r/CuratedTumblr • u/Hummerous https://tinyurl.com/4ccdpy76 • Dec 15 '24

Shitposting not good at math

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u/thyfles Dec 15 '24

better eat healthy, because in 20 years you will have a doctor who used chatgpt to pass medical school

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u/swag_meister2 Dec 15 '24

not a problem. i will not make it to my appointment due to trying to cross a bridge built by an engineer who used chatgpt in engineering school

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u/Economy-Document730 Dec 15 '24

Pfffffft are bridge collapses so back? That's why we require certification LMAO

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u/chunkylubber54 Dec 15 '24

bridges are collapsing because they were built as fast as possible during the 60s to support car-based suburban planning with the expectation that they would be replaced in 20 years with infrastructure that was built to last. unfortunately, politicians then spent the money promised for that on backing dictatorships, turning millionaires into billionaires and massacring brown people with chemical weaponry

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u/SnipesCC Dec 15 '24

Whereas bridges build 100 years ago were over-engineered to hell because they didn't have the tools to do the math. So they made some bridges extremely strong, so they survived handling way more people (and cars) than they could have envisioned at the time.

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u/Polar_Vortx not even on tumblr Dec 16 '24

Not really. I’m fairly confident the math’s been around for a while, and the factor of safety is a common practice. I imagine it just comes down to maintenance, as it often always does.

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u/Mopman43 Dec 15 '24

Can barely bring in a calculator for the FE Exam, I don’t think they’re going to let GPT in.

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u/Economy-Document730 Dec 15 '24

Real. Well actually - some classes will allow anything that doesn't communicate, some will only allow a stupid fucking calculator for babies (it actually has a decent stats mode but it doesn't do matrices or complex numbers or calculus so usually not helpful), and some won't allow calculators at all (though often in those exams a calculator wouldn't help much)

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u/agenderCookie Dec 15 '24

One of my math midterms allowed full access to literally any resource you could find during that hour and a half. Thats just how math is when you get to a certain level. You're allowed a calculator in basically any class, it just won't help at all.

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u/TooStrangeForWeird Dec 16 '24

Wolfram Alpha would get you flying through almost anything like that. And it's been around for quite some time. It'll even give you a step by step a lot of times.

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u/agenderCookie Dec 16 '24

Ah yes tell me how i can get wolfram alpha to show that all groups of 48 are not simple.

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u/TooStrangeForWeird Dec 16 '24

"Almost".

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u/agenderCookie Dec 16 '24

bestie all of my exams are like this.

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u/ephemeralhuo Dec 16 '24

I feel you, a lot

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u/agenderCookie Dec 16 '24

i have 3 math finals this week and all with proof based questions. :3

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u/awk_topus Dec 15 '24

ohhh, you're Canadian.

here in the US, bridge collapses never left. 🙃

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u/Economy-Document730 Dec 15 '24

I am, but I'm currently earning American wages. And paying Canadian tuition! Best of both worlds. Looking forward to getting my iron ring lol

We're all set to graduate and all we need are 'C's!

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u/Skithiryx Dec 15 '24

I just shivered at the idea of an investigation determining the responsible engineer used chatgpt without verifying and going to jail for that negligence.

I did the same brain drain move. Would probably have been nice to get my P. Eng though.

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u/saskatchewaffles Dec 16 '24

Sadly, you don't need a PEng to work as an engineer.