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by snikolov 15y ago
They can sue, they just need the inventor's permission. In that case, if the inventor is getting their hard work ripped off, they would probably agree to sue.
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by snikolov 15y ago
There is a CS course taught in Java in my high school, but the prerequisite teaches Netlogo, Scheme and Python. Schools teaching APCS should definitely consider having a prerequisite intro course if they have the resources to do so.
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by snikolov 15y ago
I admire the hustle, but in this case, you are asking the people of YC to do extra work to come up with something for you to solve. I think they are very busy and unlikely to do that.
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by snikolov 15y ago
I started Spring of 2004 when I was a freshman at Stuyvesant High School. We could start taking electives our second semester, so I signed up for Intro to Computer Science on a whim. I was decent at math but didn't know a thing about progra
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by snikolov 15y ago
I agree. In general, it's a good idea to recognize the diversity in the ways people have learned to be productive. Also, I've been hearing about Peopleware a lot recently. Thanks for reminding me.
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by snikolov 15y ago
That's quite a leap of judgement. Of course building a company will be a lot more intense. That's absolutely no indication that he's not ready. Besides, intensity has to do with the rate at which he works and nothing to do with how long he
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by snikolov 15y ago
creativity is frowned upon - see Commandment 4 I don't think #4 is about creativity, but about communication and humility. It's about looking at what others did and discussing with them the possibility of changing it because 1) they built
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by snikolov 15y ago
In reality, everybody's very busy, but enough people find time to hack on things that it's very frequently an inspiration to hear/see what people are doing. Most people seem to be just surviving. But there a decent amount of people who hack
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by snikolov 15y ago
Burnout does happen, but you don't necessarily hear about it.
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by snikolov 15y ago
I often think back to why I came to MIT, especially when the semester gets tough. I remember I came to the admitted students weekend and toured one of the dorms. The walls were covered with murals and the floors with junk --- motors, robot
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by snikolov 15y ago
Thanks for the thorough reply. It seems we agree on a few key points: 1) Retention sucks in the current model of higher education. I've been thinking about this one a lot lately. I've been doing a one year masters where I'm taking two cours
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by snikolov 15y ago
Just-in-time learning is the future. No ifs, ands, or buts. Any argument you might have to the contrary is not only wrong, but dangerously wrong ... The current system of teaching students everything they might need to know, just in case i
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by snikolov 15y ago
I wonder how expensive background checks are and how much (if any) of the $100 they'd get to keep.
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by snikolov 15y ago
This is clearly an introduction. You're not going to spend a semester talking about "Error and Noise" in a class like this. I had the opposite impression --- that it covers a relatively small number of topics that are very highly related. N
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by snikolov 15y ago
My favorite classes (and the ones I've learned the most from) have always managed to balance theory and implementation. The formula has usually been a mix of 1) purely theoretical exercises emphasizing fundamental concepts 2) project-based
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by snikolov 15y ago
I agree that understanding the theory is very important. The figure is very interesting. Would you care to explain it? I think I know what these are in theory, but perhaps I haven't internalized them enough to understand the visual represen
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by snikolov 15y ago
The perception that someone is "forcing" "nerds" to exercise is superficial and reinforces incorrect nerd/jock stereotypes. Perhaps you didn't mean this in a serious way, but in my experience some people still think that MIT is all stereoty
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by snikolov 15y ago
Because most colleges teach "computer science" not "software engineering". Computer science is primarily about abstract concepts, and not so much about necessarily doing anything worthwhile with them A computer science curriculum (even a
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by snikolov 15y ago
Nowadays, you get a (sizable) glimpse of it in 6.02, which is usually taken before 6.003 (in fact, it is a prerequisite), and which deals with digital communication systems. Perhaps 6.002 also presents pieces of Fourier stuff when needed.
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by snikolov 15y ago
Good list. I would add accountability to that.
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by snikolov 15y ago
That's a good question. I'm not sure how I would design it. The current test uses a combined score but there's a subtlety. The curve is such that you're better off getting 350 on math and 250 on verbal (or vice versa) than 300 on each. Peop
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by snikolov 15y ago
I went to Stuy and have always believed that requiring people to score high on an exam that tests verbal and mathematical reasoning skills is a good thing. Now, a score on a single exam is not a particularly great way to admit people for ma
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by snikolov 15y ago
Introductory-level courses are interesting stuff if the right person teaches it (to the right students). In fact, they can (and should) be more than that. Intro courses should inspire, fascinate, and fill students with excitement about th
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by snikolov 15y ago
Employers like MIT grads because MIT makes you learn 1) how to learn 2) to get shit done. Soul-crushing courseloads may not be optimal for learning, but most employers care more that you're smart, get things done, and can learn fast on your
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by snikolov 15y ago
Awesome work. I'm most impressed by how they've set up a way to get quick validation by testing their products in classrooms as soon as possible.
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by snikolov 15y ago
I don't follow. Could you point to where it mentioned NLP in the article?
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by snikolov 15y ago
I can't possibly imagine a better introductory Computer Science class MIT student here. My year was the first to have to do the new curriculum. Here's my understanding of it. The replacement courses (6.01 and 6.02) are not supposed to be
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by snikolov 15y ago
To be honest, most of those kids are the types who will start coding/hacking on their own, not sure if a special school is needed for this I might be a special case but for what it's worth: I didn't start programming until I was a freshma
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by snikolov 15y ago
There is a lot of worry in this thread about the curriculum being too narrow. While I do not know how it will work in this new school, let me offer some perspective as a Stuyvesant alum. Like many have said, it can be possible to have a "no
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by snikolov 15y ago
Very well put, Yuri. A small correction from a more recent alum: I was a freshman at Stuyvesant in the fall of 2003. In the Spring of 2004, the one semester intro CS class became a graduation requirement for sophomores (where the other seme

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