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Taking linear algebra and differential equations this semester
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Date: January 18th, 2024 9:54 AM Author: Aquamarine area hominid Any fellow huge fucking nerds have any tips (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47301499) |
Date: January 18th, 2024 11:09 AM Author: Aquamarine area hominid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47301807) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 11:14 AM Author: Dark geriatric fortuitous meteor Why?
Linear algebra just watch the Gilbert strang series on mit ocw alongside your class or don't go to class at all
Undergrad ODE classes are a mess. Read this pdf for some context so you're not wondering wtf is going on
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38248532 |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 11:27 AM Author: copper piazza How have you been and are you still in Loss prevention? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47301886) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 11:39 AM Author: Dark geriatric fortuitous meteor Extremely depressed, barely functioning. I'm working from home as a software engineer now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47301950) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 9:43 PM Author: Aquamarine area hominid Need the actual college credit, considering studying statistics (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47304511) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 10:14 PM Author: Dark geriatric fortuitous meteor How old are you
Is this the guy with the work tuition reimbursement thing |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 10:15 PM Author: Aquamarine area hominid 43, yeah (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47304674) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 10:20 PM Author: Dark geriatric fortuitous meteor If you enjoy it then yeah go for it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47304701) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 12:16 AM Author: razzmatazz organic girlfriend What kind of rancid TTT requires differential equations to study statistics? Linear algebra, maybe, but even then you won't really use it until you hit grad-level statistics courses. But differential equations are completely useless for statmos. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47305073) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 8:26 AM Author: Aquamarine area hominid This class is mostly just a personal goal of studying the topic. I know I don't need it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47305884) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 12:47 PM Author: Dark geriatric fortuitous meteor It's a waste of time and not particularly fulfilling or interesting. You'd be better off taking something like "honors linear algebra" or equivalent where you're introduced to rigorous proof writing and abstract vector spaces (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47306836) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 7:31 PM Author: razzmatazz organic girlfriend Or better yet, take analysis. Analysis will be super important for any area of statistics (or mathematics generally, for that matter). Differential equations is useless for anyone other than certain types of engineers and physicists. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47311611) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 7:49 PM Author: Dark geriatric fortuitous meteor Analysis usually has a pre req similar to what I'm describing (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47311657) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 11:44 PM Author: Bateful cordovan degenerate Retarded as fuck comment. LA is necessary to understand even descriptive statistics unless, I don't know, you enjoy being a shithead and a tool. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47309199) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 7:30 PM Author: razzmatazz organic girlfriend Wut? I mean, basic knowledge of linear algebra is helpful for understanding multiple regression, but it's not essential by any means. You can easily learn undergrad-level statistics without any knowledge of linear algebra. Indeed, I copped a PhD in stat from one of the top programs despite having taken only one undergraduate linear algebra course. I wish I had taken more, but it's definitely not necessary. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47311608) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 8:19 AM Author: cerebral headpube den (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47305871) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 11:15 AM Author: Peach Partner Business Firm I did this sophomore year and it was a disaster.
Assume your teachers won’t speak coherent English and you’ll have to learn everything on your own. |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 11:40 AM Author: Dark geriatric fortuitous meteor Are you low IQ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47301963) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 11:34 AM Author: Bright cumskin immigrant Expected a TSINAH thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47301923) |
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Date: January 25th, 2024 8:56 PM Author: flirting theatre really tough guy I took those classes like 18 years ago. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47331395) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 11:40 AM Author: Cowardly Floppy Incel (scholarship tp's kooky 13th 1L schedule) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47301957) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 9:51 PM Author: Blue bat-shit-crazy dopamine heaven differential equations were easier than linear algebra IME (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47304547) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 9:52 PM Author: Aquamarine area hominid So far it seems like just a continuation of Calculus (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47304554) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 9:55 PM Author: doobsian site bbw depends, I found linear algebra more intuitive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47304581) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 10:05 PM Author: Blue bat-shit-crazy dopamine heaven the more abstract it gets the less intuitive it is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47304621) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 10:22 PM Author: hairless slimy lay As I remember, you can get an A in differential equations by pretty much just memorizing various ways to solve different forms of problems.
In linear algebra, I remember I actually had to have some sort of conceptual understanding of what's going on. |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 6:42 AM Author: Brass Tanning Salon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47309551) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 9:53 PM Author: Haunting home Math major here — if you’re smart you will ace these classes with some work. If you’re not smart you will get a B or worse. Enjoy the ride and accept the results. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47304564) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 9:58 PM Author: Aquamarine area hominid We'll see won't we (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47304591) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 10:01 PM Author: beady-eyed sienna bawdyhouse pretty easy classes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47304601) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 10:11 PM Author: Aquamarine area hominid gotta start somewhere (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47304654) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 11:07 PM Author: beady-eyed sienna bawdyhouse enjoy your mathematical journey (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47304878) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 11:14 PM Author: Aquamarine area hominid I'm gay (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47304899) |
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Date: January 21st, 2024 12:00 AM Author: Brass Tanning Salon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47312345) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 11:21 PM Author: Swashbuckling Stag Film Don't you check commas now? Idk why you brag about your early prowess in all things (tennis and math etc) when we know your outcome (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47309154) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 11:57 PM Author: beady-eyed sienna bawdyhouse lol i’m not dbg. just a sync pumo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47309237) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 11:59 PM Author: Swashbuckling Stag Film 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47309242) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 10:03 PM Author: citrine point Im an Engineer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47304611) |
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Date: January 18th, 2024 11:22 PM Author: judgmental location Getting an A is linear algebra probably isn't too hard, but wrapping your head around the concepts takes a lot of work imo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47304920) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 8:27 AM Author: Aquamarine area hominid I'm curious what my mental capacity is for this. I've been told linear algebra is particularly important. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47305889) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 1:37 AM Author: excitant milky base Let us know how you like the Frobenius method. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47305269) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 10:05 PM Author: Aquamarine area hominid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47308929) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 11:18 PM Author: Swashbuckling Stag Film I hope you have an actual purpose other than for misguided vanity etc. Almost universally math is what people work the hardest at but retain the least after college. If you got a pure math degree at 21-22 and didn't continue in a heavy research field (PhD, postdoc, etc), by 25/26 it'd be like you never even went to college (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47309146) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 11:21 PM Author: Dark geriatric fortuitous meteor CR (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47309156) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 11:35 PM Author: judgmental location Nobody remembers anything from college. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47309186) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 11:40 PM Author: Swashbuckling Stag Film You could pick up your old books in any typical pre-law major like poli sci or business and be like oh yeah I remember that but if you opened up some 300 level math book you haven't seen in 5 years it'll be Ancient Greek to you (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47309198) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 3:16 PM Author: Bateful cordovan degenerate You can't understand quantum theory or machine learning, let alone statistics theory, without some conceptual grasp of linear algebra. Even if you forget how to do the operations after the semester is over, during the brief period of time you understand it you'll gain a lot of insight from seeing how it's applied. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47310818) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 5:04 PM Author: Aquamarine area hominid Not sure the point of this comment. College was 20 years ago for me. I’m considering grad statistics program after this, hopefully not too vain for you. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47311178) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 7:38 PM Author: razzmatazz organic girlfriend See my comment above. If you are considering grad statistics, then drop differential equations and do analysis instead. Differential equations is utterly useless for a statistician. Linear algebra is helpful, but not really essential. Analysis, however is essential for any decent grad program in statistics. They may admit you without it, but it will be much harder. And you'll have to take it anyway after you are admitted. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47311625) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 8:24 PM Author: Aquamarine area hominid I don't have access to analysis as a credit course right now. Maybe there's a Coursera? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47311781) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 11:36 PM Author: razzmatazz organic girlfriend Where the hell are you going to school that doesn't offer analysis? That's like the most fundamental math class there is. But if you are serious about that, I'll do a quick search and see if there is anything decent on Coursera or EdX or similar platforms. But I don't know if stat grad programs would accept a Coursera analysis class in lieu of analysis at an accredited school. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47312289) |
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Date: January 25th, 2024 8:56 PM Author: Aquamarine area hominid None of the programs I'm looking at require real analysis. I'm looking at online, part-time options.
But I know enough to see how it would help. |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 7:35 PM Author: razzmatazz organic girlfriend This is a dumb comment. It's true that I wouldn't be able to do (for example) abstract algebra without consulting my old textbooks, but when I have had to do math that I learned decades earlier, it came back very quickly with a little studying. It's actually much easier now that we have tools like Wolfram Alpha to help. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47311624) |
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Date: January 19th, 2024 11:39 PM Author: Curious plum orchestra pit trust fund Little yellow book for linear algebra is all you need It's rote memorization but it was hard imo. Most everyone I know thought it wasn't. |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 12:15 AM Author: beady-eyed sienna bawdyhouse artin or go home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47309276) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 4:03 PM Author: dashing stain fanboi LOL. his book sucks, especially for linear algebra (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47310986) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 5:08 PM Author: beady-eyed sienna bawdyhouse i guess it sucks if you just want to learn plug and chug engineering math (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47311195) |
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Date: January 26th, 2024 1:06 AM Author: dashing stain fanboi no, it sucks if you want to be a mathematician (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47332248) |
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Date: January 26th, 2024 1:46 AM Author: beady-eyed sienna bawdyhouse go take a look at a math 55 syllabus breh (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47332314) |
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Date: January 27th, 2024 2:27 AM Author: dashing stain fanboi dude, Artin's book sucks. It reads like an informal conversation. Maybe it's okay for freshman learning algebra, but Dummit and Foote for instance is the gold standard for a real algebra course. The dumb math majors took the Artin algebra class. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47335947) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 4:03 PM Author: dashing stain fanboi which yellow book? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47310985) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 8:16 PM Author: Curious plum orchestra pit trust fund Serge lang (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47311756) |
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Date: January 27th, 2024 2:27 AM Author: dashing stain fanboi awful book (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47335948) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 8:14 PM Author: sinister school azn Linear Algebra Done Right.
Only book you need. |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 8:49 PM Author: beady-eyed sienna bawdyhouse good book. but you do need to learn determinants more thoroughly than that presents them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47311839) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 8:50 PM Author: Aquamarine area hominid The class I'm taking is Linear Algebra for dummies. I may not know what I need to learn until it is over. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47311841) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 8:51 PM Author: beady-eyed sienna bawdyhouse use whatever they assign (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47311845) |
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Date: January 20th, 2024 8:53 PM Author: Aquamarine area hominid for sure. No Serge Lang for now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47311851) |
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Date: January 26th, 2024 1:05 AM Author: dashing stain fanboi Bourbaki (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47332246) |
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Date: January 26th, 2024 7:05 AM Author: cerebral headpube den Terry Tao notes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47332507) |
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Date: March 30th, 2024 1:18 PM Author: Aquamarine area hominid Studying for 3rd DE test right now. Professor is putting us through 9 of the 10 book chapters, which I think is actually a lot for one semester. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47539600) |
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Date: May 6th, 2024 2:56 PM Author: Aquamarine area hominid Taking finals this week. Have a good chance at an A in diff eq's, but linear algebra is gonna be tougher. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5477708&forum_id=2#47639776) |