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Snippet of an overheard conversation today:

"LOL maths beyond basic arithmetic is so dumb. No-one needs pythagoras, trig, calculus or any of that crap unless they have some unholy desire to find the geometric properties of their sandwich."

"What do you want to do when you leave school then?"

"Something to do with AI. That stuff is really cool."

🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

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  • 23
    4y
    This is why I always carry a plastic bag and industrial zipties
  • 5
    4y
    @SortOfTested ... for sandwiches?
  • 8
    4y
    @HiFiWiFiSciFi
    You gotta put the bullshit somewhere
  • 3
    4y
    Well, I gotta say I never needed calculus.
    Never really understood it either.
    However, trigonometry, Vector arithmetic and probability are fairly interesting and easy.
    At least to the degree I learned it.
  • 2
    4y
    @metamourge
    Interesting. Limit theory is what I use most often. Derivatives to a lesser extent. I also tend to think about the functions I write in terms category theory terms.

    You don't have to do it that way, but it's how our CS program leaned.
  • 1
    4y
    @TheCommoner282 Two guys talking. Not sure beyond that, but the "unholy desire" stood out.
  • 2
    4y
    @TheCommoner282 Slow down, Sherlock
  • 0
    4y
    I guess there might be some dev jobs where you don't need any of those.
    Maybe backend stuff.
    But for frontend I think you will need pythagoras and trig at some point.

    By the way, is algebra considered beyond basic arithmetic?
    I think it would be hard to avoid, too.
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