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billswift on March 23, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to Ace Calculus: The Art of Doing Well in Tech...

I have to disagree, at least somewhat. Insight, understanding the basic concepts has always come fairly easily to me. The REALLY hard part is the disciplined practice needed to be able to actually apply what you know to real problems.

swah on March 23, 2011 [–]

But if you haven't seen how it maps into real problems, was there any insight at all?

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