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by my_username_is_ 13y ago
It would be very interesting to see what types of things people go on to do with the knowledge that they've gained from MOOC's. The value created based on knowledge that otherwise wouldn't be accessible would be a very intere
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by my_username_is_ 13y ago
Udacity, Thurin's MOOC platform, is interactive and was designed to not simply follow the lecture style of current classrooms
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Because you can circumvent the centralized authority of DNS registrars. Look at the Pirate Bay, who keeps having its domain names revoked by central authorities. Namecoin's ledger allows people to agree on who has what domain name with
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by my_username_is_ 13y ago
While I agree that it is necessarily difficult to create a search engine ranking algorithm that isn't gamed, customer service isn't something that should be lumped in with the 'difficult problems'. Google has been notori
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by my_username_is_ 13y ago
Even if it isn't "true" CS, they're likely to learn useful skills that can help them automate repetitive tasks and things like that, and give them enough exposure to decide if it's something they may want to do in t
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Ask HN: What websites are there in the 'Slow web' movement?
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Ask HN: What websites are there in the 'Slow web' movement?
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by my_username_is_ 13y ago
How did you identify the mattress industry as needing disruption? Did you have any personal experience in this space before?
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by my_username_is_ 13y ago
I talked to my cousin, a hedge fund partner, about this over thanksgiving. He said that he thinks that it has a chance, and it's something that people and governments have been looking for. If governments just keep printing money with
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by my_username_is_ 13y ago
also Coinbase has higher fees than if you use something like bitstamp
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by my_username_is_ 13y ago
check out Saylor.org. they're trying to build a single open education platform that actually has self study equivalents for entire degree programs