[shmageggy]

I think this is an instance where HN's rigid title policy is a negative. It took me a minute to realize why this page, ostensibly a syllabus page for a university course, is relevant to a general tech audience. You have to scroll down past three subsections to "Resources" to realize that all of the lecture slides and problem sets, as well as videos of the lectures, are available for free. I just hope people aren't missing out on this great resource because the title can't be editorialized.

[_delirium]

I like the Metafilter solution to that: rather than just submitting links, users submit links and a short, 1-2-sentence explanation of why they think the link is interesting. I find it much easier to browse the submissions there as a result. Maybe the explanations could be hidden on the front page, but I'd find them very useful on the 'new' page.

[SeanDav]

Wow. Exactly what you feared happened to me. I tool a quick look at the link, couldn't see the point and promptly closed it.

Sometimes, on a quiet day, some quite dubious content can reach the front page and I thought that this was a such a case.

Thank goodness I saw your comment.

BTW. What is HN title philosophy? Could the OP not have said: Lectures available online for Introduction to Machine Learning?

[yebyen]

I upvoted you not because I think you're exactly right, but because I think that the submitter should actually leave that comment and it gets upvoted/downvoted like all the other comments. I've never submitted anything to HN and had it posted on the front page. But I get the idea that you have plenty of time to leave a comment before it gets there.

Personally have really enjoyed reading submissions where the author is the poster, and he's there waiting in the comments to address your concerns and taking suggestions.

[chorola]

Thank u for yr advice.Unfortunately I find no way to edit my submit.Would u pls show me how to edit it?I tried to add some sentences to give more information,at last it just became a new comment.