YSK that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the best engineering school in the world. You can take free courses at MIT online.

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• BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Anna has the books

  Ask her

  Just saying

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  • clif@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We should start using “my friend Anna” similarly to “friend of Dorothy” but for books.

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• EditsHisComments@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I live in Boston. The Greater Boston region genuinely cares more about education than any of other place I’ve lived in the US. Keep in mind that studying here, at any of the Universities, for higher education is ridiculously expensive - partly because so many people compete to be here.

  Things like these are why we need to fund higher education. A knowledgeable populace brings innovation, a healthy economy, and diversity which creates a feedback loop for all of it

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  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Greater Boston:

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    • EditsHisComments@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Love Boston culture. It’s like a drunk Irishman, an angry Jamaican, and an intelligent Rob Gronkowski all in one

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• slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They are also the “bad guys” in Fallout 4, so keep that in mind.

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  • gustofwind@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    How America determines which universities to fund

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• Blackfeathr@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Account created 1 hour ago

  Might be another one of those fly-by-night accounts.

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  • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I mean this is just a good post even if the user is sus. I’ve learned lots of stuff by watching MIT online classes.

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    • Blackfeathr@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yeah, the content of the post is fine, it’s just this community in particular has been getting a slew of spam accounts that delete themselves within an hour or a day of being created.

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• W3dd1e@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Harvard also has free courses online!

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• notsosure@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It took me ages to correctly understand the US expression “in the world”. It doesn’t literally mean that something is the “best in the entire world”, it usually means it is US American and/or pretty good.

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  • Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Except, it is one of the best engineering schools in the world.

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  • gustofwind@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Except when it does in fact mean best in the entire world

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    • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Only in “international university rankings” that treat essentially classes being given in the English language as about 1/3 of the score or as they call it, “easiness for international students”.

      Or in other words, “for international students” they’re one of the best in the World, to a large extent because all lessons are in English - all else being the same, universities in English-speaking countries will always come above universities in non-English speaking countries.

      Also a lot of the other quality metrics (such as number of published papers) actually measure research proeficiency rather than teaching quality, which whilst relevant for post-grads, isn’t quite as relevant for most students.

      Whether if measured from the point of view of the main student community they serve rather than “international post-grad student” MIT is the best in the World is unclear.

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  • Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That’s because your education isn’t the best in the anywhere.

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• Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Any computer science courses? I’d love to take an intro to Linux, intro to network hacking, C++, or Python class.

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  • quick_snail@feddit.nl ⁨11⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Neither of those are computer science

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• PointyFluff@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They are good, but… they use chalkboards, in 2026. The ABSOLUTE worst Misophonia, ever, via headphones.

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  • irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Chalkboards and the sound of a marker on paper are the most awful sounds

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  • crimsonpoodle@pawb.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I dunno I prefer chalk myself personally, but im bot sensitive to sounds so not detracting from your point.

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• Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  They are a CIA training institution

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  • PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Agreed…but they also do a lot of useful engineering/math work, and they’re giving it away for free (well if you’re AmeriKKKan you already paid for it, but now you get to access the thing you paid for).

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    • Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I agree.

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  • slazer2au@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What American uni isn’t?

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    • Maeve@kbin.earth ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I also agree, 💯!

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