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zercool

275 karma · joined May 4, 2014

CS Undergraduate at UCLA: torn between machine learning and computational geometry.
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zercool··on Show HN: Homeroom, a new edtech startup – any advice appreciated
The first thing you show is a signup page. Why would I sign up if I find no value in the site?

"Where the world comes to learn"

If it's a forum, learn from stackoverflow, reddit, 4chan, etc: give everyone your content, and if people find value and want to contribute, they'll sign up.

zercool··on Ask HN: What are the essential components of your front-end workflow?
Depending on your end-goal, I would also suggest:

Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja [0]

The Principles of Object-Oriented JavaScript [1]

[0] http://amzn.to/1xl6Huq

[1] http://amzn.to/1nLAVa0

zercool··on The sad state of Linux Wi-Fi
You're right. This is incredibly frusturating. Are there any good work arounds?
zercool··on A Lisper's first impression of Julia
Wow. I really appreciate how thorough this post is!
zercool··on Learning to Love Complex Numbers
Some fantastic visualizations to accompany his essay. I would love an ipython notebook version that I could download and play with.
zercool··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
Nice! Can I create questions myself? Also, is it only CS?
zercool··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
Good point, actively contributing answers certainly helps practice a skill area. But I can't imagine thinking, "I need to practice tree traversal algorithms: to Stack Overflow!"
zercool··on Ask HN: Idea Sunday
A site with free, open, community driven practice problems and solutions. Sort of like a wikipedia for questions. I could imagine this being a key ingredient in the future of OER. Would be cool to see something like this integrated with http://metacademy.org