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Re:Path to a free self-taught education in Computer Science by tjwii on Saturday December 30, 2017 @02:06PM (#16036812)
> Calculus is useless, until it is not at which moment it turns to incredible help.

Yes! And that's why you need to learn to be fluent in: Spanish, Chinese, Russian, French, and some other languages. You never know when you need them!

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Re:Path to a free self-taught education in Computer Science by watwut on Saturday December 30, 2017 @03:06PM (#16037201)
People seem to think that financial software, artificial i telligence, map software, math libraries they use, graphic software etc all emerged due to magic. They did not and all required calculus.
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