Comment on Better safe than sorry

• johncritzman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  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

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  • MeThisGuy@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    abacus say what?

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    • Zerush@lemmy.ml ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      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.

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  • Zerush@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Well, but fails with 3+3, there an US engineer must use still an addiator. Nowadays it’s easier with an pocket calculator.

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• brown567@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You could probably do log_10(10²×10²) instead?

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  • Zerush@lemmy.ml ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s the same as 2*2

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• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Maybe you can’t

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