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Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by jwilber »

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.…

Another recent example of interactive articles explaining machine learning concepts (this time from AWS, not google):

https://mlu-explain.github.io/

Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by kqr »

Tarq0n wrote: post #49
okasaki wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When places say "credit card", they really mean credit card or debit card. Either works.

No, debit cards in most of the world do not function for remote transactions, even if they have a Mastercard or visa logo. My bank's cards for instance are Mastercard's "Maestro" product which is in-person and debit only, and has alternative infrastructure for online payments.

What part of the world is "most of" it in this case? Where I live, Maestro and the like are considered children's cards for the reasons you mention, and real debit cards work just fine for online transactions.

Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by napier »

Tarq0n wrote: post #49
okasaki wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When places say "credit card", they really mean credit card or debit card. Either works.

No, debit cards in most of the world do not function for remote transactions, even if they have a Mastercard or visa logo. My bank's cards for instance are Mastercard's "Maestro" product which is in-person and debit only, and has alternative infrastructure for online payments.

Which parts of the world are these? I’ve used debit cards issued by various European and US banks for online payments all over the world since the ‘90s.

Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by mrpf1ster »

jamesfisher wrote: post #24
civilized wrote: post #22

This is not intended as a criticism and, as an experienced data scientist, I'm probably not the target audience anyway. But just... how this hits me. There is a LOT of visual "decoration" and sales-y, pitchy stuff here that makes my eyes/brain glaze over from too much emotional stimulation. Maybe it has the opposite effect for others.

Hi! What are the main things you'd remove? E.g. maybe we've gone too heavy with the illustrations, or sounds?

Just want to put my two cents in and say I love the format. I think it definitely appeals more to younger folks with all the emojis and cartoonish styles (like myself, early twenties).

But the interactive prompts are great. They really get you to engage with the content. The humorous tone strikes a good balance and doesn’t get distracting as well.

I’ll probably buy the course once more chapters are released.

Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by jamesfisher »

mrpf1ster wrote: post #54
jamesfisher wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi! What are the main things you'd remove? E.g. maybe we've gone too heavy with the illustrations, or sounds?

Just want to put my two cents in and say I love the format. I think it definitely appeals more to younger folks with all the emojis and cartoonish styles (like myself, early twenties). But the interactive prompts are great. They really get you to engage with the content. The humorous tone strikes a good balance and doesn’t get distracting as well. I’ll probably buy the course once more chapters are released.

Thanks, such positive comments give me strength to continue! (I recognize though that I may have gone overboard with silly styles in some places ...)

The next chapter should be out next month - stay tuned! (Which reminds me, we should probably have a "subscribe for updates" button, without having to buy it first ...)

Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by ichverstehe »

I just spent half an hour in an airport reading the first chapter. With only a bit of knowledge of Bernoulli distributions, I found it very informative and well written, moving forward at a nice pace. The tiny tests made me reread a few things I had glossed over initially, forcing me to understand it a little better. Good job.

It would be cool if you provided links to further reading on the various concepts, for extracurricular studies.

Overall the style and ethos feels similar to Pluto.jl, which I think puts you in good company :)

Bonus points for working almost flawlessly on mobile (the table with 0’s and 1’s overflowed and was pushed offscreen.)

Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by jamesfisher »

ichverstehe wrote: post #56

I just spent half an hour in an airport reading the first chapter. With only a bit of knowledge of Bernoulli distributions, I found it very informative and well written, moving forward at a nice pace. The tiny tests made me reread a few things I had glossed over initially, forcing me to understand it a little better. Good job. It would be cool if you provided links to further reading on the various concepts, for extr…

Thank you! I thought "I've never heard of Pluto.jl", but then realized I've seen it a lot in that course by Grant Sanderson! At some point TigYog will have interactivity like that :)

Good spot on the table. I'll edit the example to fit, and make math blocks scroll more nicely if they overflow.

Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by boredemployee »

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.…

perhaps I wasn't the one "out of sync with this site".

Re: Interactive course about “everyday” data science

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Post by asicsp »

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'd assume 20% covers payment processing fees, collecting VAT/etc where appropriate, and so on.

As a comparison, Leanpub charges 20% for books/courses (not sure if those courses are on par with the features offered by tigyog). You'd get better pricing with Gumroad, but no interactive features on that platform. 20% is more than fair in my opinion.

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