Would anybody like a free, eight-week course of maths (or related fields: see below) lessons?
About me: I've been tutoring up to A-level mathematics and physics for about 10 years now. I would have thought of trying to teach maths to HN as teaching grandma to suck eggs, but this comment thread (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2737510) led me to believe there are at least a few HNers who don't have calculus etc. as part of their toolbox, and Steve’s flamboyant OSCON talk (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2811818) got me thinking there might be quite a few who would like it. FWIW, I've a bachelor's degree in physics and a master's in machine learning.
What you get: Eight one-to-one hour-long lessons on any mathematical subject(s) of your choosing.
Who qualifies: Exactly one person who wants to, based on the following criteria:
1) You ask for something I can actually teach you. I've a lot of experience teaching maths and physics up to A-level standard (see the UK bit in here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Further_Mathematics), and I know some linear/vector/matrix algebra, more advanced differential equations, some machine learning and statistics well enough to teach with some brushing up. I'm slightly more likely to pick someone who wants something I can teach really well rather than something I can just about teach. You can ask for anything, though; bonus points for asking for something I didn’t know people wanted.
2) You can be available at a regular time each week which I can accommodate, ideally sometime between 9:00 and 13:00 BST (8:00-12:00 GMT) on a weekday from late August
3) You provide a compelling case of how this will help you, particularly if it would be hard to get this kind of help elsewhere. I.e. you may find some mathematics useful to your coding / business / love life; you know why better than me.
Again, apologies if slightly better than high-school maths seems like a trivial thing to arrogantly parade in front of the extremely smart and well-educated people at HN, it just occurred to me there might be a few people who might want it.
(EDIT FOR CLARITY) TL;DR: Free online lessons! Apply in this thread.