• @Viking_Hippie
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    231 year ago

    “It’s so you can do the math even if you don’t have a calculator available”

    “Oh, like literally never?”

    • @[email protected]
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      181 year ago

      It’s still pretty useful to do simple math in your head. For example chicken adding a few numbers together or multiplying something. In general stuff that would take longer to type in than just calculating yourself.

      • @Viking_Hippie
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        -41 year ago

        If it’s not important enough to take a few seconds to a minute typing it, it’s not important enough to use a skill that’s severely atrophied from decades of intentional disuse 🤷

        • newIdentity
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          111 year ago

          It’s pretty useful guessing how much you need to pay when picking multiple products in the supermarket

          • @Viking_Hippie
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            11 year ago

            Again, you can do that on your phone calculator. Hell, most grocery stores even have self scan apps if you want to go a step further

            • @Cenzorrll
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              11 year ago

              That sounds like an incredible amount of work vs just adding rough estimates together. I can add two numbers in less time than it takes to reach into my pocket.