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Math is overrated. Nobody really needs math; if you find yourself needing some math you're probably reinventing some kind of wheel. Same with algorithms. How d
by guard-of-terra 15y ago
Math is overrated. Nobody really needs math; if you find yourself needing some math you're probably reinventing some kind of wheel. Same with algorithms.
How do you deal with huge data: you just do.
There are tools for that, and you apply those and perhaps make new tools yourself, but math and algorithms tend to never enter the equation.
- meej 15y agoI am reminded of Jeff Jonas' "Data Beats Math": http://jeffjonas.typepad.com/jeff_jonas/2011/04/data-beats-math.html http://jeffjonas.typepad.com/jeff_jonas/2011/04/data-beats-m...
- srconstantin 15y agoWho do you think makes those tools?
- guard-of-terra 15y agoNot computer scientists. Programmers themselves, based more on their experience than theory.