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Re: Ask HN: Recommend me a course on Coursera

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Post by noobrunner » Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 3:04 AM UTC

Eugeleo wrote: post #6

noobrunner wrote: post #4

https://www.coursera.org/learn/genetics-evolution Beginners level.Dr. Noor is an excellent instructor.

Thanks! The teacher makes or breaks the course, and that is exactly why I asked for personal recommendations. As an aside, the world of genetics (and molecular biology in general) is beyond fascinating. I remember coming home after one the 5th or 6th lecture on Cell biology and thinking "wow, take your worst spaghetti code and imagine the pasta becomes sentient --- that is us".

very well said ! I am wondering if anyone here has recommendations on where to go next after I finish this course ?

Re: Ask HN: Recommend me a course on Coursera

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Post by airstrike » Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 3:11 AM UTC

silverdrake11 wrote: post #45

airstrike wrote: post #7

https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning with Andrew Ng

I would recommend Andrew Ng's updated course on Deep Learning with python instead. https://www.coursera.org/specializations/deep-learning

I took it about 6-7 years ago, so I totally believe you

Re: Ask HN: Recommend me a course on Coursera

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Post by airstrike » Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 3:15 AM UTC

accidentalrebel wrote: post #46

I recommend an audiobook course from Audible called The Philosophers Toolkit: How to be the most rational person in any room by The Great Courses https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Philosophers-Toolkit-How-to-B... It teaches you mental models on how to think and find a solution to a problem. It explains the concepts behind each model quite well. Topics include how to determine a valid argument, an iron clad argument, usi…

I had a credit on my account so just picked this up. Thanks for the recommendation – seems very interesting.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend me a course on Coursera

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Post by sonabinu » Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 3:25 AM UTC

I would start with 'Learning how to Learn' - https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn

Re: Ask HN: Recommend me a course on Coursera

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Post by Javantea_ » Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 3:33 AM UTC

billfruit wrote: post #54

ronyfadel wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Care to explain why? Anyone else who did it care to chime in?

It requires Matlab for instance.

I completed the course with Octave, but yeah this language is a hurdle that people don't need.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend me a course on Coursera

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Post by evancox100 » Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 3:39 AM UTC

Princeton’s Computer Architecture course is great.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend me a course on Coursera

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Post by pmohun » Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 3:40 AM UTC

bhaprayan wrote: post #14

I enjoyed taking Model Thinking: https://www.coursera.org/learn/model-thinking It's designed to be a foundation course for subsequent social science classes, but I personally found the exposure to models from different fields of study to be quite insightful. If you're interested, there's also a book by the professor on the same topic: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/39088592-the-model-th...

Model Thinking is the best Coursera course that I've taken. The lessons have practically applied to many areas of my personal and professional life in a way that far exceeded my expectations.

Scott is one of the best teachers on the topic, and makes complex models simple and intuitive to understand.

It is a long course, but well worth it. Cannot recommend it enough.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend me a course on Coursera

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Post by smabie » Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 3:51 AM UTC

chrisatumd wrote: post #48

smabie wrote: post #23

Let me recommend you an udacity course instead. This is hands down the best course I've ever taken in my life: AI for Trading https://www.udacity.com/course/ai-for-trading--nd880 Includes an introduction to finance/markets, and goes into strategies, multi-factor models, and deep learning. Great projects too!

It looked interesting - is it really $400 a month for access to the course, or is there some other way to just take the course without some kind of certificate?

I'm not sure, but I took really good notes (along with good pictures from the videos). I have them in org and html: https://github.com/smabie/udacity-AI-trading-notes

Re: Ask HN: Recommend me a course on Coursera

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Post by sunilgiri » Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 4:53 AM UTC

accidentalrebel wrote: post #46

I recommend an audiobook course from Audible called The Philosophers Toolkit: How to be the most rational person in any room by The Great Courses https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Philosophers-Toolkit-How-to-B... It teaches you mental models on how to think and find a solution to a problem. It explains the concepts behind each model quite well. Topics include how to determine a valid argument, an iron clad argument, usi…

Thanks for the recommendation. Plan to use a remaining credit to buy this course.

Re: Ask HN: Recommend me a course on Coursera

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Post by notechback » Fri, Apr 10, 2020, 5:03 AM UTC

the_snooze wrote: post #16

Securing Digital Democracy https://www.coursera.org/learn/digital-democracy I went through this not long after it was first offered following the 2012 elections, and it introduced me to the amazing world of security and human factors. There's more to secure systems design than just smart engineering. You have to give a lot of attention to people and priorities, and elections are a great place to see that in action.

Seconded I've taken a number of courses and this is by far the best mooc I've taken.