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I'm one of the last people at my workplace to use a calculator. I'm a scientist, not an engineer, so I use a scientific calculator. ;-)

The schools ruined calculators.

I still find a calculator handy, even when I've already got Python going on my PC. It's easier to use the calculator with one hand, especially in the workshop. You can get a Casio solar at Target for 10 bucks.

My wife really prefers RPN, so I gave her my last HP when hers died.




I guess the lack of workshops made also calculators disappear.


You can get one of SwissMicros, that what I had to do to get RPN back




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