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I'll use something electronic for the decimal to hex thing, but pencil and paper for most other calculations.
I'm almost a luddite programmer. Was dragged kicking into the smartphone era.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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If I'm away from my desktop I use RealCalc on my phone. At my desktop I use the Ubuntu calculator program.
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I keep an Excel workbook open to do quick calculations which lets me put notes with it and save for later reference. I haven't used a hand-held calculator in > 20 years!
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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For simple things I may just type it into an open SQL file in SSMS.
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I hear you. My 80's Radio Shack Programmer's Calculator includes a stopwatch and a lap counter; faster than adding timing code for gauging response times.
"Before entering on an understanding, I have meditated for a long time, and have foreseen what might happen. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly, secretly, what I have to say or to do in a circumstance unexpected by other people; it is reflection, it is meditation." - Napoleon I
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Me too. My trusty Radio Shack EC-4075 Programmer's Hex and Time calculator has been by my monitor since that monitor was a DEC VT-62.
Before the office closed, the young 'uns would look sideways when I would pick it up.
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If my dear old HP48SX didn't have a buggered screen, I'd use that. Now, I use PCalc on my phone. All hail RPN.
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I know what you mean, I keep a Casio fx?? in my case and use it when doing Resistance calculations, frequency / lenght of antenna calcs, I tend use Excel when capacitance needs to be calculated due to very large and very small numbers needed. I suppose it comes from Exams when you were only allowed a calculator. The new Casio's employ a method of Visually Perfect Maths, doing it in the right order. Just seems wrong, found the last few FX992's that I had at Uni (before it got lost in celebrations of the last Control exam was over) available at Maplin (I miss them) on clearance.
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And how often do you need to do a decimal to hex conversion these days?
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Not often. I'm debugging/modifying a device driver right now, which has lead to some hex to decimal conversions. Even though most projects don't need hex conversions, I still reach for the calculator for simple math problems.
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Frequently.
Or binary/hex conversion. Last week I needed to double-check that I had the correct hex values for decoding UTF-8 characters.
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I have Microsoft Calculator on my taskbar. It is perfect for smaller calculations. For larger, more involved tasks I use a Canon MP11DX which allows me to print a paper tape, so I can check what I have done, in case I "Fat-Fingered" something, or lose my place.
I would say use what you are most comfortable with.
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I still prefer having a calculator lying on my desk, even if it is a basic non-scientific one.
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Hey! I got same calculator. Still works.
Nothing succeeds like a budgie without teeth.
To err is human, to arr is pirate.
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I have a calculator. I used a HP41 during my younger days. now using a DM41X lookalike made by SwissMicros. Calculators dont come much better
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I use Chrome. There is always a browser tab open so why not use it. You could simply bookmark this in any browser and there you have it: google calculator - Google Search
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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A really old story (but it is real!):
I was in high school when the very first calculators started arriving. There were the budget '4-function' versions, with +-*/, and the expensive '5-function' versions which could also do square root. One of my classmates bought a 4-function budget model, with a blank square in the position of the square root button of the 4-function model. He was hoping that if he cut a hole there, it might allow him to solder a cable pair to the circuit board for a miniature push button he had in his toolbox.
So he dug out his scalpel to cut through the front plate plastic. ... Out popped a square root button! They hadn't even cared to remove the button, but simply pressed it down under the front plate. Once the button was released, it worked perfectly fine, and my classmate had a 5-function calculator for the price of a 4-function model.
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I was in middle school when my dad came home with several of the 5-function calculators. They'd offered them cheap at his workplace back when companies offered very generous benefits packages. Ah! da goodol dayz!
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My favorite part of that story is your friend's willingness to cut and modify his expensive new toy.
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A very long time ago Dad had a similar experience with a garden watering computer.
Several versions, different number of channels or programs to differentiate them.
Dad bought the cheapie and was able to upgrade it from 4 somethings to 6. Always fun watching the lazy Goliath outsmarted by the nimble & determined David..
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keyboard with numpad on it - windows calc (or excel/lib calc depending how many things calcing)
but no numpad - calculator in draw🤗
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I use the calculator on my phone most of the time. I have been known to reach for it to do a calculation while working in a spreadsheet :facepalm: but corrected myself before actually opening the app.
My calculator from my old college days is one with reverse polar notation, so it would take some getting used to again to prefer it. Not a temptation unless or until I'm doing more advanced math for some reason.
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If I need a quick calc, I pick up the TI-85 that sits under my monitor. If things get more needy, I use Excel. Calculator apps only get used as a last resort. I like the old calculator, it feels nostalgic.
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Like others have said, I'm using Windows calculator or the app on my phone these days. In my case, I don't have a calculator sitting next to me and, though I still own a few, I'm not sure if the batteries or solar charging is still working.
I'm not going to fire up a spreadsheet unless it is appropriate, like needing to compare a set of calcs or changing inputs in fixed formulas.
I'd say that has been in the last five years or so; prior to that I'd have the mental battle with myself.
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It's a mix; I have a default spreadsheet that opens with Excel for various notes and scratch work.
If it's a calculation with lots of terms, I use an RPN calculator, either an HP 35s (which is the worst HP ever) or Realcalc on an Android phone. This thread reminds me that I have some kind of solar Casio somewhere which is infinitely better than the HP for base conversions. I don't miss it too much as Realcalc is very good at this. If only it was available on an iPhone.
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