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MindWeb – A Computer Science Bachelor Curriculum

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Re: MindWeb – A Computer Science Bachelor Curriculum

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Post by rhizome »

pc86 wrote: post #19
rhizome wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why does it have to be about "damage?" The poor design of a disorganized resource wastes time and hides value.

Imagine a world where not everyone likes or responds the same to design, where people have different opinions about what is good or "poor" design, and not every interaction needs to be optimized for "value."

Is that what you think is going on with this site?

What aspects of the design do you think are particularly effective? What is most clearly communicated?

Re: MindWeb – A Computer Science Bachelor Curriculum

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Post by ddingus »

tux3 wrote: post #20
pc86 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Imagine a world where not everyone likes or responds the same to design, where people have different opinions about what is good or "poor" design, and not every interaction needs to be optimized for "value."

In that world, I imagine people would be free to criticize designs they don't like and provide alternatives.

As would those who make the critiziced design a be secure in their ethos, advancing them with advocacy.

My favorite response is, "ok, thanks" and move on.

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Post by znpy »

As a cs-savvy person, I'd really love to see similar pages but for other fields.

Computer science is probably one of the most over-documented fields. Everyone seems to have compiled a list of resources at least once in their life, like a rite of passage.

I'd love to see open source curricula for Economics/Business, Physics, Music, Literature and other stuff.

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Post by trucktires »

Speaking of CS, apparently now it's important to know something about high dimensional spaces and their volumes. I have linked a PDF below. What part of math does it belong to? I am not sure pure Linear Algebra and Real Analysis deal with such problems? Could it be Measure Theory or Convex Geometry? I am looking for literature or at least the names of subsets of math that deal with such problems starting from the very beginning.

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~venkatg/teaching/CStheory-infoage/ch...

Re: MindWeb – A Computer Science Bachelor Curriculum

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Post by msla »

znpy wrote: post #24

As a cs-savvy person, I'd really love to see similar pages but for other fields. Computer science is probably one of the most over-documented fields. Everyone seems to have compiled a list of resources at least once in their life, like a rite of passage. I'd love to see open source curricula for Economics/Business, Physics, Music, Literature and other stuff.

I'd love to see one for philosophy.

Yes, part of the point of studying philosophy is getting feedback from discussing ideas with others. But there's still a basic vocabulary and set of ideas everyone should learn simply so they realize their revolutionary ideas about reality and truth and beauty and so on have occurred to others, and have been discussed, probably for centuries if not millennia, and that the results of those discussions have been preserved.

It would be contentious, but some of the lists of core resources for CS are contentious, too.

Re: MindWeb – A Computer Science Bachelor Curriculum

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Post by Blackthorn »

bpicolo wrote: post #8
Blackthorn wrote: post #7

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Khan Academy is great, but not what I was asking.

It's a pretty good attempt at what you're asking (it's college level chemistry with fantastic instructors, for free, online) CS is pretty unique in the realm of things that typically require a 4 year degree to work in that are accomplishable without. The required capital is sitting on most desks in the country. Chloroform less so I imagine it would be almost entirely impossible to work in bioscience without a relevan…

I mean, I'm not really looking to work in the biosciences. I have a PhD in computer engineering and am happy with my job. I'm looking to take classes past the organic chemistry classes I took in college.

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Post by Blackthorn »

trucktires wrote: post #26

Speaking of CS, apparently now it's important to know something about high dimensional spaces and their volumes. I have linked a PDF below. What part of math does it belong to? I am not sure pure Linear Algebra and Real Analysis deal with such problems? Could it be Measure Theory or Convex Geometry? I am looking for literature or at least the names of subsets of math that deal with such problems starting from the ver…

Looks like similar stuff from my calculus 3 class.

Re: MindWeb – A Computer Science Bachelor Curriculum

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Post by asdojasdosadsa »

trucktires wrote: post #26

Speaking of CS, apparently now it's important to know something about high dimensional spaces and their volumes. I have linked a PDF below. What part of math does it belong to? I am not sure pure Linear Algebra and Real Analysis deal with such problems? Could it be Measure Theory or Convex Geometry? I am looking for literature or at least the names of subsets of math that deal with such problems starting from the ver…

What's your answer to the last exercise?
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