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Re:What are Differential Equations and how do they work? by laingc on Sunday October 04, 2020 @05:05PM (#24682247)
I completely agree with this. I have a constant battle with some (not all) of my team to get them to think through a problem from its fundamentals, and try to find the best one or two or three ways to pose the problem.

Conveniently-posed problems lead to both convenient solutions, as well as a variety of potential ancillary benefits.

One practical application of this, for those who are more business-minded, is that I have set a very clear and tight tech strategy for our team. There have been quite a few instances where posing a problem differently has allowed us to better align with that strategy by enabling us to pursue solutions that make use of our existing technology stack and in-house tooling, rather than requiring us to introduce more dependencies and spread ourselves even thinner.

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Re:What are Differential Equations and how do they work? by yters on Sunday October 04, 2020 @09:03PM (#24683628)
Exactly. We can try brute force counting all the permutations of 1000 bits, which will exhaust the lifespan and size of the universe. Or we can use exponentiation and solve by hand in a second.
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