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   Schroedinger (steveclough@metalhead.club)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 02:06:14 JST Schroedinger

   "Don't know much about geography
   Don't know much trigonometry
   Don't know much about algebra
   Don't know what a slide rule is for"

   "Well, Mr Cooke, I am not sure you are entirely suitable for head of Maths. And, in fact, I am starting to wonder why you are in teaching at all."

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     Walter Tross (waltertross@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 02:43:58 JST Walter Tross

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     @SteveClough You must admit, though, that soon no-one will know what a slide rule was for...

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 02:43:58 JST valhalla

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     • Walter Tross
     @waltertross @SteveClough to be fair, even back in their heydays you didn't have much use for a slide rule to do Maths.
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     Walter Tross (waltertross@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 02:56:01 JST Walter Tross

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     • valhalla

     @valhalla
     are you kidding? Ask any engineer over 70.
     @SteveClough

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 02:56:01 JST valhalla

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     • Walter Tross
     @waltertross @SteveClough Engineers don't do Maths, they calculate
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     Walter Tross (waltertross@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 03:07:29 JST Walter Tross

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     • valhalla

     @valhalla
     OK, I see what you mean. Maybe it's me, not being a native English speaker, who doesn't know the exact meaning of "doing maths" (or "math", in the USA)
     @SteveClough

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     valhalla (valhalla@social.gl-como.it)'s status on Monday, 13-Jan-2025 03:07:29 JST valhalla

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     • Walter Tross
     @waltertross @SteveClough I'm not a native English speaker either, so maybe it was me using as literal translation of my native language that isn't the standard English usage :)