This. "Please provide ..." is pretty demanding. At least be courteous when asking for free labor.
That said, I'm also interested in the topic. As others are acknowledging, it's a broad field and one really needs to focus on well-defined projects in order to learn anything tangible.
I've seen the phrase "please provide" a lot. And I agree with you, I've never seen it actually used politely- it is always comes off like a strong demand. Maybe part of the problem is it is a stock phrase on exams.
I suspect that a lot of them might not be native English speakers (e.g. OP's username suggests that he is from India, where a lot of people speak English, but it is relatively few people's native tongue).
Yes, I am from India, And it was my first question on Hacker News.
Apologies if i offended you with my language, I should not have used those combination of words.
I don't think that's necessarily something one can (or ought to) expect to order up on Hacker News.