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Sat Apr 11 20:47:55 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> gabriel_laddel see, the djikstra quotes are great. because they are SOMEONE.
Sat Apr 11 20:30:26 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> gabriel_laddel " I've assembled some quotes from Wikipedia which paint, from what I could tell, an accurate picture," what is the meaning of "from what i could tell" in that sentence ? because the follow-up, "I've lived in the US for 22 years and heard nothing about" seems essentially an appeal to ignorance. but that aside, how does the "From what i could tell" construct emerge here ?
Sat Apr 11 20:14:15 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> gabriel_laddel i hope you appreciate i hit you over the head because i like you.
Sat Apr 11 20:05:38 UTC 2015 <ben_vulpes> gabriel_laddel: 6.2.3 has some bogus character formatting
Sat Apr 11 19:51:04 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> gabriel_laddel if you wish the path analogy, moocs are like tourists : they go "to a foreign country", spend their time between local mcdonalds and local starbucks in the "idiot foreigners" quarter.
Sat Apr 11 19:48:56 UTC 2015 <gabriel_laddel> One should be able to pick up a computer and learn
Sat Apr 11 19:48:41 UTC 2015 <gabriel_laddel> While I think that the whole submitting to a teacher thing is important in some cases, we have 100ks of people running through e.g., introductory chemistry courses. There are only so many paths to walk.
Sat Apr 11 19:46:54 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> gabriel_laddel autodidacts are a case of split personality
Sat Apr 11 19:46:48 UTC 2015 <gabriel_laddel> (well, one that I learned from)
Sat Apr 11 19:46:37 UTC 2015 <gabriel_laddel> I've never had a formal teacher.
Sat Apr 11 19:46:31 UTC 2015 <gabriel_laddel> but what about autodidacts?
Sat Apr 11 19:45:34 UTC 2015 <gabriel_laddel> Let's say that you sign up for a course. You cannot possibly learn anything interesting because they've got to execute all code in the browser, or barring that, you're aping youtube videos.
Sat Apr 11 19:44:25 UTC 2015 <gabriel_laddel> kk, will do
Sat Apr 11 19:44:20 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> gabriel_laddel show, don't tell.
Sat Apr 11 19:44:08 UTC 2015 <gabriel_laddel> Completion rate is really irrelevent, the problem is that they've created this new "format" and books are still superior.
Sat Apr 11 19:43:14 UTC 2015 <gabriel_laddel> they're failures.
Sat Apr 11 19:42:58 UTC 2015 <gabriel_laddel> mircea_popescu: or seen their completion rates?
Sat Apr 11 19:42:51 UTC 2015 <gabriel_laddel> mircea_popescu: have you tried to use one?
Sat Apr 11 19:41:49 UTC 2015 <mircea_popescu> gabriel_laddel "MOOCS (massively open online courses and the like) have failed due to fundamental issues with their technical perspective - a perspective shared by nearly the entire fiat world. New frontiers have opened, Masamune provides a technical foundation for mission critical programmes of the future."
Sat Apr 11 19:40:27 UTC 2015 <gabriel_laddel> yeah, him and Bruce Willis