“You know something has gone wrong when he switches to Chinese”

This still happens, haha!

Correct version:

[programmingpillars]

he freed the ram allocated by english so he can use more computation power

[walalu]

Remeber. switching to chinese is faster than reloading your english.

[Sabrowsky]

As a multilingual person, I can confirm that when trying to solve hard logic problems, I switch back to my native language

[rohdinred]

0:01 I'm just amazed at how he dual wields colored markers... ON ONE HAND!

[Nanotec]

this hot swap between the two pens while writing is the real deal here

[gold]

English is his limiting factor. He's unleashing his full power with the Chinese!

[EdwardChan.]

He said "76 is 4 times 19" at the end, for all those who are curious.

[aniaugus]

From the moment he understood the weakness of his English, it disgusted him. He craved the strength and certainty of Chinese

[camrendilbeck]

That pause when he goes “Next we have to get R…” is hilarious. It’s like he’s suddenly doubting everything he’s done.

[finian]

Honestly this just shows how talented you are at explaining concepts in your non-native tongue, because you're having to multitask on translation and on maths at the same time.

[OneBiasedOpinion]

Mathematicians act an _awful_ lot like software engineers when they’re in the middle of a problem.
“Okay, so I just add in this line, plug in those variables, and I
Wait. Why is it-?”
_silent internal scrambling while trying to parse an unexpected result_
“What did I-?”
_scrolls back up through a mountain of gibberish understandable only by them, eyes frantically scanning the runes for an explanation_
“Oh. Right.”
_sigh of mixed relief and frustration as a few values are swapped around and three lines get deleted without further explanation_

[SoraSkyAtic]

when intepreted language is slower than compiled language

[ranjha]

As an Indian, i can confirm Native language activates full mental power

[TranquilSeaOfMath]

I have lived this. You realize at some point the progress is coming out different than expected and you can't figure out why.

[splecti]

算了 is so real sometimes as an engineer

[ArcticaTheFox]

I felt that, as someone who learned their times table in Chinese. Literally all of the math I do is in English, until I need to start multiplying.

[nugeopunno]

you know you're cooked when your teacher starts speaking chinese😂

[ElliotBrownJingles]

I didn't stop understanding him when he started speaking in Chinese. I already couldn't understand him when he was talking Maths.

[argonwheatbelly]

It took me a sec to realize he switched to Chinese. I was still following him....

[Binu]

I love this man. He saved my ass 5 years ago when he thought me integrations a day before the exam.