Can't edit my earlier comment, so making a new one: There are quite a few people on HN who are great at Economics and Finance. Could someone recommend some courses and texts (and hopefully a "path") for a complete beginner to understand it?
I'd like to be able to better understand things like the FT and all the stats that CNBC shows me etc. Also hopefully get skilled enough to start investing in the market. Not to mention, broad economical trends and projections etc. Thanks!
Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?
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#122Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/ It's not tech-related, but I have achieved near-fluency in one language in less than a year (Dutch), and I'm currently learning 3-4 others. (Russian, German, French, Italian) I find it very effective and easy to fit in around everyday life. I would definitely recommend it to anyone else seeking to learn languages.
Unfortunately they don't have a course to learn mandarin chinese
Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?
#123Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/ It's not tech-related, but I have achieved near-fluency in one language in less than a year (Dutch), and I'm currently learning 3-4 others. (Russian, German, French, Italian) I find it very effective and easy to fit in around everyday life. I would definitely recommend it to anyone else seeking to learn languages.
Are you living in the Netherlands and/or doing any study outside Duolingo?
You'll have to eventually study outside duolingo if you are serious about learning a language.
I would recommend starting with the duolingo course, completing it, then keeping your tree gold while exploring other learning material. Start with children's books and work your way up. There are also a lot of language exchange chat sites that are good to help you get more comfortable speaking a new language, but you will need a partner to practice with at some point.
Also I've found ReadLang (which I found on HN) to be a very helpful tool for faster learning, and I upload the majority of my ebooks into it.
I hope this helps.
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#124Earlier this year I did the Stanford Introduction to Mathematical Thinking course on Coursera [1]. I found it fairly challenging but managed to finish with a distinction. The instructor was particularly good. I'm now working through UCSD Interaction Design specialisation [2], which is a series of courses followed by a project. So far its been very good, although the short course format (3-4 weeks) means that there is…
I also loved the Mathematical Thinking course, it was the first MOOC I completed and still one of my favorites!
Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?
#125I've found Deborah Kurata's course content good https://www.pluralsight.com/authors/deborah-kurata in particular https://www.pluralsight.com/courses/angularjs-line-of-busine...
My only issue is her voice can be very monotonous and I find it hard to do more than an hour without having to walk away and wake myself up. Her course content is very good though.
Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?
#126Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/ It's not tech-related, but I have achieved near-fluency in one language in less than a year (Dutch), and I'm currently learning 3-4 others. (Russian, German, French, Italian) I find it very effective and easy to fit in around everyday life. I would definitely recommend it to anyone else seeking to learn languages.
I also use Memrise (http://memrise.com). Using both together seems very effective.
Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?
#127Learning from Data by Caltech Professor Yaser Abu-Mostafa : https://work.caltech.edu/telecourse.html. There was an edX version last year
MMDS: Mining Massive Datasets by Stanford professors Jure Leskovec, Anand Rajaraman,Jeff Ullman, Link: https://www.coursera.org/course/mmds
Neural Networks for Machine Learning: Geoffrey Hinton, Link: https://www.coursera.org/course/neuralnets
Artificial Intelligence for Robotics: Programming a Robotic Car, Sebastian Thrun Link: https://www.udacity.com/course/artificial-intelligence-for-r...
Intro to Artificial Intelligence, Peter Norvig & Sebastian Thrun. This was the one which started it all in 2011, joined a little late by Andrew Ng's ML course which has been mentioned already.
Intro to Artificial Intelligence link: https://www.udacity.com/course/intro-to-artificial-intellige...
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#128Can anyone recommend a course on business organisation? I'm planning on starting a startup and want to round out my business knowledge as to who I should hire. I want to stay in charge of tech & strategy while letting someone else manage finance, hr, etc. I couldn't find a single one that actually explains what a CEO does on coursera/edx/novoed.
Try Steve Blank's How to Build a Startup. Link: https://www.udacity.com/course/how-to-build-a-startup--ep245
Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?
#129Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/ It's not tech-related, but I have achieved near-fluency in one language in less than a year (Dutch), and I'm currently learning 3-4 others. (Russian, German, French, Italian) I find it very effective and easy to fit in around everyday life. I would definitely recommend it to anyone else seeking to learn languages.
Rocket Languages: http://www.rocketlanguages.com/
I really like Duolingo (especially the fact that it's free) but have been using Rocket Languages for learning German. You do have to pay for it, but it has an emphasis on speaking and understanding full conversations in context that I haven't found in other courses.
After using it daily (about a half hour) for around a year I received a 95 on the A1 and an 87 on the A2 exams, so I can vouch for its effectiveness. I took both exams around the same time because I wasn't sure of my exact level.
I also used Anki for vocabulary memorization and was able to practice some with a fluent German speaking friend (infrequently).
Tip: If you're going to buy a course, wait till a holiday or clearance day like Black Friday. They regularly do 60% off sales that are actually valid (i.e. they don't raise their prices right before the sale).
Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?
#130Learning from Data by Caltech Professor Yaser Abu-Mostafa : https://work.caltech.edu/telecourse.html . There was an edX version last year MMDS: Mining Massive Datasets by Stanford professors Jure Leskovec, Anand Rajaraman,Jeff Ullman, Link: https://www.coursera.org/course/mmds Neural Networks for Machine Learning: Geoffrey Hinton, Link: https://www.coursera.org/course/neuralnets Artificial Intelligence for Robotics:…
I enjoyed MMDS, but the lectures given by Ulman were painful to sit through. The man could simply not deliver a single sentence not read verbatim from a screen.