this post was submitted on 19 Dec 2023
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[–] jawa21@startrek.website 7 points 2 years ago

I use all three every single day as a machinist xD

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I use almost daily

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago

I.e. day 1209 of not doing anything useful or being a poet. Are you a poet?

[–] JehovasThickness@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

The fuck you mean? I sin almost every day

[–] pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So no one makes little games as a hobby anymore?

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[–] llama@midwest.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In HS trig class I asked the teacher what was the actual logic behind the tan function, and she said "well it's just programmed into your calculator" and I said I realized that but how did it work, she told me to go ask the AP calc teacher.

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

CORDIC algorithm

[–] gerbler@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Not me. I went years without until last week I realised I needed them for a script that points an object at a target in Maya. Turns out trig is really fucking universal.

[–] therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago

Just don't play Warframe or Path of Exile and you can continue that streak

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