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You can get by without math in engineering? This is news to me... I think what you meant is: you can use existing hardware and software tools to build software
by aet 12y ago
You can get by without math in engineering? This is news to me... I think what you meant is: you can use existing hardware and software tools to build software applications and systems without relying on "advanced" math. I would say this is the point of building hardware and software -- so other people don't need to learn how to do it. They can just "use it"
- aet 12y agoSo confused...
- scott_s 12y agoI assume you mean you're confused on being downvoted. I did not think a downvote on your comment was warranted, so I gave it a corrective upvote. In general, it's not worth worrying about one downvote; that one person did not like your comment enough to downvote it is a rather weak signal. There are a lot of users on HN. Other users (such as me) are also likely to give you a corrective upvote. It's when you get multiple downvotes that the signal matters.