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I was just beginning to give it a try, it just requires you to type the code that is shown on video. Poor way of teaching something, it seems at first. I sense this course is just to teach me the tools of the trade, not really enabling students to fully understand what they're doing. On the other hand, some months ago I watched the ML course by Andrew Ng, and I still did not understand how to test a simple linear reg…

From the yc reading list 2015 [ http://themacro.com/articles/2015/12/yc-2015-reading-list/ ], they recommend [for Neural Networks] this book: http://neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com/ It's more about understanding than "learning tools."

I really liked the NN&DL course. Another I've been meaning to check out is this book: http://www.deeplearningbook.org

Re: Google's Free Deep Learning Course

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was just beginning to give it a try, it just requires you to type the code that is shown on video. Poor way of teaching something, it seems at first. I sense this course is just to teach me the tools of the trade, not really enabling students to fully understand what they're doing. On the other hand, some months ago I watched the ML course by Andrew Ng, and I still did not understand how to test a simple linear reg…

From the yc reading list 2015 [ http://themacro.com/articles/2015/12/yc-2015-reading-list/ ], they recommend [for Neural Networks] this book: http://neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com/ It's more about understanding than "learning tools."

Could you share a link to the YC reading list 2015 . I'm surprised no one asked.

Re: Google's Free Deep Learning Course

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was just beginning to give it a try, it just requires you to type the code that is shown on video. Poor way of teaching something, it seems at first. I sense this course is just to teach me the tools of the trade, not really enabling students to fully understand what they're doing. On the other hand, some months ago I watched the ML course by Andrew Ng, and I still did not understand how to test a simple linear reg…

From the yc reading list 2015 [ http://themacro.com/articles/2015/12/yc-2015-reading-list/ ], they recommend [for Neural Networks] this book: http://neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com/ It's more about understanding than "learning tools."

That's an exceptionally clear, well-written book, and I recommend it without reservation. And it's free online, so anybody who's curious can just check it out.

Re: Google's Free Deep Learning Course

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Hi guys one question sorry if it's answered somewhere but why does the title say "Free" course? is it free cause of the trial period or the whole course is free as of now?

If the whole course is free are there more free courses on this site?

Thanks for the reply.

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Hi guys one question sorry if it's answered somewhere but why does the title say "Free" course? is it free cause of the trial period or the whole course is free as of now? If the whole course is free are there more free courses on this site? Thanks for the reply.

I believe all the courses on udacity are free. They make money through offering nanodegrees, partnering with companies, and a partnership with Georgia Tech to offer an online master's degree in computer science.

So free to take, money if you want degrees.

Re: Google's Free Deep Learning Course

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Hi guys one question sorry if it's answered somewhere but why does the title say "Free" course? is it free cause of the trial period or the whole course is free as of now? If the whole course is free are there more free courses on this site? Thanks for the reply.

I believe all the courses on udacity are free. They make money through offering nanodegrees, partnering with companies, and a partnership with Georgia Tech to offer an online master's degree in computer science. So free to take, money if you want degrees.

Great thanks for the reply!
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