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 *   As we mentioned in class, if you're following the course and would like to be emailed occasionally, send an email to <mailto:jim.pryor@nyu.edu>, saying "lambda" in the subject line. Most often, we will just post announcements to this website, rather than emailing you. But occasionally an email might be more appropriate.
 
 
 *   As we mentioned in class, if you're following the course and would like to be emailed occasionally, send an email to <mailto:jim.pryor@nyu.edu>, saying "lambda" in the subject line. Most often, we will just post announcements to this website, rather than emailing you. But occasionally an email might be more appropriate.
 

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 *   As we mentioned in class, we're also going to schedule a session to discuss the weekly homeworks. If you'd like to participate in this, please complete [this Doodle poll](http://doodle.com/7xrf4w8xq4i9e5za). It asks when you are available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
 *   As we mentioned in class, we're also going to schedule a session to discuss the weekly homeworks. If you'd like to participate in this, please complete [this Doodle poll](http://doodle.com/7xrf4w8xq4i9e5za). It asks when you are available on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

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 *   The student session has been scheduled for Wednesdays from 5-6, location yet to be fixed.
 
     Those of you interested in additional Q&amp;A but who can't make that time, let us know.
 
 
 *   The student session has been scheduled for Wednesdays from 5-6, location yet to be fixed.
 
     Those of you interested in additional Q&amp;A but who can't make that time, let us know.
 

-    You should see this student sessions as opportunities to clear up lingering
+    You should see these student sessions as opportunities to clear up lingering

 issues from material we've discussed, and help get a better footing for what
 we'll be doing the next week. It's expected you'll have made at least a serious start on that
 week's homework (due the following day) before the session.
 issues from material we've discussed, and help get a better footing for what
 we'll be doing the next week. It's expected you'll have made at least a serious start on that
 week's homework (due the following day) before the session.


@@ -128,6 +130,9 @@ course is to enable you to make these tools your own; to have enough
 understanding of them to recognize them in use, use them yourself at least
 in simple ways, and to be able to read more about them when appropriate.
 
 understanding of them to recognize them in use, use them yourself at least
 in simple ways, and to be able to read more about them when appropriate.
 

+"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes." -- [E. W. Dijkstra](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edsger_W._Dijkstra) <small>(or Hal Abelson, or Michael Fellows; the quote's <a href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Computer_science">origins are murky</a>)</small>
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 [[More about the topics and larger themes of the course|overview]]
 
 
 [[More about the topics and larger themes of the course|overview]]