Comment on A good deal of IT work, too
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 10 months agoYes really, if your job requires lots of calculations you’d be stupid not to have one, even back when they were expensive.
Every machinist I know, even the crusty old ones, carry a calculator in their pocket. It’s indispensable. Why wouldn’t you carry one if you need it all the time?
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Pretty sure the teacher wasn’t assuming that every single child in class was going to be a machinist.
In fact, most people aren’t machinists.
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
And yet my point stands: if you need to do a lot of calculations at your job, you’d be stupid not to have a calculator in your pocket. And if you don’t, then the time it takes to find a calculator will be negligible.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 10 months ago
OK? That’s not the point.
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Uh what, that’s literally the point lol. The “you won’t have a calculator” has been complete and utter bullshit for literally over half a century.