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01-14-2015 , 10:42 PM

#51

TheBrokenATM!

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Way to suq.
I completed one of my3 courses an started second. I did quiz but skipped the assignment

SUQ is winning!

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01-15-2015 , 04:43 AM

#52

Treep

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I'm a bit behind, still need to watch this week's lectures and finish the programming assignment from last week. I always mix up C and Python and then wonder why my code won't run...

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01-15-2015 , 09:39 AM

#53

TheBrokenATM!

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Lol treep. Good luck
I was watching the course for first step into entrepreneurship and went to sleep super late.
I literally couldn't put it down, I was doing it on my iPad in bed.
I even came out with a promising product lol.
I'm loving it

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01-15-2015 , 12:04 PM

#54

Wilverine

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Originally Posted by Nicholasp27

Machine learning is more like artificial intelligence.

Instead of programming the system with instructions on what to do in various scenarios, you setup a system that learns (though a variety of algorithms, techniques or statistical methods). So you can build a system or model that learns from a bunch of sports stats/results and predicts future outcomes. Or a system that can classify documents or tag videos with items/people inside of it or describe an image with natural language.

Netflix recommendations, Handwriting recognition, speech recognition, Siri, and Watson are a few popular applications.

That pretty F'ing cool

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01-15-2015 , 05:50 PM

#55

tchaz

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Originally Posted by Treep

I always mix up C and Python and then wonder why my code won't run...

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01-15-2015 , 09:26 PM

#56

TheBrokenATM!

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I'm the only one doing the new products or start ups?
Great stuff guys

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01-16-2015 , 12:54 PM

#57

Wilverine

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Originally Posted by TheBrokenATM!

I'm the only one doing the new products or start ups?
Great stuff guys

What's the move dood

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01-17-2015 , 12:06 AM

#58

TheBrokenATM!

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Originally Posted by Wilverine

What's the move dood

I got a company and products line coming up.
You gotta stop slacking and start studying

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01-17-2015 , 07:37 PM

#59

TheBrokenATM!

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Ok guys.
One more day before starts week 2 or week 3 for some courses.

Who is done with week one? Week two? if you at least watched the videos but didn't do assignment that's fine too.

I have completed week 1.
I also completed week 1-2 in another course related.
I am behind on one course, haven't done anything since I been playing catch up and training at new job. Might be too much with 3 atm

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01-18-2015 , 03:09 AM

#60

plubius

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I started this course on edx

6.00.1x Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python

I have completed the first 3 lectures.

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01-18-2015 , 03:13 AM

#61

TheBrokenATM!

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How many are u behind to finish week 1?

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01-18-2015 , 01:14 PM

#62

Treep

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Just finished the last assignment for week 2, so I've finished all of week 1 and 2.
Another course is starting tomorrow though, so let's see how I fare with two courses.

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01-18-2015 , 05:20 PM

#63

TheBrokenATM!

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Awesome treep. How do you like it so far?
I tried doing 3 but realized 2 is probably best for now.
I try to get a video or 2 in on my breaks while I eat. That's helped me advance a lot if you are short on time.
That's my tip to make sure to stay up to date

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01-21-2015 , 08:53 PM

#64

TheBrokenATM!

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Stop procrastinating people.
Hit the books. Watch a video or two a day. It's not hard let go
If you are not enjoying it then u picked wrong class. I'm loving it

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01-21-2015 , 09:06 PM

#65

benneh

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Originally Posted by TheBrokenATM!

Stop procrastinating people.
Hit the books. Watch a video or two a day. It's not hard let go
If you are not enjoying it then u picked wrong class. I'm loving it

My classes don't start for another 11 days, but I did see this while browsing: https://www.coursera.org/course/surveillance

Looks interesting. Itll probably activate my paranoia, but I'm giving it a shot

Nothing else really interests me that has started so far but I'd love to hear some more recs from anyone already in

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01-23-2015 , 08:22 AM

#66

Treep

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I really love the crypto course I'm doing. It's intellectually challenging (some people on the forums whine about how difficult it is) and that's exactly what I wanted from it.
My second course that just started this week I so far don't like as much. The lecturer talks a bit too fast for me (but I'll most likely get accustomed to that) and I would like him to clearly mark that he is gonna explain e.g. logarithms for the next 5 minutes so I can skip the stuff I already know. But I'll wait until we left the basics behind to see how I like the course.

Nonetheless I'm behind schedule because I'm lazy

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01-23-2015 , 09:51 AM

#67

TheBrokenATM!

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Awesome benneh good luck.

Treep that's awesome.
Did you know in the iPad app and iphone has a slow and fast button?
It's in top right. Show 1.0x
I have one professor is slow so I put him at 1.50x and is fast.
Another guy talks normal so I have him at 1.25x most the times. Helped get thru stuff u know

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01-23-2015 , 11:36 AM

#68

Treep

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Oh, I just pause regularly to take notes and re-watch some parts, that helps a lot with understanding. I just have to rewatch a lot more often with the algorithms guy.
Another funny thing about him: he said people claim that his handwriting is unreadable. I have no problem reading what he writes, probably because most people also find my handwriting horrible

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01-23-2015 , 01:39 PM

#69

Aicirt

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Treep,

Algorithms are my thing. Let me know if you want to discuss anything from the course. I enjoy that kind of stuff.

Who is teaching the class btw?

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I should do a Spanish course on here. I'm doing Duolingo but I think some more formal language courses would help me.

Edit: Do they don't have foreign language on there? A search for "Spanish" isn't returning foreign language classes.

Last edited by Aicirt; 01-23-2015 at 01:45 PM.

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01-29-2015 , 02:35 PM

#70

Wilverine

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Doing duolingo for German. It's great. I took a few years of it before but I'm remembering things so quickly.

Might actually start this coursera thing

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01-29-2015 , 04:33 PM

#71

Treep

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Oh, Aicirt, didn't see your post there. The Algorithms course is taught by Tim Roughgarden from Stanford. I'm also doing an Algorithms course that focuses more on the programming part by Kevin Wayne and Robert Sedgewick from Princeton, but I think I'll drop one of the two courses. Probably actually the more programming oriented one since I'm more interested in understanding how to determine "effectiveness" of Algorithms in theory than of the actual implementation.

to Wilverine for German. It's an awesome language

Let me know if you want to converse in German.

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01-30-2015 , 01:09 AM

#72

Aicirt

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Nice! Roughgarden is a really smart guy who has a lot of important research contributions to the field. Pretty sick that anyone can learn from him for free. Good luck!

And yes I agree understanding algorithm theory is probably more important.

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01-30-2015 , 01:24 AM

#73

TheBrokenATM!

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Yes defenately amazing one can learn from free from very smart people.
I'm hooked, just wished I had more time.
German sounds awesome, they make my fav cars

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01-30-2015 , 06:03 PM

#74

Hurp Durpington

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Are there another site like Coursera or does anyone know a course on Coursera that teaches VBA programming? I'd really like to start learning programming and start with VBA for my everyday work but I don't see it being offered

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01-30-2015 , 11:09 PM

#75

Nicholasp27

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Udacity is like coursera

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