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[–] Gust@piefed.social 21 points 4 days ago (2 children)

https://xkcd.com/435/

A warning from the sacred texts for anybody else looking to avoid math by doing biological sciences. Its all math, all the way down. Always has been

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago

Nu-uh, below that is turtles.

See?

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[–] spinne@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

Modern software engineers don't write their stuff in assembly and my degree program didn't require math beyond Calc 2 for a reason--the biologies are diiiiistantly applied maths!