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Re:The Data Science Process by noobiemcfoob on Monday February 13, 2017 @07:37PM (#13640243)
In theory, any programmer worth their salt would already know a massive amount of math (comparatively) and should be readily capable of learning more. If you program without a solid understanding of the underlying math, you're not programming. You're typing until it compiles.
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Re:The Data Science Process by gydfi on Monday February 13, 2017 @08:53PM (#13640563)
Disagree. As someone who knows more mathematics and less programming than the average programmer I'd say the average programmer need not know all that much mathematics at all, if they're not working in a particular area that involves mathematics.
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Re:The Data Science Process by noobiemcfoob on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @12:01AM (#13641273)
You must already know vector math or be capable of learning it in less than a day. If you don't have that aptitude, then I put you at higher in the stack.
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Re:The Data Science Process by gydfi on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @01:26AM (#13641636)
Vectors aren't terribly advanced mathematics.
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Re:The Data Science Process by bitcuration on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @03:58PM (#13647109)
You're joking, right? What math, algebra 2 math?
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