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5 Post author: Alex_Altair 10 September 2011 08:58PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 10 September 2011 09:08:54PM *  2 points [-]

I'm interested.

Also anyone interested might like a link to the previous thread about the classes. A few of us have been adding each other on google+ which might be a good venue (hangout feature ect.) for the study groups. Perhaps some other online thingy might be even more appropriate?

Really looking forward to the classes, the AI: A Modern Approach textbook is a really interesting read so far (also If I recall it correctly EY praised the textbook in a different context at one point, though I don't know how well it did in the various threads where people tried to come up with the best textbook for X).

Comment author: Alex_Altair 10 September 2011 09:52:00PM 1 point [-]

Sorry for the repetition. Did anything come of that discussion in the way of study groups, or is it just the google+ group?

Comment author: [deleted] 10 September 2011 09:57:31PM 1 point [-]

Repetition is not that bad.

First thread was about the AI class. This one is about the study group. ;)

To answer your question lost of people asked around if anyone is interested in the study group. But besides a few adds on google+ not much else came out of it, so I at least welcome this new thread since it might get some fresh activity.

Comment author: Alex_Altair 10 September 2011 10:06:18PM 0 points [-]

It seems that Google+ doesn't have any kind of group feature. Is there a reason we're not using Facebook, instead? They have the largest user base, and a group feature where we could have discussions.

Comment author: [deleted] 10 September 2011 10:25:09PM *  1 point [-]

Basically someone asked if anyone has a google+ account and a few people responded and I linked to the google+ thread, which was basically a "oh look at this shiny new thing" discussion. Perhaps just make an old fashion google group (lots and lots of people have gmail, dosen't need to be your real name like g+ or fb)?

I'm sure there is plenty of specialized stuff for this as well though, I'm afriad I'm not familiar with it though. I think there was some discussion on "what to use for a study group" here.