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by redschell 15y ago
A lot of misinformation in this article regarding Peter Thiel's position on higher education in America, but the posters here have addressed that. What I find surprising is that this course, at least from what I read, will not be available
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by redschell 15y ago
Any news on Machine Learning? I'm starting to lose hope.
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by redschell 15y ago
I'm still not clear on the "Getting rid of Facebook" process. If I recall correctly, there are three levels. First, you can simply deactivate it ("I've got a big project this week guys, so no Facebook for me."). A step further, and this i
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by redschell 15y ago
I'm more disappointed in the "I'm an X major and I love you so much!" comments. I'd like more questions regarding Alpha pro. It's a tempting purchase for a lot of people, myself included, but so much of it seems like nifty stuff I'll play
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by redschell 15y ago
Oh, no doubt. LA is a big place, and some bits are clearly nicer than others, but I guess I was just trying to point out that crime can happen anywhere for any number of reasons. You're more likely to get robbed in South LA than in Santa
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by redschell 15y ago
Ah, yes. Crime mapping. As an LA resident, I've lost quite a bit of time playing around with the crime mapper at the LA Times website, poking around places I used to live, checking out demographics, average amount of education, income, et
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by redschell 15y ago
I don't see why we can't learn both. I really enjoyed AP Statistics. It was a class I took my senior year of high school because AP Calc scared me, and it ended up being a very rewarding and memorable experience, but I regret not having t
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by redschell 15y ago
Agreed. What a strange, and frankly embarrassing, way to present yourself when the chief complaint against you will invariably be your maturity. That funny anecdote aside, this line turned me off: >While little data on the phenomenon
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by redschell 15y ago
Slightly off-topic, but I'm curious to hear more of what HN thinks about Gladwell. Some writers and scientists I respect, perhaps most notably Steven Pinker, have been vocally opposed to the "shoddy scholarship" of Gladwell's work, while o
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by redschell 15y ago
Hey, did he take that from Richard Feynman, or was Feynman first with the quote: "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool."
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by redschell 15y ago
The concept here is encouraging, but at the same time a bit disheartening when I consider how many of my peers have recently graduated or will soon graduate with expensive, decreasingly valuable degrees in subjects they love, but will have
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by redschell 15y ago
Interesting assessment of what I've always considered to be a successful learning supplement. Not an alternative, and certainly not a revolution, but something people of all ages and backgrounds can refer to when needed. It's a wonderful
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by redschell 15y ago
It's a fair point, but you need to consider the fact that the extra $20,000 a year could mean the difference between a big college loan and a smaller one (or no loan at all!), and the size of your college loan, which will in time become col
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by redschell 15y ago
Could you elaborate on why you would think this? Because it seems a bit hard to believe. I mean, the oldest students in your average CS 101 class will be, what, 22? Maybe older if they're non-traditional? The human brain's frontal lobe
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by redschell 15y ago
I think the numbers from Harvard B-school grads isn't really that shocking or terrifying. Of course the US is losing ground to the BRIC countries. They were bound to make progress eventually. Also, the 21% that felt America is "falling b