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Re:Ask HN: How to best acquire theoretical computer science ... by narrator on Saturday September 07, 2013 @01:11PM (#6345664)
>It depends on how you learn. Some people will recommend Coursera et al., which are great. I tried some Coursera courses, but found that I found the pace too slow and became bored quickly.

You can watch the lectures at 2x speed. ;)

Re:Ask HN: How to best acquire theoretical computer science ... by probably_wrong on Saturday September 07, 2013 @01:55PM (#6345830)
Yeah, but you can't jump to the next lesson - unless you wait until the end of the course and see them all at the time, but then you won't get a certificate because you miss the quiz deadlines.
Re:Ask HN: How to best acquire theoretical computer science ... by mcintyre1994 on Saturday September 07, 2013 @02:14PM (#6345921)
One thing I've noticed with Coursera is that if you join before the course starts, there's often a preview button that seems to show at least the entire course's video lectures. If the content was useful enough to you, you could take the time to download all the videos and could watch them at any pace, and since you'd always be ahead because of your quicker pace you could still do the quizzes, albeit not straight after watching the lectures.
Re:Ask HN: How to best acquire theoretical computer science ... by auctiontheory on Saturday September 07, 2013 @02:31PM (#6346000)
You can download the video, and then you can extract the audio and listen to the mp3 wherever you are, as often as you want. At least, that's what I did.

I don't think the OP is in it for the certificates.

Re:Ask HN: How to best acquire theoretical computer science ... by weavie on Saturday September 07, 2013 @02:08PM (#6345888)
You can do several courses at the same time if you have the spare time.