I knew that I've seen somewhere[1] the icon from your landing. [1] https://getpolarized.io/
Not that surprising considering it's a free icon https://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/bookshelf_167708
Show HN: Find a Study Buddy for your MOOC
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#22Great work! ..I'm going to game the system a bit and ask this thread: Does anyone want to atudy machine learning papers w/me (asynch) and discuss via voice call? Also looking for project partners. Heavy preference for reinforcement learning and computer vision. <<- even if this works I'll definitely be using your site to find buddies. Thank you!
Cool! I hope both approaches work out!
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#23Really cool. Almost there!
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#24Really cool. Almost there!
Thanks for checking us out!
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#25Please add courses like CS109 (Harvard), CS231n (Stanford) etc. They are pretty famous among the MOOC people as far as I know.
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#26Really great idea! I just signed up and selected "Interested" for many courses but I still don't have any study buddies. How many courses do I need to select? Also, are you planning on maybe including an option to select a subtopic to look for buddies for instead of simply by course?
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#27This is awesome! Are you familiar with the plus/equals/minus learning concept? Unfortunately I can't recall the exact term used when I first read about it and google isn't helping. It basically says the most effective way to master a subject is to have a: "Plus" - someone who knows more about the subject than you, has more experience than you, can act as a mentor and resource for you and answer questions. "Equal" - a…
I have not heard of this concept, but I think that's a great model for learning! Our algorithm favors matches for people that are both currently taking a course - so you are correct in that the "Equal" is the most important component that our system tackles. However, it also does suggest matches for people that are in different stages of the course. It might make a suggestion for someone who is taking a course with s…
I almost feel like that's out of scope for your project. The "plus/minus" dynamic plays out organically on places like IRC, Stackoverflow, etc. Whereas finding an equal is somewhat harder.
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#28Please add courses like CS109 (Harvard), CS231n (Stanford) etc. They are pretty famous among the MOOC people as far as I know.
Are they on Coursera or edX? Or are they on they're own platform?
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Ahh! Looks like are hosted own their own sites. I will take a look at adding these. If you want, you can email me (admin@stacks.courses) a way to contact you and I can give you an update when I have added these.
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#29Really great idea! I just signed up and selected "Interested" for many courses but I still don't have any study buddies. How many courses do I need to select? Also, are you planning on maybe including an option to select a subtopic to look for buddies for instead of simply by course?
Our algorithm starts working as soon as you enable the "Find Study Buddies" feature. Also, it starts working anytime you add a new course.
At the moment, it takes about 10 seconds to complete. So if you haven't gotten any suggestions within 1-3 minutes, then there may not be anyone else looking for a study buddy for those courses, yet.
I just launched this feature today, so the number of potential suggestions will be as low as it will ever be. I plan on getting the word out on several different sites, which will increase the number of potential suggestions.
We'll send you an email when you have new suggestions, so you don't need to continuously check back in with the site.
Also, for which courses are you looking for a study buddy? I can make sure I spread the word to people and communities who have similar interests.
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#30Great work! ..I'm going to game the system a bit and ask this thread: Does anyone want to atudy machine learning papers w/me (asynch) and discuss via voice call? Also looking for project partners. Heavy preference for reinforcement learning and computer vision. <<- even if this works I'll definitely be using your site to find buddies. Thank you!
I do some work in reinforcement learning and I'm looking for some study buddies/group, I'm very interested