i haven’t PERSONALLY taken this course, but my brother recommends and suggests it is worth the cost!
i used to recommend codeacademy.com to people who wanted to learn programming, but my understanding is they have shifted away from a totally free model to having more content locked behind either a paywall or subscription, and i’m not sure i can actually rec paying for that content… but possibly worth checking out what is available for free! i linked their python course, but they also have some other introductory courses that walk you through different programming languages at a higher level.
May 19, 2024
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Python!
Honestly very hard for me to get into - I have ZERO coding knowledge and nothing I could really latch onto - knowledge transfer is how I learn. But https://futurecoder.io/ is great (after lots of Redditing)
Aug 18, 2024
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I’ve been invited to participate in the development process for the next model of a product my company created. I like to use generative AI to explain error messages or make suggestions for improvement but I’ve been following guides and also creating educational documentation for others as I go along and it’s helping me gain foundational knowledge.
I think the expectation of using generative AI to learn things for us is misguided and not realistic because it’s often capable of hallucination and you need to be able to understand when and why it's wrong. The human step of review with this technology is very important and it’s better to use it as just another tool for self-guided learning.
Python is worth learning either way in my opinion for the intellectual exercise and using your brain in new ways, regardless of its future market value! 🧠
Nov 27, 2024
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Honestly if there's one topic you can trust these language models to be relatively expert in — just based on the amount of internal testing they have undergone at the hands of myopic autodidact techies — it's basic coding / stats / data science stuff. (Obviously caveat emptor, all LLMs will fabulate when pushed hard enough in a so-called "out-of-distribution" direction... but IMO it will take you a while to get there.) While it may make sense to supplement with some kind of structured training/course — especially if you want to eventually make larger-scale sites/software — I wouldn't immediately spend $1000s on it like one might have a couple years ago simply because you can ask soooo many basic and goofy technical questions to a $20/month (and/or free!) model (available 24/7) that you'd be embarrassed to ask a human, even if you were paying them.
May 19, 2024
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sincerity is cool, caring is cool, you are all cool
Feb 28, 2024
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the first thing to be said is that this recommendation applies equally to everyone
the next thing to be said is that you have, inevitably, been suffering from a cocktail of depression and anxiety for more than a decade, and this has made you incredibly tired
what you need is to make NYE plans with a good friend you haven't seen in years; she will bring you out to the club and it will be fuckin rad; you'll buy some cute clothes and she'll do your makeup, despite these not being things you really ever do, and you'll forget how much you typically disdain your appearance for one night
next, you're going to have to just read for awhile, books and essays and youtube comments and text messages
after enough reading, you'll have your own thoughts and questions, and you'll inevitably see someone else asking the question "am i trans?"
reading this question will naturally lead to you asking yourself: "am i trans?"
the answer is yes
at this point, you have transitioned into a girl, and everything else is just showing off; decide on a new name; get a therapist and a doctor who are supportive; pump your body full of the hormones it needs; get some cute new clothes and burn your old shit; ask for help picking out and doing your makeup
stop treating your body like a shipping container for your sad brain; transform it into the hot girl your brain already knows you are
Feb 28, 2024
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Aug 8, 2024