It looks like he was summoning a person to comment.

Yeah. They do, but the certificates aren’t free and wouldn’t necessarily contribute to a degree anywhere, so I’m not sure what the advantage would be of doing it that way.

To give you a sense of the level of content, here’s an introductory class in ML.

Yeah. the CUNY one is definitely meant for career switching, but the Georgia tech one will probably expect you to know the math fields listed above as it is fairly competitive. Though, I know someone with an Economics bachelors who did quite well in the CUNY program. They even offer an introductory course for people with 0 programming experience. I really do think it would a good fit, given your background. Link here. A head’s up though-- graduate degrees will require more independent work than undergraduate did. Like, course meetings were less lectures explaining new content and more answering specific questions after you learn the content on your own. I was expected to have completed the homework before the topic was covered in class (though it wasn’t graded for correctness). I would say that’s the categorical difference with advanced degrees.

I’d spend some time on Khan Academy to brush up/catch up on the basic math concepts. That’s where I learned those topics.

I know you asked for some kind of personal interaction, but that content is the gold standard for math education. You can always ping me if you have specific questions and I’ll do my best to respond.

I work in the field. Generally, jobs that include AI development generally require advanced degrees and the vast majority require a PhD with peer reviewed publications in major conferences. You will be fighting an uphill battle if you don’t have an advanced degree in mathematics or computer science. You also need to know calculus, linear algebra and statistics to understand how modern machine learning models work.

In short, while online courses can be perfectly effective, unless they’re through an accredited higher education institution, I don’t think it will help you compete with other applicants who have 8+ years of schooling and published papers.

That being said, Georgia Tech and the City University of New York both offer master’s degrees in data science via remote master’s programs where the courses happen after work hours and are meant to be completed while working full-time.

https://youtu.be/IlD08Rh6xa8

I think this scene nails it.

no, no. I’m conceding that-- not ignoring that.

https://hms.harvard.edu/news/exploring-science-acupuncture

Acupuncture actual does have clinical significant effects though.

I added an arxiv link and a stack overflow link that show that I’m not alone in this assertion of equivalence.

I blame autocorrect for the Merkle typos.

We define “blockchain” and “blockchain network”, and then discuss two very different, well known classes of blockchain networks: cryptocurrencies and Git repositories.

https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00892

183 votes for your “similar but not the same” and 103 votes for “they are the same”. At the very least, I’d say this is far from settled fact

yeah, but this SO post has many up voted comments supporting my points as well.

does git require authentication with a central server? I know that’s common practice and true of github, but my recollection was that it was meant to fix the problem of distributed kernel development via an email listserv in the early 2000s. This stack exchange post discusses how it’s not really centralized

Right, but isn’t the “main chain” of Ethereum based on a similar principle wherein it’s the main chain because it’s the one the devs use?

What about BTC vs BTC lightning.

I’m genuinely failing to see a distinction here, and, again, the wiki article says that blockchains are special cases of Merkle trees.

How is it any different than verifying that a transaction occurred?

How is a trusted repository different from a hard fork?

Isn’t “proving someone is a maintainer” just an IRL proof of stake?

are you?

what? Git is very much distributed and while you can have a main branch, you can set as many up streams as you want and merge things sideways.

It’s trust less in the sense that commits can’t be easily forged and are signed with cryptographic keys and identities-- as in, I don’t have to trust that the source code is genuine since I can verify the commit history myself.

Consensus is just a pull request.

That wiki article literally lists Bitcoin and Ethereum as implementations of Merkel trees.

Nah. the other commenters are wrong.

They’re super useful.

Its just that anyone who isn’t selling bullshit uses their real name- Merkel trees - which are fundamental to modern software development (git, zfs, nix, nosql).

Nah. the commenter above is just wrong. It’s just that anyone who isn’t selling bullshit uses their real name- Merkel trees - which are fundamental to modern software development (git, zfs, nix, nosql).

it’s a mobile application first, but desktop options are available. Good luck!

Signal is super user friendly. I got my family to switch over years ago and even my mom can manage it. Though, it’s probably a tough sell for a kite flying group more generally. I do think it’s probably a lower barrier than making a new social media account on some fediverse alternative, but hard to explain the advantages to people who don’t care about privacy from Zuck.

I use signal (messenger app) groups, but my hobbies are often tech related, so that community is already there.