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Epitaque commented on I do not want to be a programmer anymore   mindthenerd.com/i-do-not-... · Posted by u/ednite
ModernMech · 3 months ago
I think in this day and age people should start assuming content is AI and then working backwards to a place of trust.

For example: Ed Nite says he doesn't want to be a programmer anymore. Who is Ed Nite? Is he even a programmer at all?

As far as I can tell, Ed Nite: Programmer doesn't really exist, must be a pen name. As far as his content, he mostly talks about being a writer and using AI. There's no real technical content to speak of. He doesn't link to a Github or work record. I found a youtube page of his with a single AI video on it from 6 months ago. As far as I can tell Ed Nite was invented 6 months ago to start blogging about blogging, self improvement and AI at mindthenerd.com.

So do I trust him? No. Assume AI and move on.

Epitaque · 3 months ago
He's also got several nudges to enter your email and subscribe to his blog. And mentions getting 50+ emails a day that he has to respond to and mentions he uses AI to respond to them. He seems to like blasting people with AI content, and also as this blog post mentions, gets sent a lot of AI content himself. It's kinda weird, why is he doing this lol
Epitaque commented on Mathematics for Computer Science (2024)   ocw.mit.edu/courses/6-120... · Posted by u/vismit2000
overfl0w · 5 months ago
It's unbelievable that the average human being has access to the lectures of some of the best universities in the world for free. 31 hours of in-depth mathematics by some of the best people in their field.

Although I have always been struggling with keeping up with long lecture playlists. I always try to find shorter videos which explain the concept faster (although probably lacking depth). And end up ditching it halfway as well. Perhaps the real motivation to keep up with the material comes from actually enrolling the university? Has anyone completed such type of lectures by themselves? How do you stay consistent and disciplined?

I find courses in some platforms (coursera/khanacademy) a bit more motivating because they kind of push me with deadlines. I guess I am used to deadline-oriented studying.

If anyone else is struggling with attention span and is looking for shorter lectures (although they may not have the same depth): https://www.youtube.com/@ProfessorDaveExplains/playlists

Epitaque · 5 months ago
I echo this sentiment. One of my favorite periods of my life was college, actually getting to learn about some advanced topics in CS. Then I graduated and got a job and now I struggle so hard to learn new things (despite lecture videos and textbooks and LLMs existing) without a professor grading assignments/giving exams/that you can talk to, or classmates.

I’m thinking about enrolling in an online college just for fun. Though the problem I have is that I think the Venn diagram of colleges that are online, aren’t expensive, have advanced CS/ML courses, have an experienced professor that you get to interact with is pretty much zero. If anyone has suggestions, do let me know.

Epitaque commented on Bluesky's science takeover: 70% of Nature poll respondents use platform   nature.com/articles/d4158... · Posted by u/ironyman
Epitaque · a year ago
A bit off topic, but does anyone know why there's only one Bluesky relay, or can direct me to an article? Even if the hardware requirements are high, I'd think someone would've made a second relay by now.
Epitaque commented on Show HN: Demo of my web game about social persuasion   talktomehuman.com/demo... · Posted by u/mbforbes
Epitaque · a year ago
Incredibly cool. I enjoyed playing it for a bit but was not huge on some of the characters or art. It'd be cool if you added a level editor so we can add our own scenarios

u/Epitaque

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