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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 25 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (4 children)

Fuck, I'm going to have to go back to doing math in my head again, aren't I?

[–] dwemthy@lemmy.world 8 points 10 hours ago

Get an abacus before tariffs catch up with them too

[–] alt_xa_23@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Just get a slide rule off ebay

[–] biotin7@sopuli.xyz 6 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's not that bad, you go to Youtube & look up your local Indian mathematician

[–] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago

But do it quick while the country can still afford the internet

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 9 hours ago

I still have a Texas instrument scientific calculator. I have never found a calculator app that I like better.

Put of course I was actually allowed to bring it into an exam which would definitely not possible with a phone.