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Re: Data Compressor from Scratch [video]

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Post by gary_bernhardt » Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 5:21 PM UTC

gravypod wrote: post #8

gary_bernhardt wrote: post #7

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Sorry, that's fixed now. I accidentally had it cutting off at midnight UTC. I just pushed expiration out by another day (and it's now judged by Pacific time, and the page says that explicitly for good measure).

Is there a student discount to your lectures? It's hard to squeeze $30 into the ramen noodle budget.

Not right now, but only because the coupon code was removed a while back for Reasons. I need to re-add that. If you like, free to email support@ in a few months to ask whether it's done.

Re: Data Compressor from Scratch [video]

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Post by agumonkey » Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 5:32 PM UTC

gary_bernhardt wrote: post #10

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Very nice of you to fix this; is this a regular thing you do (freeing one video) ? ps: as usual, your video (compression) was a joy to watch, you should be a Khan Academy partner, or host a university or be a mars overlord. Something like that

The code to make screencasts free has been in for a while, but I rarely used it with the computation series because most of them didn't make sense in isolation. These new ones do make sense alone, so I'll probably do this more. I don't work with distributors at all because they tend to (a) want some level of control over content and/or the legal right to modify and reuse it, (b) offer unfavorable royalty rates, and (…

Thanks, I just wished more people got to enjoy your casts. It will happen eventually :)

Re: Data Compressor from Scratch [video]

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Post by gravypod » Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 5:55 PM UTC

gary_bernhardt wrote: post #11

gravypod wrote: post #8

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Is there a student discount to your lectures? It's hard to squeeze $30 into the ramen noodle budget.

Not right now, but only because the coupon code was removed a while back for Reasons. I need to re-add that. If you like, free to email support@ in a few months to ask whether it's done.

Sounds like a plan to me!

Re: Data Compressor from Scratch [video]

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Post by jeremy_wiebe » Thu, Jul 20, 2017, 6:28 PM UTC

gary_bernhardt wrote: post #7

jeremy_wiebe wrote: post #5

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Looks like the free lunch is over already. It's still the 19th where I am and all I see is a "subscribe" overlay.

Sorry, that's fixed now. I accidentally had it cutting off at midnight UTC. I just pushed expiration out by another day (and it's now judged by Pacific time, and the page says that explicitly for good measure).

Thank you! Looking forward to watching this.