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21 Jun 2019
Marce is running a survey to select our next paper. Please take the SURVEY. We’re also planning live discussion on Sunday that will be lead by one of the members.
If you’re still reading the paper and planning to take the quiz - don’t panic! I will not close the quiz. The deadline is for self-control to make sure we’re pretty much on the same page. But I will like the quiz open, so that newcomers can take it with their own pace.
– Cheers, Ana
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20 Jun 2019
Quiz solutions are now available for the members an we’re also starting the voting procedure for the next paper!
Update 2
As promised, the quiz solutions are out! Please do not read before taking the quiz. It’s important to think about the question before knowing the answer. ;)
Update 1
The hard deadline for the paper has passed and the hard deadline for the quiz is tomorrow. What it means is that we will be moving to the next stage. It’s time to select another paper and time to discuss what we’ve learnt. Also, it would be great if some of you will ry implementaton (see implementation guidelines).
Don’t forget to vote, when the survey for the next paper is out, so that you don’t ask me “Why are we reading this?” You know what I want to read, but we have democracy here, so voting decided it all. :)
– Cheers, Ana
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19 Jun 2019
We have a lot of updates news today!
First, there is channel now on Challenge Course Slack. (those who are not a part of the challenge course, ignore the channel part).
Second, detailed answers to the quiz will be published tomorrow!
Third, there is a repo now for our first paper - feel free to add your implementations (or links to your implementations) there. Please read the implementation guidelines first. And there is already one implementation by @shivu!
And finally Tomorrow we will start the new round of voting for the next paper! Time to move on from PCA! Add your proposals to Paper Proposals sheet here
– Cheers, Ana
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18 Jun 2019
42 people joined the club and some of them have already tried the quiz. See results in this update!
Update 2
There are 42 (forty two) members now (as per Google Doc) and it’s getting hard to manage it all. Hence, I asked Dharmendra (@Dharmendra Choudhary) and Marce (@Marce) for help. They will help with posting the updates and managing other important issues. They are already doing that on Slack! But there are more great things to come! ;)
Also, I was told that a lot of members were struggling with the math part. Initially, I planned the club for those with maths and CS background, but eventually more and more people got interested, so this requirement was kind of removed. What’s done is done and everyone is welcome! However, there are some ideas on how to adress this issue. Look for updates!
Update 1
The first deadline has passed! Only a few people were able to complete the paper and the quiz by the deadline. Also, based on data, I suspect that some of them tried the quiz before completed the paper - otherwise, I can’t explain the answers selected for some of the questions. :) I have initiated discussion in the #general channel, so you can join or start your own - just make sure to prepend it with the keyword papers_dclub!
– Cheers, Ana
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17 Jun 2019
And our first quiz is up and running! The link: QUIZ
It has been tested for sanity by two of our dear members: Dharmendra and Marce. Thank you, guys!
Important things about this quiz:
- I will not see your individual answers, only the overall stats, so feel free to make mistakes. :)
- The quiz covers general concepts, not any specific parts of derivations. It should be accessible for all members!
I will publish the overall stats after all deadlines and maybe some intermediate results if I have enough data. Again - these are aggregate stats, no individual results are seen to anyone. But please avoid taking the quiz without reading the paper (or at least skimming through it).
Also, after you complete it, please take a survey so that we know how to proceed further: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RPTKD9L
– Cheers, Ana