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Lieuwe2019 t1_iww4o17 wrote

I bought one days after starting my first job out of college…….33 years later when I retired, I was still using it daily.

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XS4Me t1_iwwip0a wrote

Back in the day I used to sport my HP 48GX, but by the love of god I just can’t figure why would anybody cling to older devices having a regular calculator on your phone or having access to wolfram alpha on it.

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pollymanic t1_iwy5w88 wrote

Sometimes the calculator is nice because it keeps you from losing hours down a wolfram alpha or Wikipedia hole! Good for focused work

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TenTonneMackerel t1_iwzd83z wrote

Because 99.9% of my calculations at work don't require anything nearly as complex as Wolfram Alpha, and the ergonomics of a calculator are leagues beyond that of a software calculator on a phone or computer.

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