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Learn You Galois Fields for Great Good (00)

by signa11 on 6/21/25, 12:21 AM with 13 comments

  • by untitled2 on 6/21/25, 9:06 AM

    Whining about algebra not being in most CS curriculums is just a lie. Every university in the world has (if it doesn't, it's not a university) maths as a minor regardless of what your major is. And everyone I know, including me, took algebra as a minor being a CS major (if you didn't, question your choice of career).
  • by tempodox on 6/21/25, 5:32 AM

    I love it when the simple stuff is explained in simple language that anybody can understand. Like Einstein said:

    Make it simple. As simple as possible. But no simpler!

  • by gnabgib on 6/21/25, 12:48 AM

  • by revskill on 6/21/25, 8:25 AM

    The problem with algebra teaching is, they just declare a thing without explaining the root reason of why it's there in first place.
  • by behnamoh on 6/21/25, 3:59 AM

    of course it's written in Rust! But I was lowkey looking for something more Haskell-y, even Lean. And I wish the visualizations would continue throughout the chapters.