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artemonster ◴[] No.45321420[source]
I get my blood pressure to dangerous levels each time I stumble upon some high quality video lectures on youtube that explain some topics that were totally fucked in university, like PID control. 30 Minute video made by some amateur with cool animations explains basically 95% of everything you need to know vs old lifeless dork professor at "elite" university mumbling some nonsense and throwing walls of formulas with zero context, explanation or examples to help you understand. And in the end, your uni knowledge is at most 5% applicable in your work, you are still totally unprepared to enter the workforce and your first employer carries the burden to teach you.
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1. constantcrying ◴[] No.45322817[source]
My experience is the opposite. The 30 Minute videos often give a very hollow outline of a subject, but fail to integrate it into any context. Almost always the formulas are more useful than the false intuitions you get from fancy animations.