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by ivan_ah 10y ago
See also http://www.mapeditor.org/ which is another good software in that space.
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That's a great list. The only thing that's missing would be a linear algebra course. The OP mentions it in passing, but a good understanding of LA goes a long way. I did UGRAD in engineering, and when I switched to physics everyth
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> What about email? That's a really good idea! Email is an good existing source of messaging and "identity." People can choose to participate in the "network" either using one of the big hosted providers, a priva
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Wow, that's a nice collection of problems. They are exactly the opposite of the dry and artificial "word problems" students are used to. The discussion at the bottom of the blog post is also very interesting. The socratic app
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On the topic of eigenvalues, this video is a very nice introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFDu9oVAE-g&index=14&list=PL... (the whole playlist kicks ass; highly recommended for anyone interested in "
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> “[Teachers] are woefully unprepared [for] engaging in inquiry driven lessons. [...] instructional changes entailed by NGSS are too big to internalize in isolated chunks of professional development. I think this is currently the main ob
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Also, a couple of weeks ago there was the "Bay Area Deep Learning School" with 10/10 good lectures: http://www.bayareadlschool.org/schedule (best for someone who already has a bit of math or ML background) Th
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This is very cool. I like this example which uses diagram for general logic flow, but mixes raw code for details: http://drakon-editor.sourceforge.net/folder-night.png
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by ivan_ah 10y ago
Check out my math and physics textbook, it sounds like it would be perfect for you: https://minireference.com/ I also have one on linear algebra: https://gum.co/noBSLA Piece of advice: don't skip the e
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According to [1], the K80 GPUs have the following specs: Chips: 2× GK210 Thread processors: 4992 (total) Base clock: 560 MHz Max Boost: 875 MHz Memory Size: 2× 12288 Clock: 5000 Bus type: GDDR5 Bus wi
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Video Speed Controller: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/video-speed-contro... After installing this, you can adjust the playback speed by 0.1 increments on any HTML5 video element. Works great for lectu
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Related: a very interesting visualization that shows all the "money" in the world: http://money.visualcapitalist.com/all-of-the-worlds-money-an...
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On a related topic, y'all should check `f.lux` for removing the blue hues from your monitor after 9pm: https://justgetflux.com/
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Awesome article. Probably the best intro to quantum computing ever. The perfect balance of educational + hype destruction. The only thing that I know of, that has come up over the years since Sara's article, that could possibly be inte
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Seems like it. Hey thx for linking to this, that's some good papers.
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Rather than thinking just of how math ideas are used in CS, we should think of the relation as a two-way street: computing can help us better understand math too. Here is a short tutorial on basic math for programmers: https://mi
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Discrete math first comes to mind first: lists, trees, graphs, etc. Used in basic algorithms 101, but you need some more serious probability theory for probabilistic algorithms. Linear algebra is useful for computer graphics, but also for g
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Lol, did they have "growth hackers" back in the eighties? That would be a funny card to pull.
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How do you pass data from python to js? e.g. a list of values to plot.
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This is by far the best-done "trick you into learning how to code" onboarding experience I've been exposed to. (I've tried many because I want to get some friends interested in coding)
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I can't believe they missed Neonto https://neonto.com/ which allows you to point-and-click your way to functioning apps. Real native apps, not prototypes. Most functionality like list and menus + layouts for many diffe
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by ivan_ah 10y ago
The main explanation given to justify $300 price tags for textbooks is the short "exploitation window" for each title. Because of used book sales, new book sales are eroded, so publishers are forced to jack up prices. Hm... I like
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Why Textbook Prices Keep Climbing [audio](npr.org)
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I like. It would have been better if the math topics made more sense, so each stanza would tell a story rather than just name drop. On the other hand the production quality is awesome, beat is good, and voice is good. It sounded like a prof
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Have you tried text-to-speech software? The built-in one for Mac OS X is quite good (Alex, the default voice is not annoying). I set the words per minute to a very high rate, and I get my hacker news while exercising or doing chores around
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An earlier book from the same author: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/street-fighting-mathematics
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Michael J. Barany, the OP of the scientificamerican article, wrote a response to this response: http://mbarany.com/ReplyToThonyC.html (not very convincing, IMHO, mainly because all the "math is elitist"-arguments
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Very nice indeed! Django+DRF and React+redux is like four of my favourite things combined. The frontend build file is gulp, so make that five.
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There are some nice examples here: https://cloud.google.com/endpoints/docs/frameworks/python/cr... It seems like an interesting and useful approach, and it can optionally handle some of the OAuth2 stuff
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I see your point, but I think individual schools don't make the choice. This stuff is usually done at the school board level, or maybe even State level. It's a giant racket too, perhaps even worse than the university-level racket:

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