There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3blue1brown) [video]

Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by hnfong on Monday October 19, 2026 @12:53PM (#50154744)

Are we supposed to ignore the irony that you typed this on a computer that is millions of times more powerful than the calculators you propose to forfeit?

I'm not sure the world is better if everyone was forced to do TLS handshake math by hand.

The last couple decades of economic development (of the first world at least) was in a large part due to the efficiency gains by not having people do math by hand. The world will definitely not be better if you just blew up all the computing tech since calculators were invented.

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Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by noslenwerdna on Monday October 19, 2026 @03:10PM (#50156612)

I think we should be horrified/outraged that calculators exist and are clear cutting the once viable field of human calculation.

Yes, I am being sarcastic.

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Re:There's never been a better time to go into math (by: 3bl... by globnomulous on Monday October 19, 2026 @01:10PM (#50154987)

I think the comment you answered was ironic/sarcastic.

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