by TheRealmccoy 9y ago|73 comments
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
yet again, one of those posts. all those people who have the ability to do something, discuss and post detailed comments and then wait for next such article, and then rinse and repeat. what is the point of discussion, if we nothing concrete
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by TheRealmccoy 9y ago
in this case, since it was done anonymous,I believe the impact and affinity is the prime motive. rather a firm belief on part of the donor that the only way for his huge sum of money to do any good to this world, is to go to MIT.
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by TheRealmccoy 10y ago
hi ! I have mentioned my email address in my profile. I am not sure it is visible to others or not. I thought it was visible. sorry for the trouble ! i can be reached at realmccoy2k2AtGmailDotCom cheers !
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by TheRealmccoy 10y ago
Hello ! If you shall require help with sales at your startup, please do let me know. I don't require anything in return but may not be able to devote a lot of time, but would try to do my best. I have more than 15 years of hardcore sal
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by TheRealmccoy 10y ago
hello ! I have completed two business courses on Coursera, namely: 1. The Global Business of Sports 2. Foundations Of Business Strategy. Both these courses I took more out of curiosity, rather than anything else. Both these courses were goo
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by TheRealmccoy 11y ago
hello ! one great way of learning is to be able to adapt to different organisations and scenario. i understand that what you are going through is uncomfortable, but trust me, what you would learn, would be invaluable. the reason is, there i
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by TheRealmccoy 11y ago
People have been advocating, skipping breakfast since long, like more than a century. There is this book, published in 1900 by a doctor named, Mr.Edward Dewey, the title of which is - The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure. I have read
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by TheRealmccoy 11y ago
Also, ideally Google should implement this within their search algorithm itself, by punishing the sites which indulge in such practices by pushing their search results much further away.

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