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Re:Ask HN: Is it worth taking this MITx course? on Thursday April 23, 2015 @02:30PM (#9428785)
Honestly, I believe that it would be a waste.

You claim to have two years of experience. If you look at the course outline there is nothing you can't learn on your own. Sure, it is not specific, but the tangents you will take on your own will give you much more breadth about the subject.

The biggest advantage of the course is they trimmed the fat for you, and studying on your own might take you longer. If you are short on time, it might be useful.

The other aspect is the networking. That is always extremely hard to judge. Most of the time it is useless. However, if you are looking for someone whose profile fits with the type of person that would take this course, then you are more likely to get value out of this.

Professors are usually easy to reach for questions, and it is easy to find communities of people you can explore the subject with.

Save the bucks.

NB: Just my opinion. I did not take the course. I shortly considered to take it, but decided not to.

Ask HN: What do you think about thegrid.io?

From a design standpoint, given the creatives and content, how unique will each site really be? Right now, the grid feels like a templating system that can smartly reshapes its elements to fit user content and use statistical learning to optimize calls to action. However, how far can we really push the idea of self designing websites? And what technologies would it require?

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Re:Ask HN: What do you do when you ride in an Uber? on Monday April 20, 2015 @01:32PM (#9409582)
The people I talked to also say that they typically engage in a conversation with the driver. Why don't passengers use their phones? Is the driver typically starting a conversation? What if you had a tablet in front of you. What would you do with it?
Re:Ask HN: What do you do when you ride in an Uber? on Monday April 20, 2015 @10:48AM (#9408424)
I am curious to know how you kill time in the back when taking an Uber. How do you entertain yourself?
Re:Show HN: A search engine for python syntax on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @03:15PM (#8696085)
Thanks for tweeting! Not right now...
Re:Show HN: A search engine for python syntax on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @12:18PM (#8694959)
I am happy this can be helpful to you!
Re:Show HN: A search engine for python syntax on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @12:00PM (#8694831)
Please elaborate.
Re:Show HN: A search engine for python syntax on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @11:58AM (#8694817)
Yes! But before working on adding support for all languages I wanted to have an idea if this was something people would find useful.
Re:Show HN: A search engine for python syntax on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @11:43AM (#8694700)
Hi, I recently found myself spending a lot of time searching for syntax. Hence, I built a search engine that returns the snippets you are looking for right away. I would love to get your feedback!