Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments

Re:Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments by freedomben on Friday December 04, 2020 @07:52AM (#25301694)

I would humbly submit that you aren't using very good books. I read all my text books during my CS degree, and there was plenty of negative teaching in there. A well written book or tutorial covers common pitfalls and equips you to recognize bad as well as good.

I do think there is a ton of value in getting feedback from a professor or colleague, but you can get pretty far with a book.

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Re:Big Tech is getting cozy with computer science departments by colejohnson66 on Friday December 04, 2020 @12:44PM (#25305371)

I’m reminded of Ben Eater’s tutorials on YouTube. Even though he knows what he’s writing won’t work, he writes the naive form and acts confused when it doesn’t work. Then he explains why it didn’t work. Compare that to basically every tutorial that just says “do this” without explaining why.

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