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Comment by Swizec

3 days ago

> It's rough watching kids try to multiply when they don't have their times tables memorized

As someone who never learned my multiplication tables – it’s fine. I have a few cached lookups and my brain is fast at factoring.

8*6? Oh that’s just 4*2*6= 4*12 = 48. Easy :)

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aaronbaugher  3 days ago

Smart people can get away with tricks like that.

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