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Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by lagrange77 »

jamesfisher wrote: post #2

Everyday Data Science is the first course on TigYog [1], a platform I'm building. Most courses are video-based, but TigYog courses are more like books. The only addition is multiple-choice buttons with responses. This lets you simulate the tight feedback loop you’d have with a private tutor. Andrew's writing shows off what you can make with this medium. It's a bit like blogging. Try it out and let me know how it goes…

> [1]: https://tigyog.app/ [2]: https://jameshfisher.com/

I like your style!

Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by MathYouF »

yessirwhatever wrote: post #27
MathYouF wrote: post #8

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Your comment comes off bitter. You could just provide additional links for those interested, and/or not read/buy the course if you're not interested. Whatever is upsetting you is not this.

I am indeed bitter (def: anger and disappointment at being treated unfairly; resentment) about people using their credentials rather than real merits of their work to attempt to get a leg up when advertising their work. I covered my dissatisfaction about that in my post.

Distill.pub for example, despite being written by people who worked at OpenAI and (also funded by) Google Brain, makes nearly no mention of either. They've managed to successfully accomplish their goal (creating resources to help people improve their intuition about machine learning) without resorting to those tactics.

Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by pvg »

MathYouF wrote: post #33
yessirwhatever wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Your comment comes off bitter. You could just provide additional links for those interested, and/or not read/buy the course if you're not interested. Whatever is upsetting you is not this.

I am indeed bitter (def: anger and disappointment at being treated unfairly; resentment) about people using their credentials rather than real merits of their work to attempt to get a leg up when advertising their work. I covered my dissatisfaction about that in my post. Distill.pub for example, despite being written by people who worked at OpenAI and (also funded by) Google Brain, makes nearly no mention of either.…

I covered my dissatisfaction about that in my post.

A Show HN is not really the place to vent that dissatisfaction, though, at least not in that form. Take a look at:

https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by fuzzythinker »

yessirwhatever wrote: post #20

Interesting course. I'm not sure if you're affiliated with tigyog.app owners or not, but 20% commission on paid courses is too much. The platform looks neat and interesting, but I wouldn't pay 20% of whatever I'm charging for a course to be able to use a platform that self describes as a "blog with buttons".

I feel the same way. I believe 20% is very reasonable if it drives traffic. So it's a chicken and egg problem. Right now, due to it not having much courses there, the value isn't there.

Side note on nav UX. I expect a right click on logo to be able to open up the tigyog landing page, not save image dialog.

Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by jamesfisher »

heyhihello wrote: post #28

I actually bought your book on Amazon and the book I received was insanely disappointing. Full of typo’s, super wonky formatting, super short in depth and content, and the paper book was the lowest quality of any I’ve ever received from Amazon. I didn’t leave a review because There weren’t many and I didn’t want to sour your sales with a 1-star, but I now kind of regret that. The course looks cool, but it honestly ju…

Hi! I wonder whether we could win you back with the course? We've reworked so much of the content, I hope you'd find those problems are gone! (Although the course is not on higher quality paper)

Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by [deleted] »

pvg wrote: post #35
MathYouF wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am indeed bitter (def: anger and disappointment at being treated unfairly; resentment) about people using their credentials rather than real merits of their work to attempt to get a leg up when advertising their work. I covered my dissatisfaction about that in my post. Distill.pub for example, despite being written by people who worked at OpenAI and (also funded by) Google Brain, makes nearly no mention of either.…

I covered my dissatisfaction about that in my post. A Show HN is not really the place to vent that dissatisfaction, though, at least not in that form. Take a look at: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

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Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by MathYouF »

pvg wrote: post #35
MathYouF wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am indeed bitter (def: anger and disappointment at being treated unfairly; resentment) about people using their credentials rather than real merits of their work to attempt to get a leg up when advertising their work. I covered my dissatisfaction about that in my post. Distill.pub for example, despite being written by people who worked at OpenAI and (also funded by) Google Brain, makes nearly no mention of either.…

I covered my dissatisfaction about that in my post. A Show HN is not really the place to vent that dissatisfaction, though, at least not in that form. Take a look at: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

I think the popularity of my post suggests it better represents the general sentiment of people who viewed the page than not, but I do accept the tone reflects my negative feelings towards the perceived credentialsim:substance ratio more than it does an impartial review of the content. Genuinely, feel free to remove the entirely of my thread if you think it is unproductive, I'm unable to edit it.

Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by pvg »

MathYouF wrote: post #39
pvg wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I covered my dissatisfaction about that in my post. A Show HN is not really the place to vent that dissatisfaction, though, at least not in that form. Take a look at: https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

I think the popularity of my post suggests it better represents the general sentiment of people who viewed the page than not, but I do accept the tone reflects my negative feelings towards the perceived credentialsim:substance ratio more than it does an impartial review of the content. Genuinely, feel free to remove the entirely of my thread if you think it is unproductive, I'm unable to edit it.

I think the popularity of my post suggests

People upvote highly emotive stuff all the time even if it's at odds with HN's guidelines so whatever it suggests, it doesn't suggest the place on HN where people showcase their work is also the place for harangues. People like harangues! It's just not the subforum for them.

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