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[–] RagnarokOnline@programming.dev 120 points 6 months ago (45 children)

YOU’RE DOING QUADRATICS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL?’

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Yeah seriously WTF, I didn't even learn basic Algebra until freshmen year of high school! We never even got to the math with the fancy letters in it. I have no idea what those cursive f, d, and w characters mean.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's just calculus where admittedly my own education stopped but it's still very helpful in finding values in real-world things like change of value in time. I still hope to one day develop a working knowledge of it, myself. u/...mir below me did a good job of summarizing the two main introductory concepts in much the same way i've read others simplify and describe the subject in classic 100+ yr old books like "Calculus Made Easy by Sylvanus Thompson." I suspect it's not as intimidating as it seems once a person gets past some basic fundamental concepts.

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