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Comment author: James_Blair 07 September 2011 01:56:32AM *  3 points [-]

This sounds like a good idea, thanks for committing the time for it! On reading I had two thoughts:

  • While I'm assuming that you're willing to try helping with anything, people with more technical problems will appreciate a summary of what skills you can provide in particular.
  • I'm also wondering if there is demand for this in a format more like HN office hours.
Comment author: jsalvatier 07 September 2011 05:37:28AM *  6 points [-]

1 - Good idea!

  • I pride myself in giving actually useful editing, not just trivial things. I will,
    • tell you when things don't make sense
    • tell you you have to rewrite or add sections
    • cross out chunks with abandon
    • give you organizational advice.
  • I have access to the University of Washington's library system, so I can download most papers.
  • I know quite a bit of Bayesian stats
  • I have an engineering background.
  • I have Lots of programming experience.
  • I like having something explained to me and then repeating back my understanding

I'll have to ask the others to post what they think their strong points are.

2 - I'm not actually familiar with HN office hours, so I will have to take a look. Thanks for the link!

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