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Whats the difference between fundamentals and principles...?


Who teaches us whats real and how to laugh at lies? Who decides why we live and what we'll die to defend?Who chain us? And who holds the Key that can set us free? 

It's you.

You have all the weapons you need 

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Fundamentals sound more like axioms upon which you build a theory.
Principles sound more applicable, flexible, practical. More like rule of thumb.

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Bearing with the conditioned in gentleness, fording the river with resolution, not neglecting what is distant, not regarding one's companions; thus one may manage to walk in the middle. H11L2

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@tsuki can you give me an example on something you are good at (or master of)?


Who teaches us whats real and how to laugh at lies? Who decides why we live and what we'll die to defend?Who chain us? And who holds the Key that can set us free? 

It's you.

You have all the weapons you need 

Now fight.

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I'm not sure I understand the question.

I have master's degree in engineering, if that's what you're asking.

I'm also pretty good at breathing.

I enjoy coding in c++ and Python and I think I'm good at that.


Bearing with the conditioned in gentleness, fording the river with resolution, not neglecting what is distant, not regarding one's companions; thus one may manage to walk in the middle. H11L2

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@tsuki ok can you give me fundamentals and principles of engineering so you can lay it out for me (i know nothing about engineering)?


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It's you.

You have all the weapons you need 

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Well, fundamentals are are the bare theory you can find in books.
It starts with the minimum definition, like: applying scientific knowledge to solve specific, practical problems.

From that you learn that you need to be able to read scientific knowledge.
This starts with mathematics, physics, information technology and other related fields.
Then you need to gain exposure to practical problems with technology.
Learn to fit those problems into frameworks of thought you learned from books.
Then you need to know how to solve problems theoretically within those frameworks and translate theoretical solutions back to practical designs.

Principles are more practically oriented, like: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
They encode groups of solutions to problems you have already encountered and present a pointer to an approach.
For example:
Newtonian mechanics are good for solving problems that require...
Lagrangian mechanics are good for solving problems that require...
Don't date women twice your age.

These are usually domain-specific and used for eyeballing. Like a roadmap.


Bearing with the conditioned in gentleness, fording the river with resolution, not neglecting what is distant, not regarding one's companions; thus one may manage to walk in the middle. H11L2

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@tsuki its basically fundamentals are what it is about and principles are how to do it...

@Shiva i did its similar definition its for laying on paper what the skill you learn is about so you can easily do deliberate practice or see what you are missing while in plateauing


Who teaches us whats real and how to laugh at lies? Who decides why we live and what we'll die to defend?Who chain us? And who holds the Key that can set us free? 

It's you.

You have all the weapons you need 

Now fight.

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1 hour ago, NoSelfSelf said:

@tsuki its basically fundamentals are what it is about and principles are how to do it...

Yes.

Fundamentals link theory with practice.
Principles link practice with theory.


Bearing with the conditioned in gentleness, fording the river with resolution, not neglecting what is distant, not regarding one's companions; thus one may manage to walk in the middle. H11L2

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@tsuki thank you for your replys!


Who teaches us whats real and how to laugh at lies? Who decides why we live and what we'll die to defend?Who chain us? And who holds the Key that can set us free? 

It's you.

You have all the weapons you need 

Now fight.

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