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This is basically an unsolicited ad post. It communicates nothing of substance and the entire thing amounts to "click the sign-up button". It doesn't even cover the course contents. How this makes it to the HN front page is mind-boggling. Goatse would at least be more entertaining.

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Thank you for bringing that visual memory back.

Why do I struggle to remember my anniversary date but have that image burned into my brain.

Goatse set up shop on a plot of mental real estate nothing else would go near. its in a bad part of town, but acts as a kind of landmark being the only object anything like its kind for miles in all directions.

edit: removed the unintentional reference to the url; I did not expect it would still be active!

You need an AI art of your anniversary date in the form of a goatse

Adding this to my arsenal of memorization tricks.

They don't teach that in schools.

On a very apt topic for HN readers, though, who likely enjoy math to some degree and have heard of LLMs. What if the post inspires someone to look into revisiting actively learning math as an adult? Is that so bad?

Yes, I agree, it reads like an ad. But I did in fact find it inspiring.

For all I know, maybe it is a targeted ad. I am a software engineer at a large company. I was selected and flown to HQ for training on integrating LLMs into applications. I am currently building systems that support our data scientists.

I’ve tried picking up more math skills a few times. But I’ve never taken trig or calc.

I’d like to understand ML and LLMs better, but I feel like I’m not even sure where to start with trying to learn math. For I have a family and a job as well.

So the adult track of that Math Academy site does seem like something I would try.

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