alt Hacker NewsMaybe off-topic but,
If you're not familiar with the CMU DB Group you might want to check out their eccentric teaching style [1].
I absolutely love their gangsta intros like [2] and pre-lecture dj sets like [3].
I also remember a video where he was lecturing with someone sleeping on the floor in the background for some reason. I can't find that video right now.
Not too sure about the context or Andy's biography, I'll research that later, I'm even more curious now.
[1] https://youtube.com/results?search_query=cmu+database
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Indeed, I was delighted when I read the part about wutang's time capsule and obviously OP is a wu-tang and general hip hop fan. The intro you shared is dope!
I can't understand if their "intro to database systems" is an introductory (undergrad) level course or some advanced course (as in, introduction to database (internals)).
Anyone willing to clarify this? I'm quite weak at database stuff, i'd love to find some undergrad-level proper course to learn and catch up.
(I consed "https://" onto your links so they'd become clickable. Hope that's ok!)
Andy Pavlo absolutely seems like the kind of guy that I would want to get a drink with.