UK-AlasGou | 13 years ago | on: I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar
But he stated it should be recommended for most companies too.
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UK-AlasGou | 13 years ago | on: I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar
Grammar can often be so complex, that you can get experts who disagree with each other.
UK-AlasGou | 13 years ago | on: Programming is not algebra
I was thinking "Has he programmed in assembly?" Because it defiantly does not feel functional...
It's loading data into registers, and then performing operations on the registers. It feels like a turning machine changing state over time.
UK-AlasGou | 13 years ago | on: 12 new universities join Coursera
It reduces the margin cost for each individual student.
UK-AlasGou | 13 years ago | on: 12 new universities join Coursera
One thing UDACITY does better is that it is much more structured. They have courses that build on each other.
Coursera seems like bunch of interesting courses put together, rather than structured degree thing.
I think this is because universities see coursera as way increase its reputation with the public rather an alternative to university lectures.
UK-AlasGou | 13 years ago | on: Is Sebastian Thrun's Udacity the future of higher education?
"If the courses are too difficult, very few people would make it through them" - There's an easy way to solve this. Just have primer courses, or introduction courses which then lead on to hard courses.
I think online is capable of delivering hard courses, not to is giving it a disservice.
UK-AlasGou | 13 years ago | on: Is Sebastian Thrun's Udacity the future of higher education?
The exact opposite criticism from me.
Courses should not be "watered down". They should be as hard as they are at top universities, other wise they will lose credibility.
Do primer courses, leading on to the harder courses if you have to.
This revolution should be used to make high-end knowledge available to everyone who seeks it, not to water-down that knowledge. I want online courses, but good ones which are comparable to top courses.
UK-AlasGou | 13 years ago | on: Show HN: AcademyReady helps you finish online courses, punishes you if you don't
Well the website is down for me, can someone say what it actually does?
UK-AlasGou | 13 years ago | on: Coinbase (YC S12) seeks to bring Bitcoin to the masses
I think a digital currency is a lost opportunity, you could make the system self adjusting to a set target, very accurately.
UK-AlasGou | 13 years ago | on: Coinbase (YC S12) seeks to bring Bitcoin to the masses
Is bitcoin still deflationary?
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