Earlier quoted context omitted.
You absolutely can. But beware: these are public.
Seems like a feature.
Yes.
Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?
331–340 of 515 posts
Re: Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?
#332Zed Shaw’s “Learn Python the Hard Way” was what really got programming to click for me after trying and failing to wrap my head around C, Java, and Pascal many times in my teenage years. It taught me enough to start having a lot of fun with programming, and gave me enough of a foundation to end up actually learning those other languages in university.
Re: Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?
#333CS4410 and CSE131 (they are very similar, pick one) for compilation:
- https://course.ccs.neu.edu/cs4410sp21
- https://ucsd-cse131-f19.github.io
These two articles for garbage collection:
- http://www.more-magic.net/posts/internals-gc.html
- http://journal.stuffwithstuff.com/2013/12/08/babys-first-gar...
Re: Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?
#334Earlier quoted context omitted.
Precisely. Also all the other works (philosphy/religion) have elaborate contraptions to describe what it/God/ is. TTC is the only one that starts out with it cannot be told. No go live it.
"But the true Tao cannot be lived, and if you live the Tao, it is not the true tao." I posit that my made-up nonsense rebuttal has as much merit as anything else in this thread.
If the fool didn't laugh at it
It wouldn't be the TaoRe: Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?
#335I had so much trouble with English grammar until I took Latin, then it all clicked and made sense. I say this as a native English speaker.
Interesting comment. Do you mean trouble with using English correctly, or trouble with grammatical analysis or terminology?
Mainly grammatical analysis, but that helps some more pedantic parts of very formal English.
Re: Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?
#3361. Machine Learning by Andrew Ng on Coursera. 2. Linear Algebra from Imperial College course on Coursera. Course name: "Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra". 3. Eigenthings from Ella Batty's lectures on Neuromatch Academy. 4. Vector Calculus from Eugene K's YouTube. 5. Much of Physics from Halliday, Resnick, Walker's book. 6. How to actually do knowledge work and grow, and productivity in general from Ca…
+1 on Halliday/Resnick physics. This book changed my life--it was only after reading it that I started to trust my own ability to learn directly from textbooks.
Re: Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?
#337Fast.so practical deep learning for coders was the course that made deep learning and it’s implications click for me.
Building and deploying a state of the anrt image classifier in lesson 1, less than an hour was incredibly motivating.
Re: Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?
#338Michael Nielson's book/site on Neural Networks helped me really grasp the topic.
http://neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com/
H.L. Royden's Analysis was a book that made real analysis click when I read it on my own time in High School. It's simple enough so an intelligent kid can read it and think that simplicity can allow a solid understanding that some people can miss reading more sophisticated book.
It's also true that being forced to really work at a problem, whether by a class or a job, can also be invaluable way for concepts to click. Facing a problem that doesn't budge with your habitual approach forces you to try backing up and looking from a wider perspective as well as working at the problem with greater exactness and attention.
Re: Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?
#339Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Roman Catholic Church openly claims to be the one true religion, and that all other religions might have elements of the truth, but not the fullness of the Truth. So Catholicism doesn't fit into this framework.
Why would it not fit in this framework because of something they claim?
Because the framework supposes that the claims of each religion are basically the same, and Roman Catholicism explicitly rejects this.
Re: Ask HN: Do you recall any book or course that made a topic finally click?
#340"Basic Economics" by Thomas Sowell. Helped me gain a more intuitive understanding of economics. On a side note, the man is a machine. He's been writing close to a book a year since the age of 80 (he's 92 now).
While slogging through an economics course in college I was frustrated that there were not teaching me anything. Then I discovered Sowell and Friedman and started watching every video I could find. Such a relief.
I just did what they wanted me to do for the rest of the economics courses but basically just ignored it all. No one in academia or the media wants to hear what Sowell and Friedman have to say. I should have been made aware of these guys and been assigned books and videos from them on day one.