“The massive crush of students trying to do homework at the last minute exceeded all of our expectations, and the expectations of our servers. To compensate those who have had difficulty accessing the site today we have moved the deadline by 24 hours.”
What’s even more (pseudo-)surprising/depressing is that, at least according to this thread and subthread, only 1,000 people completed the first homework, out of the ~150k who signed up.
A commenter suggested that this is reasonable considering the wide net they cast for the course compared to the math pre-requisites, and the normal compsci class dropout rate (which increases for large classes).
“We’ve had an absolutely massive surge of last-minute homework submissions”—how surprising!
That figures.
What’s even more (pseudo-)surprising/depressing is that, at least according to this thread and subthread, only 1,000 people completed the first homework, out of the ~150k who signed up.
A commenter suggested that this is reasonable considering the wide net they cast for the course compared to the math pre-requisites, and the normal compsci class dropout rate (which increases for large classes).
YouTube view counts are delayed and not-at-all reliable.
You’re right. Recent update says 46k (not sure if the link in the thread to Norvig’s G+ account is perma so just linking reddit).
I find the recursiveness kinda hilarious actually.