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 oooof, tried that famous Harvard intro to CS course, fucking **overproduced** my god, calm down b... 
 @dee34601 In case it's helpful,  I recently found https://www.youtube.com/@ChuckSeverance/playlists while learning C (they cover a few different languages in various courses including Python). They're a great teacher, almost brings a tear to my eye that they would put that much effort into a series and release it all for free. 
 i think both of these approaches obscure the massive changes underway in our digital lives. by fa... 
 @dee34601 Good TED talk! What are some areas you think it has the potential to become very competent in? I am a LLM  skeptic, but realize w/ the amount of money being poured into the field there will probably a lasting impact of some sort. 

"Customer Service" comes to mind, as does marketing copy generation. Any other areas on your radar?