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Comment #18488556
I will check that out! We are always looking at add new courses
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Comment #18488553
That's true, it doesn't match location at the moment, but we may add something like that in the future if that's what people want. Hopefully as more people sign up, our algorithm w…
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Comment #18481892
Very good question. I would recommend doing both I suppose. On Stacks, we match you up with buddies based on all of the courses you are interested in rather than just one. So our a…
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Comment #18474862
I'll take a look at this and see what we can do. If you email me at admin@stacks.courses, I can make sure we reach out to you when/if we add fast.ai
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Comment #18473591
The gray overlay is supposed to highlight the search bar. It's supposed to make everything on the site gray except for the search bar. Is that not the case for you? Is the search b…
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Comment #18473504
Thanks Aaron! I enjoyed speaking with you as well. Nice seeing you in the comments!
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Comment #18473477
You don't have to share your actual last name. Pseudonyms are fine. I didn't think about the case where someone doesn't have a last name. I might need to do something about that.
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Comment #18472702
That's a good idea. I was planning on sending this out to r/learnprogramming on Monday. I'll have to make sure this makes it to r/cscareerquestions as well
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Comment #18472179
Ahh yes, very true :) A lot of good points. Thank you for the feedback!
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Comment #18471546
I think this is a good idea. I've thought about doing something like this for books as well. I haven't yet thought about doing this for programming languages or frameworks, but may…
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Comment #18471529
I like that copy as well. Having class sizes is a great idea. I'll have to look into adding that.
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Comment #18471525
I like that. I think I may have to use that.
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Comment #18471201
Thank you!
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Comment #18471195
Thank you!
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Comment #18470943
That might be true. I think it might be bordering out of scope for the "Find Study Buddies" feature, but I've thought about potentially adding a Q&A feature to the site in the futu…
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Comment #18470819
Our algorithm starts working as soon as you enable the "Find Study Buddies" feature. Also, it starts working anytime you add a new course. At the moment, it takes about 10 seconds …
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Comment #18470706
Are they on Coursera or edX? Or are they on they're own platform? --- Ahh! Looks like are hosted own their own sites. I will take a look at adding these. If you want, you can email…
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Comment #18470549
Thanks for checking us out!
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Comment #18470504
Cool! I hope both approaches work out!
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Comment #18470369
Haha that's cool. I had a friend help design my landing page. He mentioned that he used a generic graphic to make that bookshelf. It's cool to see it elsewhere in the wild
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Comment #18470350
I will take a look at this. Thanks for the heads up!
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Comment #18470283
We're always looking for suggestions for new courses to add! I will take a look at this and see what we can do! If you want, you can email me a way to contact to you at admin@stack…
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Comment #18470252
That helps a lot. This is something that I haven't been keeping in mind. Great suggestions for what to do with the landing page and also some of the best advice for framing how I s…
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Comment #18470198
This is something I can add. Our catalog currently consists of all courses from Coursera, edX, Udacity, Udemy, and The Great Courses! Maybe I should also fix that wording as well.
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Comment #18470157
I hope this can be a valuable a resource as well! Thanks for giving this a look!