Date: September 8th, 2026 11:02 PM Author: claret floppy gas station roast beef
yeah whatever I know how to use vector databases and apparently that makes me special in my whatsapp group with AI devs. They mocked me for using Qdrant because it was an off-the-shelf app ("who uses those?"), then 2 weeks later I was getting DMs with questions
Date: September 8th, 2026 11:06 PM Author: mind-boggling dilemma
yeah I'm not saying its important to be able to solve linear problems from text books from years ago. just that i'm surprised you are saying its the notation you don't remember.
Date: September 8th, 2026 10:55 PM Author: mind-boggling dilemma
I remember hardly anything in terms of any undergrad class where I had to actually solve problems. I remember general concepts and basic notation, but couldn't solve problems cold with no review.
Date: September 8th, 2026 11:15 PM Author: claret floppy gas station roast beef
it's the one that has no good instructors. It's easy to find good calculus instructors in America, but with linear algebra in you're probably getting an import from Calcutta