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Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it

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Why don't you actually put effort into actually writing out the problems?

I'm not going to do your work for you and I'm not going to pat you on the back for scraping good content in a sloppy way. So here's a really good example of the problem with what you're doing.

https://teachyourselfmath.app/problem?id=18

I really hope to see this improve because the idea is good. The execution is not

Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I could find myself wanting to help develop this further, as I also have some appreciation for math, and also cherish the idea of having somewhere to find good exercises to tackle. Glad to hear this! > Of course, it brings problems of exposing possibly copyrighted material. I'm just wondering what your stance is on that. Given that problems are anyway discussed on the internet in various forms, I wouldn’t see this…

I see. I still feel this must be carefully thought out, because although exercises are being discussed online, this platform could potentially outright distribute them all at once in a centralised manner. And it can be a source of tension, specially without attribution (I've grown a bit more sensitive to this issue after realising how much effort goes into producing good exercises, like Advent of Code for programmers…

> And it can be a source of tension, specially without attribution understood, thanks for sharing your concern here. i agree with the general sentiment that coming up with good problems/content is a hard job. let me see what i can do.

> and these exercises, as you probably know, can be generated easily; Yes, this is on my todo list. To do problem generation instead of problem sourcing.

thank you for all the feedback!

Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it

#13

Why don't you actually put effort into actually writing out the problems? I'm not going to do your work for you and I'm not going to pat you on the back for scraping good content in a sloppy way. So here's a really good example of the problem with what you're doing. https://teachyourselfmath.app/problem?id=18 I really hope to see this improve because the idea is good. The execution is not

hey, each problem in itself is intended to be a complete entity. while picking up from the PDF, it is extracting all the text written for that problem. if this is not happening for every problem already, that is something to be fixed I believe. i would rather spend my time in making this better instead of curating every problem manually. i could also spend time in picking up better sources that have more complete problems in general.

thank you for your feedback!

Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it

#14

Why don't you actually put effort into actually writing out the problems? I'm not going to do your work for you and I'm not going to pat you on the back for scraping good content in a sloppy way. So here's a really good example of the problem with what you're doing. https://teachyourselfmath.app/problem?id=18 I really hope to see this improve because the idea is good. The execution is not

I don't see what's upsetting about the problem you linked. If you don't know what a "greatest common divisor" means, why not search it or put it into GPT? That's the simplest statement of the problem.

Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it

#15

Why don't you actually put effort into actually writing out the problems? I'm not going to do your work for you and I'm not going to pat you on the back for scraping good content in a sloppy way. So here's a really good example of the problem with what you're doing. https://teachyourselfmath.app/problem?id=18 I really hope to see this improve because the idea is good. The execution is not

What's wrong with this problem?

Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it

#16

Why don't you actually put effort into actually writing out the problems? I'm not going to do your work for you and I'm not going to pat you on the back for scraping good content in a sloppy way. So here's a really good example of the problem with what you're doing. https://teachyourselfmath.app/problem?id=18 I really hope to see this improve because the idea is good. The execution is not

Because that's arguably the next step. Why doesn't he solve them while he's at it? Efficiency is lost here!

Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it

#17

Why don't you actually put effort into actually writing out the problems? I'm not going to do your work for you and I'm not going to pat you on the back for scraping good content in a sloppy way. So here's a really good example of the problem with what you're doing. https://teachyourselfmath.app/problem?id=18 I really hope to see this improve because the idea is good. The execution is not

I see that he's getting downvoted, but there are minor errors indeed. Problem 31 (https://teachyourselfmath.app/problem?id=31) doesn't list the problem inputs, for example.

Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it

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post #14

Why don't you actually put effort into actually writing out the problems? I'm not going to do your work for you and I'm not going to pat you on the back for scraping good content in a sloppy way. So here's a really good example of the problem with what you're doing. https://teachyourselfmath.app/problem?id=18 I really hope to see this improve because the idea is good. The execution is not

I don't see what's upsetting about the problem you linked. If you don't know what a "greatest common divisor" means, why not search it or put it into GPT? That's the simplest statement of the problem.

He fixed it, which is good.

Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it

#19

Why don't you actually put effort into actually writing out the problems? I'm not going to do your work for you and I'm not going to pat you on the back for scraping good content in a sloppy way. So here's a really good example of the problem with what you're doing. https://teachyourselfmath.app/problem?id=18 I really hope to see this improve because the idea is good. The execution is not

What's wrong with this problem?

The problem seems to have been fixed? Another poster under my top level comment posted a similar one that is missing crucial information.

Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it

#20

Why don't you actually put effort into actually writing out the problems? I'm not going to do your work for you and I'm not going to pat you on the back for scraping good content in a sloppy way. So here's a really good example of the problem with what you're doing. https://teachyourselfmath.app/problem?id=18 I really hope to see this improve because the idea is good. The execution is not

hey, each problem in itself is intended to be a complete entity. while picking up from the PDF, it is extracting all the text written for that problem. if this is not happening for every problem already, that is something to be fixed I believe. i would rather spend my time in making this better instead of curating every problem manually. i could also spend time in picking up better sources that have more complete pro…

A thought. If you're set on automation it could be that you could try automating the opposite of this approach as well. Detecting incomplete problem definitions when they happen.

In either case, you're welcome. I don't mean to be rude :) As I said I think it's a good idea. I just know that poor execution on this will limit the potential a lot.

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