I quite enjoyed https://www.udacity.com/course/design-of-computer-programs--... -- program design by Peter Norvig. (Disclaimer: I had a very small part in preparing it.)
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#52I have no idea how 'Machine Learning' from Ng is not mentioned. It's fine in teaching you introductory (although it seems to cover more basics than a lot of other courses do, somehow) ML. But more importantly, it's a well designed course. You can see how each piece uses previous pieces and how it solves problems and edge cases not covered earlier.
I appreciate his attention to pedagogy. Even small things like noticing that students learn better with Matlab/Octave than with R or Python is the kind of observation that takes a combination of knowledge, effort and caring about teaching.
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#53Cryptography 1, time well spent. ~3000 reviews at 4.8 stars https://www.coursera.org/learn/crypto
Just don’t hold your breath for Cryptography 2
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#54The Science of Well Being. A great course about how psychologists research human happiness and what the current state of the art suggests are the best strategies for leading a fulfilling life.
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#55I should mention that they have a Black Friday or cyber Monday type special right now where you take a course or a month for free.
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#56Thanks for the info about Machine Learning from Ng. I've been trying to find that course.
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#57Dr Barbara Oakley’s “Learning How to Learn” [0] is great. Edit: It gives an important understanding on how our minds function and how we learn, which, I think, forms the basis of effective work. Knowing how to work, and being an effective learner are incredibly important qualities in life. [0] https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
If you define "work" rather broadly, to include hobbies and the pursuit of personal goals, in addition to laboring for remuneration, then I would argue that knowing how to learn is probably the most important meta-skill one can have.
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#58Dr Barbara Oakley’s “Learning How to Learn” [0] is great. Edit: It gives an important understanding on how our minds function and how we learn, which, I think, forms the basis of effective work. Knowing how to work, and being an effective learner are incredibly important qualities in life. [0] https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn
If you define "work" rather broadly, to include hobbies and the pursuit of personal goals, in addition to laboring for remuneration, then I would argue that knowing how to learn is probably the most important meta-skill one can have.
Agreed. This is a great point.
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#59I think Dan Grossman's Programming Languages courses are amazing if you have slept through the subject in university: https://www.coursera.org/learn/programming-languages
These are absolute gems! I remember how bummed I felt watching the last video of the last course because it was ending.
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#60Interesting prior discussion from 2018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16745042
Thanks