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Re:The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform by brcmthrowaway on Thursday January 08, 2026 @05:06PM (#46547153)
How was Gauss so productive with 6 children?
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Re:The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform by deepfriedchokes on Thursday January 08, 2026 @05:17PM (#46547276)
Probably sexual division of labor.
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Re:The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform by obezyian on Thursday January 08, 2026 @10:04PM (#46549629)
Behind every successful man, ...
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Re:The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform by kridsdale1 on Thursday January 08, 2026 @05:47PM (#46547608)
Chutzpah.
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Re:The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform by wolfi1 on Thursday January 08, 2026 @10:39PM (#46549791)
no TV
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Re:The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform by pantalaimon on Friday January 09, 2026 @10:18AM (#46554782)
Nor Internet
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Re:The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform by defrost on Thursday January 08, 2026 @10:54PM (#46549871)
I'd hazard by not dealing with them until they'd been schooled enough to operate as computers and GI (general intelligence) assistants.

There's a spread of farmers, railroad and telegraph directors, high level practical infomation management skills in the children.

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Re:The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform by kowbell on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:25AM (#46550355)
That's 30 more fingers he could count with.
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Re:The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform by tzs on Friday January 09, 2026 @12:45PM (#46556611)
30? Did they only count on one hand back then?
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Re:The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform by skinkestek on Friday January 09, 2026 @08:48AM (#46553774)
I only have 5 kids, and I am also not nearly as productive as Gauss but to a certain degree, it feels to me like responsibility kind of tries to force me to be more effective.
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Re:The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform by 0xdeadbeefbabe on Friday January 09, 2026 @11:46AM (#46555755)
He wasn't as productive as he could have been. This seems like Chuck Norris and Jeff Dean territory after all.
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