Sure, if we ignore the fact that those engineers had all of their work checked by people we called calculators.
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That sounds like women's work, of course we're going to ignore it
I'm just testing that the calculator works. It's part of the scientific process, sweaty
An exquisite typo.
Okay look, some of the math I do on a daily basis is like 5 levels above basic addition (it looks like I've written a whole ass sentences of gibberish) but like what if they changed it? I'd rather be sure that 2+2 still equals 4 than be wrong and the thing I'm working on ends up making expensive sounds.
There's also just removing the cognitive load of having to process this information. You're allowed to look up the answer (that's what a calculator and the slide rule do).
Using the tools you have to speed up your work doesn't make you a worse engineer than those in the past. You're building off their work so you don't have to constantly literally reinvent the wheel.
Yup. If I'm not ballparking, all math goes through a calculator. It's already there, and I'm already using it. "Trust, but verify".
I am guessing you are an engineer of some sort.
Engineer of wide surfaces - also known as a cleaner.
I'm a Cognitive Developmental Transportation Engineer ... aka school bus driver.
You can't calculate 2+2 with a slide rule
Maybe you can't
Moves C index to 2 on the D scale
Moves indicating line to 2 on the C scale
Reads 4 on the D scale
Good thing 2+2 and 2*2 yield the same answer. Would have to bust out the addiator otherwise
abacus say what?
Yoy can use 2 normal rules to add/rest 2 numbers, but you can't do it in a slide rule with its logarithm scales. But luckily there are solutions out there
Well, but fails with 3+3, there an US engineer must use still an addiator. Nowadays it's easier with an pocket calculator.
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You could probably do log_10(10²×10²) instead?
It's the same as 2*2
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Technology is invented for the sake of usage. It’s cultural calvinism that postulates that the „harder“ work is the „better“ work.
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As long as they don't ask ChatGPT.
Now show the prompt lol
Sure
I don't believe you!
Here's what I got from Gemini:
Based on the foundational principles of mathematics, 2 + 1 = 3 because it represents combining a set of two items with a set of one item, resulting in a new set containing a total of three items. Here is a more detailed breakdown: Understanding the Numbers
- 1 (One): This is the basic unit, representing a single object or item. Imagine one apple. 🍎
- 2 (Two): This represents a collection of two basic units. Imagine two apples. 🍎🍎
- 3 (Three): This represents a collection of three basic units. Imagine three apples. 🍎🍎🍎 Understanding the Operation (+)
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- (Addition): This symbol means "to add" or "to combine." It instructs us to take two or more quantities (or sets) and put them together to find their total. Putting It Together The equation 2 + 1 = 3 is a statement that follows these definitions:
- Start with 2: You begin with a set containing two items.
- (🍎🍎)
- Add 1: You then combine that set with another set containing one item.
- (🍎🍎) + (🍎)
- Result is 3: When you count all the items in the combined group, you find there are three items in total.
- (🍎🍎🍎) This concept is one of the most fundamental axioms in arithmetic, often demonstrated using a number line. If you start at the number 2 on the line and move one unit to the right (which is what "+ 1" means), you land directly on the number 3.
Am engineer, made my own slide rule for fun
Still check basic arithmetic because I'd rather overestimate my own incompetence than underestimate it
And a team of 20 black girls who solved all their math problems
Plotwist; It's an AI calculator and the answer is 80085
“Is the answer 3?”
Ai taking a drag from a cigarette: “Sure thing kid, why not?”
“Wow, so smart.”
I genuinely do hate AI, this is joke about it constantly validating everything asked of it instead of actually being useful.
They say we can stand on the shoulders of giants, but first we gotta climb a friggin giant
just cut it's achilles tendon and it'll lower itself for you
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... And now read idiots who advocate that it is OK to not understand analogue clock:
I saw that. It's fucking breathtaking, the apologists for stupidity.
If I go start an account on a .ml instance and claim letters and numbers are colonial, patriarchal constructs and should be eliminated, I'll be the most popular poster until I accidentally make everyone illiterate out of spite.
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guess the new "go touch grass" is going to be "go read a dial clock"
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This is incorrect. The Apollo program led to massive development of computer technology because it would not be possible without it. They created the first real time computers and were the world's largest buyer of integrated circuits at the time. Computers were part of every single part of the mission and were critical to it's success. See One Giant Leap : The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon for further information.
Engineer in 1969 : "nwords" Engineer today: "no that's my dad, I just graduated and started working here too. Yea my grandfather too." "I grew up pretty conservative"
Till, only USA has engineers
Yes they drive trains
If you're walking under something I've designed, would you prefer I save time?
me when i have no perspective
Engineering mathematics is easy. Follow simple rules, follow simple formula, do basic algebra, don't screw up ur units. The issue is when numbers start to get involved. I've made more mistakes simply doing the number wrong than anything else. This is why using code to solve all ur problems is goated
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