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behavior Wed, 31 Dec 2025 21:04:51 +0000
HN: online learning

Show HN: Chinese Learning Site – I made a free online version of the HSK books

I made a website for learning Chinese. There are many already, but I think there is always room for new entries into the Chinese language learning ecosystem. The Site: - Course is an online version of the HSK course books (HSK 1-2 done so far, 3-4 coming soon) including all the vocabulary, texts, and all the content/activities from the coursebook and workbooks. - SRS Flashcards - SRS Sentence speaking - Character writing tool (Stroke data is from MakeMeAHanzi) - Dictionary is from the MBDG Chinese Dictionary - I build it using Rails and StimulusJS (with AI help) - Uses a lot of TurboFrames/TurboStreams to make it interactive - Goal is to be mobile friendly and responsive. - I got AdSense approval so it will be a completely free ad supported website. AI: - I use AI to build the site, transcribe the course, enhance the images, transcribe speech, generate audio, and for some minor supplemental content and formatting. - 99%+ of the course and content is not AI generated and is from the HSK

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behavior Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:58:39 +0000
HN: online learning

K^4: Online Log Anomaly Detection via Unsupervised Typicality Learning

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.20051 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44739417 Points: 3 # Comments: 1

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behavior Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:20:07 +0000
HN: online learning

AGaLiTe: Approximate Gated Linear Transformers for Online Reinforcement Learning

Article URL: https://openreview.net/forum?id=lh6vOAHuvo Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41860134 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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behavior Tue, 28 Oct 2025 01:55:57 +0000
HN: online learning

A new online HTML/CSS editor and viewer for learning HTML and CSS

Article URL: https://www.codepuzzle.io/html-studio/2RC7MY56 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45728493 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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behavior Tue, 28 May 2024 15:41:21 +0000
HN: online learning

Online Learning with Optimism and Delay

Article URL: https://papertalk.org/papertalks/31999 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40501840 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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behavior Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:06:57 +0000
HN: online learning

I built my own AI powered online learning tool

Article URL: https://github.com/symbiont-ai/docent Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47413736 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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behavior Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:00:36 +0000
HN: online learning

Show HN: Continuous learning from streaming events (Kafka and online ML)

Article URL: https://github.com/dcris19740101/software-4.0-prototype Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46512322 Points: 2 # Comments: 1

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behavior Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:03:46 +0000
HN: online learning

WebRL: Training LLM Web Agents via Self-Evolving Online Reinforcement Learning

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.02337 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42052558 Points: 23 # Comments: 1

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behavior Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:56:15 +0000
HN: online learning

Which tech jobs can you realistically get by learning online without a degree?

I'm 28 years old, and to be honest, I haven’t done much with my life so far. Recently, I stumbled across programming and cybersecurity online, and the positive aspects of both fields really caught my attention. I’ve always been patient with solving problems, and I actually enjoy figuring things out. It gives me a sense of accomplishment. I'm also fairly tech-savvy, and for the first time in a while, I feel like I might have found something I could be genuinely good at. The thing is, I’m not in a position to go to college or attend any formal institution. I’ve seen stories about people learning online and breaking into tech, but I’ve also read a lot of negative takes. Even graduates sometimes struggle to land jobs. So I’m genuinely curious: if I commit to learning and work really hard, do I realistically have a chance to turn my life around and get into programming or cybersecurity without a degree? Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44172736 Points: 3 # Comments: 2

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behavior Thu, 27 Feb 2025 13:30:57 +0000
HN: online learning

InkSight: Offline-to-Online Handwriting Conversion by Learning to Read and Write

Article URL: https://charlieleee.github.io/publication/inksight/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43194202 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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behavior Thu, 07 May 2026 15:06:01 +0000
HN: online learning

Show HN: RVW – A transformer model capable of online continual learning

Article URL: https://zenodo.org/records/20064618 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48050336 Points: 1 # Comments: 0

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behavior Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:47:11 +0000
HN: online learning

What would convince you to try a new way of learning online?

Article URL: https://pagezero.ai Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44825187 Points: 2 # Comments: 3

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behavior Sun, 15 Dec 2024 22:30:52 +0000
HN: online learning

Automatic Detection of Students' Engagement During Online Learning

Article URL: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10591967 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42426437 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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behavior Sat, 26 Oct 2024 13:39:47 +0000
HN: online learning

Ask HN: Learning to interact correctly in online communities as a neurodivergent

I often encounter negative reactions in online communities, such as downvotes, being mistaken for a troll, and being misunderstood constantly. It also happens in person, although to a lesser extent, since I can rely on my body language and close friends to help convey my message, as they probably know me so well to infer my meaning from my, I guess, strange communication pattern. Weirdly, on the other hand, when it comes to explaining something I get complimented on how clear I make it (cue the comment "you could make a child understand quantum physics"). The negativity I face online, though, has led me to withdraw from participating in these communities, opting instead to lurk. The toll it takes on my mental health is significant, which also makes me worried about the reactions I might receive here, but I chose to post on HN because I believe it to be one of the most tolerant online communities, so I'll bite the bullet for what may well be the last time. All in all, I'm at a crossroad

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behavior Sat, 13 Sep 2025 11:45:13 +0000
HN: online learning

RL's Razor: Why Online Reinforcement Learning Forgets Less

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04259 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45231309 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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behavior Mon, 04 May 2026 21:32:22 +0000
HN: online learning

Deep Learning with Python – Read Online

Article URL: https://deeplearningwithpython.io/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48015286 Points: 3 # Comments: 0

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behavior Fri, 25 Apr 2025 12:22:27 +0000
HN: online learning

SQL Fiddle – Online SQL Compiler for Learning and Practice

Article URL: https://sqlfiddle.com Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43792831 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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behavior Fri, 17 Oct 2025 01:40:17 +0000
HN: online learning

Sample-Efficient Online Learning in LM Agents via Hindsight Trajectory Rewriting

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10304 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45612572 Points: 2 # Comments: 0

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behavior Fri, 08 Nov 2024 06:46:49 +0000
HN: online learning

From MOOC to MAIC:Reshaping Online Teaching and Learning Through LLMdriven Agent

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03512 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42084744 Points: 4 # Comments: 0

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behavior Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:52:14 +0000
HN: online learning

Show HN: Massage therapy meets online learning– an app to help maintain wellness

Hi HN, I'm Rosa, a massage therapist for over 30 years. I noticed my clients felt relaxed after a massage, but their stress and muscle tension always came back. A one-hour massage isn't always enough to combat a long workweek. I saw that people needed info on how to take care of their bodies between appointments, not just treatment. That's why we built MASSAGE BY ROSA – a wellness platform to meet this need. Here’s what we offer: It’s a two-part deal: -Massage Therapy: Hands-on therapy for pain relief – based on methods from South Florida. -Online Body Therapy Courses: This is what I want to share. I turned my knowledge into video courses teaching self-massage, workstation adjustments, and ways to release tension. It’s like having a therapist help you stay well. The Tech: We’re keeping it basic with a static site for course content and subscriptions, which lets us focus on making great video lessons. We're launching this to solve the problem of upkeep in physical wellness. It's for peo

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