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sean_renaud said 11 months ago ...

If you didn't go to college already or you're not exceptionally smart the first step to watching any video beyond the first, and the first is mostly this is how computers work, all computers basically work the same, oh and here's some terminology is going to some math website and attempting to teach yourself math otherwise you'll be drowning in approximately eight minutes. At least now I understand how my friends dropped out so quickly when they joined, entry level my ass.

ddonnell said 10 months ago ...

It's entry level assuming some foundation. I forget the specifics, but I was required to take a certain amount of math before taking it, so if you go to college for it you'll be forced to take enough math before getting to these classes. Btw, I think the one you're talking about is a different class than this one. I think you're thinking of the 'intro to comp sci' class, this video is from the algorithms class, which comes after the intr to comp sci.

sean_renaud said 10 months ago ...

Might be. It was a month ago all I know is they started throwing down this math equation that I kept trying to figure out and hoping they'd explain it at some point they didn't explain it well enough and I suck at math. I understood the in theory part about how if you can say something in language A you can say it language B and C because the basic rules for describing something are universal but yeah. Beyond that I got a bit beat about the head.

ddonnell said 10 months ago ...

you can always ask here for help.

sean_renaud said 10 months ago ...

I suspect that what I need isn't help it's a foundation and then it's just a matter of me finding out where the place is that I can best self teach math and algebra. Oh and overcome my bitter hatred of mathematics.

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