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Algorithms are tools. Sure, maybe a hammer isn’t interesting in and of itself, but the things you build with one certainly are.


So tell me how learning how to make a hammer (or the physics behind it) is beneficial to the average woodworker or construction worker’s daily job. Sure, using prior knowledge of physics to optimize your hammer swings might be worth while for the guy swinging a hammer a million times a day, but most of us are happy just picking the hammer up and using it to get the job done.




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