I want to improve my maths so that I can open up the amount of books and articles I can read and understand.
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I'm going through this series aimed at programmers by Bartosz Milewski, finding it pretty great so far. https://bartoszmilewski.com/2014/10/28/category-theory-for-p... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbgaMIhjbmEnaH_LTkxLI...
Thanks, but my lingua franca is math, not programming, i'm a pretty bad programmer actually :( Did you find anything from a "practical mathematician" type of view?
Category theory for the working mathematician [1] would probably be a good fit?
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#323I want to learn functional programming and machine learning.
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#324Just bought myself a piano, so I want to learn to play - to a beginner level - I'm aware that probably even after 5 years one is still essentially a "beginner", so it's a long road.
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#325I want to learn functional programming and machine learning.
You should start with "Introduction to Statistical Learning" which is the baby brother of "Elements of Statistics Learning" (arguably THE reference book) - it's easy to follow and has examples in R, a functional language.
Plus, it's free!
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I've been in sales 15 years now. Check out these resources and they will give you a GREAT foundation: Read the challenger sale: https://www.amazon.com/Challenger-Sale-Control-Customer-Conv... and read SPIN selling: https://www.amazon.com/SPIN-Selling-Neil-Rackham/dp/00705111... Listen to the advanced selling podcast: https://advancedsellingpodcast.com/ Cheers
Thanks for the tips! I read and enjoyed SPIN Selling. I love podcasts so I'll give that a listen.
Any time. The podcast is an excellent way to really understand what the sales profession is about.
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#327I want to build a product which can let me leave my full time job and support me financially. I have built a lot of products over the past (http://www.websrvr.in/ , https://zammu.in/ , https://getsimpleform.com/) but none of them have allowed me to work on them full time. I should probably spend more time in marketing/selling the products.
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#328Python. Not sure where to start. Python 2? 3?
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Looks neat. It's also worth you looking at CES (Customer Experience Score). CES feeds into NPS... eg NPS is a result of lots of CES's, so to improve NPS you actually need to look at the core issue(s) that may be impacting it. You might be able to build CES into your offering as well.
Great idea. Adding it to our roadmap. The idea is that we will initially start off with in-app NPS, then explore other channels like email campaigns, SMS, Android and iOS SDKs. Once we have the entire workflow for NPS worked out, we can look at customizable surveys and other survey types.
That sounds good. I think your challenge will be that organisations who offer online resources (client portals etc) or mobile apps probably also have CRMs, so could replicate your product pretty easily. That said, if you can feed your data straight into the 2 leading CRMs globally (salesforce and dynamics 365) you might be able to leverage them to your advantage.
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#330I'd like to learn Japanese. I'm hoping to travel there in June after I graduate from college, and I figure it would help if I could talk to people (or try, at least). I'd also like to get better at Rust. I've written a few small projects in it at hackathons, but I've yet to get to the point where I'm comfortable writing in it. I'd like to get close to that. I'm taking a class prior to graduation in abstract algebra,…
4chan's /int/ has a daily thread with many ressources for learning Japanese. The basic recommendation is to get Anki and the Core 6k deck and the deck for the Dictionary of Japanese grammar. Grind those decks until you can read simple texts, then read as much as you can. The NHK for example provides news in simple Japanese http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/easy/ .
I am learning Japanese as well. Thanks for that NHK link that's a great resource, I love the furigana!