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Nice. I had fun in some junior high math competitions in part by writing TI BASIC programs on my calculator to brute force hard problems while I did the easy o
by nitrogen 9y ago
Nice. I had fun in some junior high math competitions in part by writing TI BASIC programs on my calculator to brute force hard problems while I did the easy ones. Eventually they stopped allowing calculators altogether and focused on cheap memorized tricks instead of generalized problem solving.
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- nitrogen 9y agoI'm curious what prompted two people to disagree with this comment so quickly, with no comment.
- gaurav_v 9y agoI didn't downvote, but the reason is likely because your comment is off-topic. The parents are talking about experiences un-learning one-sided equality that they picked up programming before learning algebra; your comment is about programming a T-83 to help with schoolwork.