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There is a lot of play room in computing inflation numbers. For example, there are assumptions based on which input variables are smoothed out to reduce noise.

Came here to write exactly this. Berkshire is special

Like the Arab spring, this is an Indian monsoon.

Unfair to compare Iphone 5c with Moto G. Iphone 5c vs Moto X is a more meaningful comparison.

Yes, looks like they are going to start with their pilot course. I am specially excited about this as this is a step towards separation of learning and credentialing.

At first, I thought the article is about the soccer tournament. :)

In case one does not want to spend $29, the free HTML book [1] (currently in beta) is good enough. I have been following along the book, and can vouch for it. It is a great way to …

Wow! This is great news. I have finished 2 Coursera courses already and currently enrolled in 2. These classes have been the best education I have received till date. I will vouch …

Stanford's Coursera launches 3 more CS classes. Compilers by Professor Alex Aiken https://www.coursera.org/course/compilers Automata by Professor Jeff Ulman https://www.coursera.or…

Captain Jean-Luc Picard states in the film Star Trek: First Contact that "The economics of the future is somewhat different. You see, money doesn't exist in the 24th century. The a…

"is Udacity concentrating on short, relatively easy classes for mass appeal and Coursera concentrating on more difficult and rigorous classes?" Absolutely, your inference hit the n…

CS229A is a course taken by people from different backgrounds not just CS. It basically deals with the practical aspects of machine learning, implementation issues etc. In addition…

Prof. Ng's class wasn't watered down. CS229A( http://cs229a.stanford.edu/ ) is the Stanford equivalent of the online ml-class. Ng also teaches another machine learning course at st…

That is precisely why udacity courses are gaining popularity. They give you a false sense of accomplishment when actually the learning is very superficial.

Exactly, Udacity courses have around 50 minutes of lectures per week and 6 weeks of lectures. In total just 5 hours of lectures for the whole duration of the course. I don't believ…

PGM-class looks pretty hardcore. Well done Prof. Koller & Coursera team. Glad that Coursera and MITx are not watering down the material for any of their online courses.

Absolutely agree, it is a perfect example of how an online class should be executed. The amazing Dr. Widom had shown how it needs to be done.

AFAIK there hasn't been any delay announced for Udacity courses. Can you please cite the source, from where you got this info.

Not just the Machine Learning class. All Coursera courses from Stanford faculty have been delayed again. Coursera Courses by faculty from other universities are running on time.

They are offering MITx certificate for free for this pilot course because, I quote from their website "In this prototype version, MITx will not require that you be tested in a test…

Could you please elaborate on how you reached such an interesting reasoning behind the launch of these classes.