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Re:Reflecting on 8 months of full-time self-study on Friday December 06, 2019 @04:43PM (#21726262)
> I'm close to completing Single Variable Calculus on the OCW website on MIT.

It's probably too late for that course, but IMO MIT's courses on edx are much better structured than on MIT OCW or whatever it's called.

Similar for me, but custom maps in wc3 instead.
Re:Foundations of Mathematics (2015) [pdf] on Monday June 03, 2019 @09:15AM (#20082749)
This is why math shouldnt be posted on HN.
Re:Foundations of Mathematics (2015) [pdf] on Monday June 03, 2019 @08:39AM (#20082489)
What's your background in math?
Re:IQ rates are dropping in many developed countries on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @04:14PM (#19984998)
Not sure about that, aren't immigrants (on average) more educated than the native population?
Re:P = NP Proofs: Advice to claimers on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @09:39AM (#19728422)
Sure. And why does that seem any more feasible than a non-constructive proof?
Re:P = NP Proofs: Advice to claimers on Monday April 22, 2019 @08:00PM (#19724335)
What do you image a constructive proof looking like?
Re:Time Travel (2006) on Friday February 15, 2019 @09:30AM (#19171155)
You could say the exact same thing for eg. mass.
Re:Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results on Wednesday February 13, 2019 @09:38AM (#19153381)
SC2 is way larger in the west than it is in Korea.
Re:Airbnb is squeezing Toronto’s housing market on Friday February 08, 2019 @03:45PM (#19118491)
Immigration is good for the economy and is a fundamental liberal value.
What was your SC2 alias? I played at a similar level as you.
OG Diablo didn't even have a cd-key, unfortunately.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018) on Sunday June 10, 2018 @07:10PM (#17280650)
What would be an appropriate posting for these people to apply to?
Re:Great Ideas in Theoretical Computer Science on Friday September 01, 2017 @11:13PM (#15154025)
Most of the links are behind a login. Why even post this here?
Have you played SC2 before? It's hard to explain if you haven't.
Protoss hasn't went FEE PvZ in a long time. It used to be good, though.
There no were BW pro-gamers outside of Korea.
Your definition of macro is a lot more encompassing than how I see it used in SC2. It normally refers to just spending resources properly (constantly producing units and workers, setting up infrastructure, etc).
Of course.
Yeah, you're right. Not sure what the guy is talking about.
There isn't any SC2 AI that's anywhere near as good as a player in an actual game. Sure, they can demonstrate some sick unit control, but that alone isn't enough to win games.
Re:What makes maths beautiful? on Sunday July 16, 2017 @05:24PM (#14784175)
>E=mc^2 is considered the greatest equation in history because of this reason.

Only people with a "pop-culture" idea of math&physics think that.

Re:A Competitive Programmer's Handbook on Friday April 14, 2017 @11:44PM (#14119255)
You have a very weak understanding of what the word 'correlation' means.
Sorry, I'm not american. What does calc 2 normally refer to in the US?
I think his point is that you can always use the partial derivative notation and be correct.
This is applied math. There isn't any analysis, topology, etc, either.
Doesn't question 2, problem 2?
Sure, you might not have studied differential equations though.
MIT, for example, doesn't require their CS students to take a differential equations class. So you're wrong in that respect. The rest is certainly doable though.

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