agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 14 天前My generation was probably the last one to get told "You won't have a calculator in your pocket all the time" by our math teachers.message-squaremessage-square79linkfedilinkarrow-up1372arrow-down18
arrow-up1364arrow-down1message-squareMy generation was probably the last one to get told "You won't have a calculator in your pocket all the time" by our math teachers.agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 14 天前message-square79linkfedilink
minus-squarekestrel7_7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 天前Mechanical calculators have been around since the 1700’s and widespread since the 1920’s, though. And before that we had the abacus and slide rule. Mental math has never been a flex, lol
Mechanical calculators have been around since the 1700’s and widespread since the 1920’s, though. And before that we had the abacus and slide rule. Mental math has never been a flex, lol