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This advice is equally applicable to assisting your relatives with computer problems.

by vsnf 3y ago

ggm 3y ago
Totally. Or co workers. My best source of advice refrains from pointing out a strongly typed functional language would solve most of my problems and helps the specific python syntactic burden I have right now. But then does go the distance if I engage. After all, programming is just a subset of mathematics anyway..
- red75prime 3y ago
  > After all, programming is just a subset of mathematics anyway.. It's more of engineering subset. The resulting artefacts are rarely mathematically provable (bugs and Rice theorem).
- mbork_pl 3y ago
  > After all, programming is just a subset of mathematics anyway.. I am quite proud;-) to have once trolled a group composed of mathematics and computer science students with one sentence: "What is computer science? It's that part of mathematics which is of any use." (FTR: I'm a theoretical mathematician turned programmer.) The best part (I think) is that it has some truth to it!
  - mkl 3y ago
    There is a ton of useful applied maths that isn't computer science. There's useful abstract maths that isn't computer science too. Useful computer science is a tiny fraction of useful maths, and plenty of computer science isn't useful.
    - CoastalCoder 3y ago
      My friend, GP's score just increased by one :)
    - mbork_pl 3y ago
      Well of course. The point of the joke is to exaggerate some truth.
  - mejutoco 3y ago
    > It's that part of mathematics which is of any use Not sure it is such a sick burn for mathematicians. A lot of these guys see non-usefulness (maths for maths itself) as a badge of pride! :)
    - mbork_pl 3y ago
      Right, at least after the (in)famous Hardy's book...
  - auntienomen 3y ago
    And math is of course a part of physics.
    - mbork_pl 3y ago
      Ha! Now I am triggered... ;-)
- burglins 3y ago
  >a strongly typed functional language would solve most of my problems I'm at the stage where I constantly notice this, which adds to my already non-zero job fatigue. I try to keep my sanity by threatening (myself) to start my own company, but maybe I just need to stop caring and grow up...

This advice is equally applicable to assisting your relatives with computer problems.

by vsnf 3y ago

This advice is equally applicable to assisting your relatives with computer problems.

ggm 3y ago

Totally. Or co workers. My best source of advice refrains from pointing out a strongly typed functional language would solve most of my problems and helps the specific python syntactic burden I have right now. But then does go the distance if I engage. After all, programming is just a subset of mathematics anyway..

red75prime 3y ago
> After all, programming is just a subset of mathematics anyway.. It's more of engineering subset. The resulting artefacts are rarely mathematically provable (bugs and Rice theorem).
mbork_pl 3y ago
> After all, programming is just a subset of mathematics anyway.. I am quite proud;-) to have once trolled a group composed of mathematics and computer science students with one sentence: "What is computer science? It's that part of mathematics which is of any use." (FTR: I'm a theoretical mathematician turned programmer.) The best part (I think) is that it has some truth to it!
- mkl 3y ago
  There is a ton of useful applied maths that isn't computer science. There's useful abstract maths that isn't computer science too. Useful computer science is a tiny fraction of useful maths, and plenty of computer science isn't useful.
  - CoastalCoder 3y ago
    My friend, GP's score just increased by one :)
  - mbork_pl 3y ago
    Well of course. The point of the joke is to exaggerate some truth.
- mejutoco 3y ago
  > It's that part of mathematics which is of any use Not sure it is such a sick burn for mathematicians. A lot of these guys see non-usefulness (maths for maths itself) as a badge of pride! :)
  - mbork_pl 3y ago
    Right, at least after the (in)famous Hardy's book...
- auntienomen 3y ago
  And math is of course a part of physics.
  - mbork_pl 3y ago
    Ha! Now I am triggered... ;-)
burglins 3y ago
>a strongly typed functional language would solve most of my problems I'm at the stage where I constantly notice this, which adds to my already non-zero job fatigue. I try to keep my sanity by threatening (myself) to start my own company, but maybe I just need to stop caring and grow up...