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[-] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

True!! I love that part!!

then I have to somehow explain what seemed obvious to me for that split second where magic struck...

[-] DozensOfDonner@mander.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

Programmers do that a lot? I always just start trying stuff in the command line until it works. It's in research though, so maybe different from what is typical developer stuff?

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[-] MBM@lemmings.world 5 points 4 months ago

Meetings where you're working on a problem together are also fun. Just a bunch of people staring silently at a whiteboard.

[-] Longpork3@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 months ago

I like to inch my diagrams closer and closer to penises until someone notices.

[-] xantoxis@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Look IDK about math, but I know about programming: "stare at it" is bad advice. Give it a minute or two, then get up and go for a walk or go to bed. Let your subconscious stare at it instead; it's actually better at this stuff than you are.

[-] Gustephan@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

If I'm ever staring at math, I'm absolutely not processing visual information while doing so. It's more that like, I'm staring off into space and thinking and "math on a whiteboard" just happens to be the last thing I was looking at and my face is still pointed that way

[-] thomasloven@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Sounds like Feynman’s algorithm.

  1. Write down the problem
  2. Think about it really hard
  3. Write down the solution
[-] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

After 15 minutes I switch tasks and come back to it at a later date. Do the dishes or something

[-] tripartitegraph@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

Proof by ponder

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