R_1 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 With the advent of phone/computer calculators, some of us aren't using a physical calculator. Hence, this poll. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
RoseGoesToYale Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I have my dad's Texas Instruments SR-50 that he used when he was in college back in the 70s. Took it apart, cleaned up the buttons, and reconstructed a new battery pack for it. It works, albeit a bit glitchily. Sometimes I use it for fun, but otherwise I just use my computer or phone. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
sirenian Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 My fancy TI calculator that I got for high school bricked a long time ago, but I still have my cute little solar-powered TI scientific calculator that I used in middle school in the early 90s, and it works great. I love it! I especially love how my name is still written on the back in my silly fifth grade handwriting. I don't use it very often, but it still lives in my top desk drawer, and I do pull it out occasionally. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Anomaly Q3Xr Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Yes, I have a scientific calculator that I use a lot for for creative worldbuilding projects. I use Excel for all the formulae and such, but sometimes just a quick (but complex) calculation is needed, and so I use the calculator. I had used the same calculator for over a decade but it no longer functions and I've had to switch to a replacement which I am finding difficult as I am not a fan of change, and it has a fair few differences. I also have about half a dozen spare scientific calculators, because I used to go to a coffee shop once a week and sit and work on stuff amongst Humans, and ended up buying a new calculator so many times when I forgot mine and needed one. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
verily-forsooth-egads Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I'm a student, so I need to for exams. Wouldn't otherwise. I like telling the story of the time freshman year I forgot to bring one but happened to have my slide rule, so I used that. That hasn't happened again but I still keep it on me as backup. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Monke Jimmy Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 If ever I regularly do calculations, I'll break out the old TI-30XIIS. Until then, my phone works. My graphing calculator is forever dead, though. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
ItsPaulo Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 My Casio fx-991 and I have never been closer in the 5 years we've known each other. This actually sounds like a joke but I really do rarely leave the house without it LOL 2 Link to post Share on other sites
AspieAlly613 Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I use it because my students use them. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Kimmie. Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 At work yes. It is quicker than having to open up the calculator app on my phone or computer. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Absentminded Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Yes, at school, for tests 'n' stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
uhtred Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Yes at work. I have it on my desk and its quicker to use then to open a program, and it doesn't interfere with the windows on my screen. If I'm doing more than a few simple operations though, I'll use a spreadsheet 2 Link to post Share on other sites
R_1 Posted January 24, 2023 Author Share Posted January 24, 2023 3 minutes ago, uhtred said: Yes at work. I have it on my desk and its quicker to use then to open a program, and it doesn't interfere with the windows on my screen. If I'm doing more than a few simple operations though, I'll use a spreadsheet In my case, I do it via coding if it more than few simple operations. Link to post Share on other sites
J. van Deijck Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 No, I don't. I rarely use any calculator at all. Link to post Share on other sites
Olallieberry Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I just started a class which requires a scientific calculator and bans smarter devices for exams, so, I’m buying one for the first time in years. Link to post Share on other sites
a little annihilation Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 occasionally. My phone doesn't come with a calculator app. Link to post Share on other sites
Destranix Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Mostly when I have to calculate something more complicated, like things neither Windows calculator nor Google calculate me. Or when I have to calculate a lot of things. Link to post Share on other sites
Zozette Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 We do have a small calculator on our bookcase that is mostly used by my son when we are adding up scores when we play games. I have rarely used this calculator as I prefer to count up in my head or on paper/scoresheet. For harder stuff I would use the calculator on my IPad. I never used a calculator until I was an adult and I think they usually take longer to use than doing it myself. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
illumi Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 i use mine during math classes and exams. thats it. its useless everywhere else since my life dont include a lot of mathing Link to post Share on other sites
everywhere and nowhere Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I have a calculator on my computer and a very simple one on my phone (hint: my mobile is absolutely not a smartphone). Recently I had to do a test in analytic thinking for a job and it included a ban on clicking outside the test area. Too bad, I wish it included an explicit permission to use a computer calculator - I was allowed to use a calculator after all. So I had to use my phone calculator. It's not convenient, it works like this... you enter a number, then you click the... left function key, or how is it called? - and choose a mathematical operation. Then you click it again and choose "Result". The worst thing is that my phone is not working right. Its battery doesn't touch correctly and it keeps saying "Insert SIM card" (which is inserted), sometimes it doesn't accept the charger... I more or less learned how to use it - it needs to be squeezed with fingers when turning it on or inserting the charger - but I'll have to replace it and I really, really don't want to have a smartphone... 2 Link to post Share on other sites
hopeisnotlost Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I use two 1 Link to post Share on other sites
marieatsplants Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 working on a hydrological modelling project and I (weirdly) will use the calculator in a google search bar often more than my actual calculator for simple maths... 1 Link to post Share on other sites
notafigmentofurimagination Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 to be fair, im still in school, and i loooooooooove my graphing calculators, so helpful 1 Link to post Share on other sites
ThatBadCat Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I still have my old scientific calculator but I think I've only used it once since leaving school, if I'm remembering correctly for some reason I needed to calculate the circumference of a circle and my phone calculator didn't have pi. Last week a colleague made me smile when I was showing him how to use the formulas I had set up in a shared excel document to calculate a few basic things like percentages and averages, and he insisted on checking excels maths on his calculator. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TormentDubz Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Yeah it’s called my head Link to post Share on other sites
iff Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 (edited) All the time for my work. And also at home. I have at least 3 scientific calculators. I think I need one of those gun holsters to carry one around at all times, but for a calculator not a gun I know the mobile phone has a calculator but I don't think the mobile phone calculator is sufficient for longer calculations And also if you use the calculator on phone for work, it feels like other people may think you are just internetting or sending a message, and not working. Edited January 24, 2023 by iff 2 Link to post Share on other sites
cadebabade Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I love a graphic calc and miss the days when some other kid would create a literal video game to play on your TI-84. But yeah more practically I use the calc on my phone daily. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Piotrek Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I don't use a standalone calculator anymore, only the apps on my computer. Having said that, those graphing calculators fascinate me and I sometimes wonder what it would be like to have one. 15 hours ago, verily-forsooth-egads said: like telling the story of the time freshman year I forgot to bring one but happened to have my slide rule, so I used that. That must have attracted some confused looks Link to post Share on other sites
Purple Red Panda Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Sometimes do at work if I'm cashing up as we have a couple in the office, I use my phone the rest of the time. Link to post Share on other sites
arianadama Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 I haven't used one for absolutely years. TBH I had no idea so many people were enthusiastic about them! Link to post Share on other sites
AstrophelDragon Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 21 hours ago, verily-forsooth-egads said: but happened to have my slide rule, so I used that ...you just have a slide rule lying around in your backpack? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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