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minus-squareJohn A Critzman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-24 days agoMoves C index to 2 on the D scale Moves indicating line to 2 on the C scale Reads 4 on the D scale Good thing 2+2 and 2*2 yield the same answer. Would have to bust out the addiator otherwise
minus-squareZerush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 days agoYoy can use 2 normal rules to add/rest 2 numbers, but you can’t do it in a slide rule with its logarithm scales. But luckily there are solutions out there
minus-squareZerush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoWell, but fails with 3+3, there an US engineer must use still an addiator. Nowadays it’s easier with an pocket calculator.
minus-squareJohn A Critzman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoBut a pocket calculator doesn’t get you nearly enough street cred these days
minus-squareZerush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoWell, even an iPhone has an calculator by default (maybe with an monthly fe)
minus-squareJohn A Critzman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours agoBut when I’m at the club with my friends and I pull out the Pickett model N600-ES speed rule to calculate the tip, all the eyes are on me
minus-squareZerush@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 hours agoIn my studies I used a doble side rule, the Faber-Castell 2/83 N Novo-Duplex, 31 scales, not so practical for the pocket (>38cm)
Moves C index to 2 on the D scale
Moves indicating line to 2 on the C scale
Reads 4 on the D scale
Good thing 2+2 and 2*2 yield the same answer. Would have to bust out the addiator otherwise
abacus say what?
Yoy can use 2 normal rules to add/rest 2 numbers, but you can’t do it in a slide rule with its logarithm scales. But luckily there are solutions out there
Well, but fails with 3+3, there an US engineer must use still an addiator. Nowadays it’s easier with an pocket calculator.
But a pocket calculator doesn’t get you nearly enough street cred these days
Well, even an iPhone has an calculator by default (maybe with an monthly fe)
But when I’m at the club with my friends and I pull out the Pickett model N600-ES speed rule to calculate the tip, all the eyes are on me
In my studies I used a doble side rule, the Faber-Castell 2/83 N Novo-Duplex, 31 scales, not so practical for the pocket (>38cm)