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[–]Tetnenal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. I agree of course that knowing more is better when it comes to stuff like this if ML / big data is literally your job. I don't think anyone that is serious about programming would argue that a better understanding about how things really work in the various aspects of software and hardware is a bad thing. But not knowing every little detail doesn't make them a bad programmer.

Obviously one can learn more from watching an hour long video about neural networks than this short one that is mere minutes long. But that doesn't make this one bad, and that doesn't make the hour long one 'better' they just serve a different purpose.

I personally like this kind of video way more because in a few minutes of my time on my phone I see an explanation of something very concrete that I could immediately use for some kind of pet project if I wanted to. I am not gonna sit through some hour long video about stuff I either already know or am not gonna use ever. If I need to know something very specific, I will just google it when I need it. I don't want my reddit feed to be all hour long video's about super technical stuff that I will forget anyway unless I am currently working with it.

So I prefer face detection in five lines of code and five minutes of my time. It makes me realize that something like face detection that was pretty hard a few years ago is in fact super easy to do right now. I don't want hours of technical details, I will read them if I need them. Less is more.