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A Self-Learning, Modern Computer Science Curriculum

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Resurfaced independently across 4 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
6
submitters
6
observed span
2017–2023
peak thread · 99 comments
394 pts
latest 20+ return · 2023-06-13
315 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

First comments on top threads

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For those like me, and like many in the UK, whose maths education ended at 16, I can definitely recommend Khan Academy for learning or relearning pre-calc stuff. The videos are short, the exercises are well thought out and numerous, and importantly the UI is great. For example: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/algebra/

chrxr·394-point thread·

The lectures for CMU's Principles of Functional Programming course are actually online for free! http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~15150/lect.html

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
718

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Total comments
129

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2017-03-28A Self-Learning, Modern Computer Science Curriculum40acres20
2019-01-29A Self-Learning, Modern Computer Science CurriculumFirst breakout · Best threadhacknrk39430
2022-04-27A Self-Learning, Modern Computer Science Curriculumacqbu20
2022-07-10A Self-Learning, Modern Computer Science CurriculumBrajeshwar30
2023-04-15A Self-Learning, Modern Computer Science Curriculumnoob_eng20
2023-06-13Teach yourself Computer Science functionallyHall induction · Latest 20+ point returnggr234231599