Ask HN: What are some of the best technical talks you've heard?

Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best technical talks you've ... by mabbo on Monday October 15, 2018 @06:40AM (#18218688)

I TA'd a fist year University course using, I believe, that textbook during my final two years of undergrad.

The material itself is difficult to learn and harder to teach well. At my University, it seemed that the Prof had to teach the subject for 3 or 4 years before they could reasonably get half the class to pass the final exam.

At the same time, I've often felt like I would have no harder of a time teaching the subject to 11 year olds. It's just a weird topic.

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Re:Ask HN: What are some of the best technical talks you've ... by bordercases on Monday October 15, 2018 @11:53AM (#18220716)

Yeah, there's unity to it and no system other than "break the problem apart, look for these properties, think hard, and match them to the identity that also has these properties".

A lot of interpretation and intellectual confidence involved, difficult things to communicate.

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