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cpthero2
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 Posted - 10 Feb 2020 : 07:43:30
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Great Reader Ayrik and Master TBeholder,
I have to admit this makes a lot of sense to me here. I have a perfect example from when I was getting my minor in mathematics as I went towards my other degrees. I was taking my 2nd quarter of calculus, and was learning about partial fraction decomposition. It was an arduous, and dumb thing to learn. My instructor said it was dumb, and it wasn't needed anymore. He said it was an antiquated approach and served no purpose in modern mathematics anymore. So, he got rid of it. haha
My point is just that, other professors of mathematics about lost their collective minds when they heard of PFD being tossed because the traditions were violated. I think mathematicians still know what it served a purpose for, and that was that old tradition they wanted to keep, even though they found ways around it.
Best regards,
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Modern medicine, chemistry, and astrophysics have "mostly abandoned [the old] traditions" of witch doctors, medieval alchemy, and occult astrology which came before them. Sometimes the Old Ways still contain useful nuggets of lore (herbal cures, metallurgical methods, observed celestial events, etc) which are still valuable ... but there's good reasons for discarding them in preference of the new paradigms.
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cpthero2
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Posted - 10 Feb 2020 : 18:25:40
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Good morning Master Krashos,
I have not yet, though I plan to today or tomorrow as I find time from that damn thing called work! ;)
Best regards,
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Master Krashos,
Revitalizing this for another question: any chance you might consider updating it to the older 3.5/PF 1st systems? Some of us are still never-adopters. haha
Best regards,
I'm pretty sure my Mantle stuff was already 3.5E compatible. Have you tracked it down?
-- George Krashos
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TBeholder
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Posted - 11 Feb 2020 : 00:37:19
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Originally posted by cpthero2
Great Reader Ayrik and Master TBeholder,
I have to admit this makes a lot of sense to me here. I have a perfect example
Whether it's perfect can be seen with the help of a simple question: do the professors of mathematics use partial fraction decomposition semi-regularly to avoid being burned alive?
And it's a rhetorical question.
They don't even try to set each other on fire all that often. 
The matters of aesthetics and even convenience are never a good analogy for #SkinInTheGame matters.
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from when I was getting my minor in mathematics as I went towards my other degrees. I was taking my 2nd quarter of calculus, and was learning about partial fraction decomposition. It was an arduous, and dumb thing to learn. My instructor said it was dumb, and it wasn't needed anymore. He said it was an antiquated approach and served no purpose in modern mathematics anymore. So, he got rid of it. haha
While it doesn't come up as often as adding/subtracting fractions, it's merely reverse of the same, isn't it? Which is yet another good reason for the exercise, even if they don't expect it to be directly useful. |
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cpthero2
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Posted - 14 Feb 2020 : 20:48:16
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Master Krashos,
Indeed I did. Thank you!
Best regards,
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Originally posted by George Krashos
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Originally posted by cpthero2
Master Krashos,
Revitalizing this for another question: any chance you might consider updating it to the older 3.5/PF 1st systems? Some of us are still never-adopters. haha
Best regards,
I'm pretty sure my Mantle stuff was already 3.5E compatible. Have you tracked it down?
-- George Krashos
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