chaosinorder

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by chaosinorder 13y ago
This is what people have told me when I inquired about this in person. Thanks for confirming it. And, of course, all of us already know about MOOCs, but knowing someone has taken a course there and it was good, is a decent indication for a
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by chaosinorder 13y ago
Will add it to the list. Thanks!
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by chaosinorder 13y ago
I'm 30 years old, and focused on a liberal arts degree, but since I was a kid I've always done basic PHP and JavaScript stuff. The CS courses I'm interested in taking, such as C/C++ have a math requirement. But I don't just want to do it be
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by chaosinorder 13y ago
I will email you tonight (my time).
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by chaosinorder 13y ago
Now that I'm older, I can appreciate educational material directed at children. So, I'm not opposed to taking those courses -- I do not feel above it by any means. Who knows -- it may work as a catapult! I will try out your site, for sure.
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by chaosinorder 13y ago
I had never heard of a Directed Acylcic Graph before. Let me read up on it and will try to do it. What you say makes sense, though. I want to be able to take advanced CS courses and fulfil the math requirements. However, I am certain I am f
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by chaosinorder 13y ago
Thanks. You're right I haven't taken control of my own learning, which can really be summed up in the question: where do I start? Part of the problem is I don't even know what I can already do, because I haven't done math in a long time.
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Ask HN: How to get back into mathematics?
9 points by chaosinorder 13y ago|16 comments