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The Best Calculators for Students and Professionals (Old tech remains relevant)
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| July 26, 2022
| ALEX RENNIE AND STEPHEN SLAYBAUGH
Posted on 10/05/2022 5:20:34 PM PDT by DoodleBob
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Regardless if I have Excel nearby, I'm a massive fan of the
HP 12c.
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:20:34 PM PDT
by
DoodleBob
Democrats calculating inflation
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:26:49 PM PDT
by
dsrtsage
( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
To: DoodleBob
Everyone I know used the TI-89 in Engineering school.
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:28:46 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: DoodleBob
I’ve more calculators than I know what to do with
Mostly TI
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:30:13 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it 🤪)
To: DoodleBob
I was cleaning out the basement and just tossed a 4-inch thick 3-ring binder of paper instructions on how to program the HP-41 (I think?). Scientific stuff so you could run the calculations on the calculator. Pretty sure they were written before PC’s were around. It was nice to have the programs out in the field to do some rough checks of the data, even once we were able to have computer software that did it.
All sorts of various programs written by various different people that were experts in their fields at the time.
I did keep a few of the papers as keepsakes.
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:31:06 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
To: dsrtsage
I'm calling BS, FRiend... clearly that's fake news.
Dems can't operate an abacus.
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:31:12 PM PDT
by
DoodleBob
( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
To: EEGator
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:31:39 PM PDT
by
mylife
(And I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling kids...)
To: DoodleBob
These electronic calculator gizmos are just a passing fad. I’m sticking with my trusty slide rule. It’s precise to three significant digits (I never needed any more). And batteries are not required!
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:31:42 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: DoodleBob
One of my TI calculators is 45 years old but doesn’t really look dated
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:33:14 PM PDT
by
NWFree
(Somebody has to say it 🤪)
To: DoodleBob
I still use my HP-11c occasionally.
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:35:19 PM PDT
by
Dutch Boy
(The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
To: DoodleBob
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:35:37 PM PDT
by
InvisibleChurch
(https://thepurginglutheran.wordpress.com)
To: DoodleBob
My old TI 83 is fine. First time around in college was a TI something in 1977. It’s still working. They never let us use calculators on tests back then
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:35:38 PM PDT
by
Karliner
(Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
To: DoodleBob
Bought a TI financial calculator for a corporate finance class 20 some years ago. Used it one semester and never looked at it again.
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:36:08 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: NWFree; EEGator
In my profession, you have immediate street cred if you show up to a meeting with a physical calculator.
The youngsters actually marvel. And when you show them the goods and they feel what it's like to press PHYSICAL BUTTONS, it's like going back in time.
The HP 12c's reverse Polish notation takes some time to figure out, but you can't go back once mastered.
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:36:17 PM PDT
by
DoodleBob
( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
To: DoodleBob
Most engineers I went to school with used HP RPN based calculators. I still do. Have an HP-50g for graphing, 12c for financial. I have emulators on my phone for an HP-21, HP-41c, HP-12c. RPN is so much easier.
To: DoodleBob
I still have my workhorse HP 12C from ~1980. Few people ever borrow an HP calculator, since the RPN input is very confusing to the casual user.
To: DoodleBob
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:40:59 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(Unbelief has nothing to say. Chance favors the prepared mind.)
To: DoodleBob
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:41:05 PM PDT
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: Larry Lucido
Excel and phone calculators have essentially destroyed the hand held calculator market for many sectors.
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:41:31 PM PDT
by
DoodleBob
( Gravity’s waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
To: Leaning Right
Well, that’s how we got to the Moon...
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posted on
10/05/2022 5:42:31 PM PDT
by
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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