Re:WikiTok
by duxup on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @02:08PM
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Wikipedia math articles all remind me of what i learned in High School, that math is absolutely the worst to learn from someone who "just gets it" as often those folks have no concept how someone else might not "just get it". I suspect the wikipiedia articles are written by folks who "just get it".
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Re:WikiTok
by hnuser123456 on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:02PM
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I'm around calc 2 level, and spent some time learning ANN architectures, but it's taken a very long time to increase my ability to parse the more arcane topics since graduating.
For example, this[1] is something I'd like to be able to just glance over and know all the applications and appreciate the beauty... but it's very hard to prevent my eyes from glossing over. Maybe someone has a youtube video on the topic that makes it easier to catch up.
A wiki (or any encyclopedia, for that matter) is not meant to be an introduction or a HOWTO.
I can understand that. Having said that some topics (history) are surprisingly easy to pick up articles with lots of background and etc. If you look up a battle you'll get a short history of the war, days before the battle, explanations why say a given soldier might struggle and etc.
Other topics are almost dictionary level simplistic.