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Wow, my thoughts word for word

I'm still like that, albeit with some plasticity to avoid dying on my lonely rock.

I've come a long way I guess in the sense that I've learned to adult my way through things that don't necessarily excite me :|

Programming in particular was a gamechanger for me and helped me see and appreciate the beauty in practical problem solving using simulations etc.

Can you describe what do you mean by simulations in this context ? you explore various solution configurations ?

Yep kinda like that. I call it Answer guided monkeying around :) I try and see if I can arrive at the answer using Monte Carlo simulations and then try to work around that. Often times they give valuable insights and help uncover symmetries etc that aren’t obvious.

hmm seeking symmetries, the best kind of fun

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