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847badgerfan

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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #882 on: April 01, 2020, 08:21:16 AM »
Quote from: bwarbiany on March 31, 2020, 07:20:51 PM
Many never get to Calculus. After Calculus, I still had to take multivariate calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra.

I don't use any of it. But I'm not sad I went through it, honestly...
I did differential equations and matrix and linear algebra.

I can still do calculus, believe it or not. The "new" math, to me, is garbage. It's like re-writing history to match a narrative. Or everyone gets a trophy.


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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #883 on: April 01, 2020, 08:27:34 AM »
When I took DiffEq, the professor's son was in the class, he was 16.  He was also smart, duh.  It was amusing.

I ran into some smart people in my life.  A few were arrogant about it, but I'd opine most were unassuming and modest.  I would have been arrogant.
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #884 on: April 01, 2020, 08:54:36 AM »
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #885 on: April 01, 2020, 09:41:56 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on April 01, 2020, 08:21:16 AM
I did differential equations and matrix and linear algebra.

I can still do calculus, believe it or not. The "new" math, to me, is garbage. It's like re-writing history to match a narrative. Or everyone gets a trophy.


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Yeah, no.  There's plenty of that going on elsewhere, but how you learn math has nothing to do with toughness, lol.
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #886 on: April 01, 2020, 09:44:00 AM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on March 31, 2020, 08:08:43 PM
Watch it there buster or the board sheriff will put you in the shackles of shame - this is no place for sarcasm
No, no, no - I love that phrase!  Others use jaggoff or something similar.  But anytime I can use jack-wagon, I genuinely enjoy it!
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #887 on: April 01, 2020, 09:55:30 AM »
Quote from: OrangeAfroMan on April 01, 2020, 09:41:56 AM
Yeah, no.  There's plenty of that going on elsewhere, but how you learn math has nothing to do with toughness, lol.
Does too.


Learn it the old fashioned way. You earn it!!
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #888 on: April 01, 2020, 10:04:07 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on April 01, 2020, 12:33:52 AM
Yup, Calculus, DiffEQ, Vector Calc, and Matrices and Linear Algebra.

If I were designing radar antennae they'd all be quite useful.  As it is, I still enjoyed the theory.

I'll never forget, though, when I learned that I could use a transform and simple algebra to solve in the frequency domain, problems that called for differential equations in the time domain.  I was actually pissed and almost walked out of class that day.

Ahh, the old FFT... Forgot about those!
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #889 on: April 01, 2020, 10:07:42 AM »
I did all my calculus when I was in High School. Started college taking differential Equation and a number theory class. Number theory was the only math class that I took that totally kicked my a$$. I actually have 3 years of a Mechanical Engineering degree before I decided it just wasn't what I wanted to do. Switch to business because it was the easiest and quickest way I could finish school and get some kind of degree. 

somehow years later I ended up being an accounting without an accounting degree. Eventually getting my CPA certification, so now I work with numbers all the time. But with excel, accounting software and such, my math skills are fairly gone. Could just be old age. :03:
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #890 on: April 01, 2020, 10:11:18 AM »
I had calculus in HS and started college in honors calculus.  It was completely different stuff, I think we covered the basics on day one and then got into weirdness.  We certainly were not learning how to differentiate some equation after day one.  Some folks in there never had calculus in HS and managed to get by.

My HS calculus teacher admittedly was a bit old and weak.
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #891 on: April 01, 2020, 10:19:46 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on April 01, 2020, 08:54:36 AM
https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-do-face-masks-work.html

https://va.news-republic.com/a/6810058810942554629?app_id=1239&c=fb&gid=6810058810942554629&impr_id=6810199815281510661&language=en&region=us&user_id=6498349256930231306



My mom and a bunch of her church-lady friends make pillowcases for the children's hospital, but their contacts at the hospital asked them to switch over to making cloth masks for hospital personnel instead.  Not the frontline workers of course, they still need the full respirators, but the cloth masks do offer at least some protection for other staff.  Or so they are saying.

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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #892 on: April 01, 2020, 10:26:13 AM »
Our HS AP Calc teacher was a great guy, and I think we had all the brainpower in my graduating class in the AP2 class. Of the 16 of us in the class, 15 of us either got a 4 or 5. Good stuff. 

I got routed into the liberal arts calculus route, which was different from engineer calc in that engineer calc had us working with and familiarizing ourselves with computer programs that would frequently be used down the line. Two of the three calc professors had completely useless lectures. When it came to matrices, the class required us to grind through a system of equations. Ugh.
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #893 on: April 01, 2020, 10:29:16 AM »
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-its-so-freaking-hard-to-make-a-good-covid-19-model/

Interesting discussion about models in this.

I THINK the mask idea is to prevent a contagious person from spreading the virus by sneezing or coughing, not as protection from.
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #894 on: April 01, 2020, 10:38:32 AM »
Quote from: GopherRock on April 01, 2020, 10:26:13 AM
Our HS AP Calc teacher was a great guy, and I think we had all the brainpower in my graduating class in the AP2 class. Of the 16 of us in the class, 15 of us either got a 4 or 5. Good stuff.
Our AP Physics teacher has a "wall of fame" up for all of his students who got 5s on both the mechanics and the electricity & magnetism portions of the AP Physics test. About a year ago, my friend's daughter was taking his class and saw that both his and my name are still on it, from 25 years ago. 

He was a phenomenal teacher. 
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Re: Coronavirus discussion and Quarantine ideas
« Reply #895 on: April 01, 2020, 10:39:42 AM »
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