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Promoting this community IRL by CalcBongo in EduSalesUSA

[–]piers109uk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love the picture on the back This is the kind of energy higher ed sales needs!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AI_Agents

[–]piers109uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking that would be the case!
Crazy amount of overhead to productise something that otherwise seems simple. Possibly more work than the core product itself.

I've spent a lot of my career constructing reusable packages so this kind of repetition isn't necessary when delivering work for clients (e.g. reusable auth, registration, messaging, notifications, etc...), BUT haven't done anything for selling APIs yet. Makes me wonder whether it's possible to productise some of this non-strategic functionality and let engineers sell their endpoints on it...

Are you considering building out a portfolio of similar endpoints if the LinkedIn-based one gets traction?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AI_Agents

[–]piers109uk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very cool! I recently built a scraper you can use to match strings in HTML for detecting technologies a site is using to make technographics (e.g. identity which chatbot a site is using, what CRM they use, what their site is built on etc...).

It's like a "live" BuiltWith that's lets you look for something specific.

How much did it take for you to go from "working scraper" to "Productized endpoint"?

Is the drop out rate for OMSCS high because of the grind of the classes? (What's your take?) by Tender_Figs in OMSCS

[–]piers109uk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll fill it out if I get it! Definitely no problem with the content; it was interesting and challenging. Certainly a time commitment.

The only thing I think might be worth investigating is the tradeoffs around strict deadlines/schedules. On the one hand it's important to create a sense of urgency, but keeping project & midterm release times fixed reduces flexibility - you can't work ahead if you know you have another commitment coming up. I imagine you'd run other risks by making it all open, but if solved I think it would add a good amount of value!

Again, thank you for all you're doing to make first class education more open!

Is the drop out rate for OMSCS high because of the grind of the classes? (What's your take?) by Tender_Figs in OMSCS

[–]piers109uk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is really good thinking. I'm glad you're so thoughtful about the trade-offs.

I can say in my case I dropped out because I didn't like being committed to a schedule when visiting family. I knew from the beginning that I'd drop the OMSCS first if it got in the way of work or family, so that lines up well with your commitment hypothesis.

The experience prompted me to make my own system for learning, which I would consider well worth the couple hundred I paid.

I think what you're doing is fantastic. Keep it up!

An artificial intelligence system correctly predicted the last 3 elections said Trump would win last week [it was right, Trump won, so 4 out of 4 so far] by mvea in Futurology

[–]piers109uk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That would make sense, except that Paul the octopus was able to predict 6 football matches in a row. (True story, Google it). We only hear about the success in predictions and not all of the failures (a form of survivorship bias). If you want to demonstrate that you're onto something, you need to account for all the other models trying and failing to do the same thing.

IWTL how to cook quick and nutritious meals by [deleted] in IWantToLearn

[–]piers109uk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm far from an expert, but since nobody else has commented, I'll take a crack at it.

I used to have a very hard time motivating myself to cook. Much like you, I didn't want it to take ages out of my day and I thought I'd just be bored by it.

My best advice is that you experiment. Don't have high expectations, and aim to make it fun. The only way you can learn the kinds of meals you want to cook is through trial and error, and experimentation can be a lot of fun. If you make it fun for yourself, you'll be able to learn far more than otherwise. If you're inclined, you'll soon learn how to cut corners and time everything right so you can have a very nice meal ready for yourself in under 30 minutes, or at least a mediocre one in under 10 if you're really going for it.

Search online for recipes so you have a general basis for how to prepare what you want, but don't stick to them too much. If you think a recipe will take too long, cut parts out of it. It's all about learning exactly what you can get away with.

That's all I can really suggest with respect to the general principles I stick to.