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Do you still use stand-alone ("pocket") calculators?
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blacksheeplogic:
My primary calculator is a Sharp EL-515S. The calculator is always at hand and beside me. Much quicker and easier than opening another desktop window or using my phone.
Terry01:
I use a Casio fx-83GT PLUS most days. It does everything I need from it and loads more!

It's just for my hobby stuff, i'm not a EE or tech or anything like that.
floobydust:
Calculators are an app you have to download, they come with ads and want access to your contacts and geo-location. It's absurd.
Windows calculator is just for dumb people, so much pain to do anything involved.

I'll reach for an old TI or Sharp calculator (aluminium case! EL5103, EL9000) and pound through that way. At least they have several memories, answers in engineering units, playback function to make edits etc. From an era where people did math beyond on or two operations.
Beyond that I use Excel for all my calculations.
ataradov:
Have not used a physical calculator since university. On the phone I use RealCalc Pro. It does not want location and does not share the data.

On PC I use some random command line calculator from linux repo. I think it is called AP Calc or something like this. Works fine and I have it setup to pop up on F1 key, so it is always handy.

I don't get physical calculators. I can enter very complex formulas and then go and edit whatever I want. It would be a huge pain on a real calculator.
I wanted a rude username:
The HP 48G was my pride and joy, but now mostly gets used for the occasional game.

We're on our computers all the time, being able to copy and paste numbers is an advantage. That and the advent of specialised online calculators. Plus spreadsheets can be useful for getting a bird's eye view of iterative calculations.
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