Category: educational

10 amazing coding challenge websites to test your coding skills

A list of websites to test your coding skills!

Coderbyte 

Beginner — Intermediate

They also provide courses in: Algorithms & Data Structures, Web Development, coding bootcamps.

Codewars

Beginner — Intermediate

CodeFights

Beginner — Intermediate

CodinGame

Beginner — Intermediate

TopCoder 

Intermediate — Advanced

They also offer sponsored competitions where you can win prizes

HackerRank

Intermediate — Advanced

LeetCode 

Intermediate — Advanced

They also provide: Mock Interview section for job interview preparation, coding contests and  articles

CodeChef 

Intermediate — Advanced

GeeksforGeeks 

Intermediate — Advanced

Codeforces

Advanced

Source: Daniel Borowski

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10 recommended AI, Data Science and Machine Learning Podcasts

 

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The Data Skeptic

Website | iTunes
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Linear Digressions

Website | iTunes
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Website | iTunes
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The O’Reilly Data Show

Website | iTunes
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The O’Reilly Bots Podcast

Website | iTunes
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Concerning AI

Website | iTunes
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This Week in Machine Learning & AI

Website | iTunes
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Data Stories

Website | iTunes
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Learning Machines 101

Website | iTunes
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Partially Derivative

Website | iTunes

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Wonderful apps that will make you learn Japanese

New language!

Learn Japanese Free (iOS and Android)

Learn Japanese (iOS)

FluentU (iOS and Android)

Tae Kim’s Guide to Learning Japanese (App Store and Google Play)

Hello Talk (iOS and Android)

Lext Talk (iOS)

ePenPal (Android)

imiwa? (Android)

IMI FREE (Android)

Yomiwa (iOS)

Waygo (iOS and Android)

Kana (Hiragana & Katakana) (iOS and Android)

Kana Quiz (iOS)

Kanji Senpai (Android)

Hirameki! Crossword (iOS and Android)

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The 10 most prestigious universities in the world

The best for your future!

  1. Harvard University – United States
  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – United States
  3. Stanford University – United States
  4. University of Cambridge – United Kingdom
  5. University of Oxford – United Kingdom
  6. University of California, Berkeley – United States
  7. Princeton University – United States
  8. Yale University – United States
  9. Columbia University – United States
  10. California Institute of Technology – United States

Source: Times Higher Education

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12 great books Bill Gates thinks everyone should read

Bill Gates recommends!

  1. “Tap Dancing to Work” by Carol Loomis
  2. “Making the Modern World” by Vaclav Smil
  3. “The Sixth Extinction” by Elizabeth Kolbert
  4. “Stress Test” by Timothy Geithner
  5. “The Better Angels of Our Nature” by Steven Pinker
  6. “The Man Who Fed the World” by Leon Hesser
  7. “Business Adventures” by John Brooks
  8. “The Bully Pulpit” by Doris Kearns Goodwin
  9. “The Rosie Project” by Graeme Simsion
  10. “On Immunity” by Eula Biss
  11. “How Asia Works” by Joe Studwell
  12. “How to Lie With Statistics” by Darrell Huff

Source: @BillGates

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Top 10 world’s best MBA programs

Looking for an MBA?

  1. INSEAD  (France/Singapore)
  2. Harvard Business School (United States of America)
  3. London Business School (United Kingdom)
  4. Wharton School University of Pennsylvania (United States of America)
  5. Stanford Graduate School of business (United States of America)
  6. Columbia business school (United States of America)
  7. Haas School of Business UC Berkeley (United States of America)
  8. Booth School of Business – University of Chicago (United States of America)
  9. Sloan School of Management – MIT (United States of America)
  10. Cambridge Judge Business School – University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

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5 Websites to learn new things

It is always a good time to learn something new!

TED –  TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an invitation-only event where the world’s leading thinkers and doers gather to find inspiration. In this website you will find all talks for free.

Khan Academy – Learn for free about math, art, computer programming, economics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, finance, history, and more

Guides.co – Search the largest collection of online guides.

Squareknot  – Browse beautiful, step-by-step guides.

Learnist – Learn from expertly curated web, print and video content.

10 tools to help you learn a new language 

Learn a new language with this helpful list

  1. Babbel – Learn with audio, text and pronunciation recognition
  2. Duolingo – Learn with audio, text and pronunciation recognition, it has a game style (free)
  3. Bliu Bliu – you learn by using live language texts (Free)
  4. Lingvist –  Learn a language in 200 hours.
  5. Busuu – Courses with learning games, short lessons, native speakers interaction… (Freemium).
  6. Memrise – Use flashcards to learn new vocabulary (Free)
  7. Radio-Lingua – Learn languages using a podcast format (Freemium)
  8. Fluenz – Learn by phrases and everyday language
  9. Obenkyo – Learn Japanese, study hiragana, katakana, kanji and particles (Free)
  10. Word Bucket – Personalised vocabulary learning for language students (Free)

 

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10 websites to learn how to code

Want to learn how to code? Here a list that will help

  1. BaseRails - Learn Ruby on Rails and other web technologies.
  2. Code.org - Learn with easy tutorials. (free)
  3. CodeCombat– Learn coding while playing a game.

  4. Codecademy - Learn to code interactively. (free)

  5. Code School - Learn many code languages with exercises (free).
  6. Free Code Camp   – Learn to code and build projects for nonprofits (free)
  7. Treehouse -  Learn how to build websites and create iPhone, Android and web apps

  8. Platzi - Livestreamed classes on programming, design, business and marketing

  9. Thinkful - Learn to code with 1-on-1 mentorship

  10. Udacity —  Online courses in many topics from beginner to Self-Driving Cars (free)

 

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The 10 most popular TED talks of all time

Looking for some interesting topics? Here the top TED talks

  1. Do schools kill creativity? by Ken Robinson
  2. Your body language shapes who you are by Amy Cuddy
  3. How great leaders inspire action by Simon Sinek
  4. The power of vulnerability by Brené Brown
  5. 10 things you didn’t know about orgasm by Mary Roach
  6. My stroke of insight by Jill Bolte Taylor
  7. Why we do what we do by Tony Robbins
  8. The puzzle of motivation by Dan Pink
  9. The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology by Pranav Mistry
  10. Looks aren’t everything. Believe me, I’m a model. by Cameron Russell

Source: TED

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