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?
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.
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.
It’s even more stupid when it’s the same class that required the purchase of a TI-85 to complete the course.
how big are your pockets cmon
There was a period of time when I wore only carpenter jeans so I could fit my TI-83 in my pocket and I’m still not ashamed