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Sorry about your health. I hope you feel better.",{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"24381536","ivvve","Very generous of you, thank you! You've helped a lot of people out with this I'm sure. Wishing you the best.",[115,125],{"value":116,"source":93,"evidence":117},"Daily pacing is too rigid for self-directed learners",[118,122],{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"24394510","BossingAround","I disagree that you know better. Research shows doing something daily and habitually is beneficial, but you shouldn't dictate that I need to do your content daily. For example,…",{"id":123,"by":120,"text":124},"24381791","> I worry that were lessons available, students will just skim though the whole lot \"in one go\". I think this is a common pitfall of a number of beginner courses. 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Was hoping though that you could view the course from the landing page - have you considered moving the course to a simple static website where it could be browsed…",[160,167],{"value":161,"source":93,"evidence":162},"Is a career change into sysadmin feasible later in life?",[163],{"id":164,"by":165,"text":166},"24381824","alekq","Thank you very much for this! I am sorry that I did not know about it sooner. Anyway the question for HN - is it too \"late\" for a person to consider career change in 33? To…",{"value":168,"source":93,"evidence":169},"Why lessons are released weekly via Reddit",[170],{"id":171,"by":172,"text":173},"24381159","accidentalrebel","Seems very interesting. I checked out the site and I want to find out why lessons need to be dished out weekly via Reddit. I'm curious. 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