mikevm

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by mikevm 14y ago
Don't let the proprietary door hit you on the way out.
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How do the courses on Coursera work? Can a person do a course merely by watching the videos after it closes? Is it possible to review old courses and take them at my own pace, or are they completely gone once they are done?
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Spot on. The whole DRM situation is ridiculous. I would never buy an eBook if I couldn't strip away the DRM. Same goes for music. Who in his/her right mind would buy content that he/she doesn't really own?
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For me, visual indexing is only important for text books or technical books. For any other materials (novels?), that's unimportant. So for technical stuff I prefer to read a PDF version of the eBook (that is the precise copy of the actual b
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Why do people always go back to analogies to physical objects/scenarios when discussing digital content? Obviously going back to a physical bookstore and demanding to get another copy of a book you lost is not something that anyone would do
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That's why Flipboard + Google Reader is such a great combination.
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Nice try, with your "unbiased" sources. How about you check the timeline here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Palestinian_rocket_atta... Basically your narrative is the one I see on a bunch of pro-Palestinian propaganda sites, and n
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The problem is that the offered solution to the conflict (2-state solution) is horribly wrong, and will never work out in the long-term. The only way to solve this conflict is with the 3-state solution ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-s
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Are you kidding me? The Vazirani/Dasgupta book is a joke compared to CLRS. I learned algorithms from CLRS (as most students have), and it is bar-none, the best data structures/algorithms book on the market. The explanations are clear, detai
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Vista wasn't a dud. It was mostly seen as a failure because a lot of incompatible software (mainly POORLY written software, but MS is probably partly to blame for that), and a few UX changes that forced to people to be a little more respons
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burnout?
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Cha ching!
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I've been thinking of using spaced repetition in the upcoming semester to help me study (computer science). Does anyone have any tips on when to review, and what kind of material should I be preparing for review? Do I just re-do parts from