Caylio

Calculus ("Infinitesimal Calculus" or "Differential and Integral Calculus") is about calculating local differences and global sums (of the values of functions) using the concept of infinity.

The best way to intuitively and comprehensively grasp this is to learn Calculus in this order:

Algebra -> Functions -> (Calculus starts here) Finite differences -> Finite sums -> Infinity/Infinitesimals -> Epsilon-Delta

Unfortunately, it would be an understatement to say that pretty much no calculus learners learn it that way. No wonder why calculus stays so foreign to people. They are mostly trained to get A's by mechanically calculating values based on memorized tables, all while completely missing the bigger picture.

K

No, some were better.

Nobody said that skill was sufficient to win, I am simply pointing out the obvious fact that it's still required (in response to nkrisc who claimed that no skill was required at all, only luck).

Your "big" difference is useless and changes nothing to the topic at hand. Nkrisc claimed that no skill was required at all, only luck, which is clearly false. I was just pointing out this obvious fact. Nice strawman attempt though.

Every winner will have made a skillful shot, hence a skillful shot is required to win. It's a combination of both therefore you obviously can't claim no skill is required at all. Nobody says that a slot machine is a game of skill because nobody considers having the coordination to pull a level to be a skillful attribute.

The machine can only "decide to let you win" if you have the skill to get close, otherwise no chance.

"extensive"

If you don't link to the thread, everyone will prefer to disregard what you say.

Yes, treated like people that can be replaced by robots.

He is proving his point by contradicting himself, a true mathematician.

This one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25557631

Its the DK effect in action.

You just fed one

But by his definition, this would be an evil thing to do.

Then you are not Catholic

Having equality signs at each step does not mean you can reverse the steps. You need bidirectional implication for that.

Mathematical problem solving by Alan Shoenfield

The same could be said about your comment.

Grammar nazi.

That's a consequence of the axiom of choice, which has historically been a highly controversial axiom.

That's assuming pi is a normal number, which has not been proven.

Or perhaps she was not good enough and was not given any preferential treatment.

"Many topics in maths and engineering are very intuitive to pick without formal education." Name one university level math topic to back up this silly claim.

"Many topics in maths and engineering are very intuitive to pick without formal education." Name me a single university level math topic that backs up this claim.

Do you get payed exactly the same as your US coworkers? If not, is they pay still better than at canadian companies?