TheOneWithTheHairA good deal of IT work, too
SpaceNoodleI’m old enough that when I was in school, teachers were telling us that we’d never have calculators in our pockets wherever we’d go.
Thats a stupid statement in any year after the “pocket calculator” was available in the 70s
Not really. The first ones were quite expensive, and it was uncommon to have one on your person at all times like we now do with smartphones.
Yes really, if your job requires lots of calculations you’d be stupid not to have one, even back when they were expensive.
Every machinist I know, even the crusty old ones, carry a calculator in their pocket. It’s indispensable. Why wouldn’t you carry one if you need it all the time?
Pretty sure the teacher wasn’t assuming that every single child in class was going to be a machinist.
In fact, most people aren’t machinists.
And yet my point stands: if you need to do a lot of calculations at your job, you’d be stupid not to have a calculator in your pocket. And if you don’t, then the time it takes to find a calculator will be negligible.
OK? That’s not the point.
Uh what, that’s literally the point lol. The “you won’t have a calculator” has been complete and utter bullshit for literally over half a century.
Bro, smartphones haven’t even existed for 20 years
No actually I literally specified people whose jobs require doing a lot of calculations lmao
If your job required lots of calculations, and you heard about this fancy new thing called a pocket calculator, wouldn’t you go out and buy one?
Of course. But, again, that’s not everyone. Not everyone went out and bought pocket calculators and carried them around everywhere.