I'm the same way, I find a good series of lectures to be the best way for me to wrap my head around something. I think it's a combination of "visual" and "global" learning styles. A global learning style means you work…
That's actually a great question and I don't think I can really answer it yet since I've only done internships and I'm set to start my first full-time job in January. I find some satisfaction in trying to optimize the…
I'd say it's bachelor level. It definitely requires some prior knowledge of digital logic and general computer systems concepts. Here's a link to the course page where you can find the prerequisites and a syllabus and…
I highly recommend MIT's 6.006 for a good intro to data structures and algorithms. My college's course wasn't great, but watching the MIT lectures and working through CLRS helped me gain a really solid intuitive…
Here's a list with a mix of different kinds of courses: https://github.com/prakhar1989/awesome-courses
Yes! I've been watching his lectures as a supplement to my own comp architecture class.
I agree with you about the European parliament example, but speaking of the U.S. situation specifically, we already have a bicameral legislature with disproportionate representation for lower population states in one of…
Nate Silver actually wrote a post about the LA Times poll. I don't think it makes sense to compare individual polls with poll aggregates. A single data point being accurate/inaccurate can be due more to luck than…
Serious question (and I think the source of the confusion as to what direction has been chosen): if all those philosophies have been rejected, what exactly are we left with? What was being advocated?
I don't think any citizen's vote should count more than another just because they're part of a minority, geographic or otherwise. Imagine the uproar that would ensue if a politician suggested that a racial, ethnic, or…
I'm the same way, I find a good series of lectures to be the best way for me to wrap my head around something. I think it's a combination of "visual" and "global" learning styles. A global learning style means you work…
That's actually a great question and I don't think I can really answer it yet since I've only done internships and I'm set to start my first full-time job in January. I find some satisfaction in trying to optimize the…
I'd say it's bachelor level. It definitely requires some prior knowledge of digital logic and general computer systems concepts. Here's a link to the course page where you can find the prerequisites and a syllabus and…
I highly recommend MIT's 6.006 for a good intro to data structures and algorithms. My college's course wasn't great, but watching the MIT lectures and working through CLRS helped me gain a really solid intuitive…
Here's a list with a mix of different kinds of courses: https://github.com/prakhar1989/awesome-courses
Yes! I've been watching his lectures as a supplement to my own comp architecture class.
I agree with you about the European parliament example, but speaking of the U.S. situation specifically, we already have a bicameral legislature with disproportionate representation for lower population states in one of…
Nate Silver actually wrote a post about the LA Times poll. I don't think it makes sense to compare individual polls with poll aggregates. A single data point being accurate/inaccurate can be due more to luck than…
Serious question (and I think the source of the confusion as to what direction has been chosen): if all those philosophies have been rejected, what exactly are we left with? What was being advocated?
I don't think any citizen's vote should count more than another just because they're part of a minority, geographic or otherwise. Imagine the uproar that would ensue if a politician suggested that a racial, ethnic, or…