The 5 Coolest Calculators: $15 — $134.00

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[–]Myrkskog 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I have often found myself needing a calculator. In my workshop I have my 10 year old Windows XP notebook and possibly my Nokia flip phone. Both have pretty rubbish calcs. Phone has a shit number pad and the laptop always requires me to stand in front of the wall mounted monitor. One of these days I should buy myself a big buttoned, Thomas The Tank Engine calculator. A real treat for the workplace.

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's a shame, I almost feel like calculators are obsolete in the era of the cell phone.

I really liked my Ti-83+ back in the day. TI-83+ BASIC was my first programming language ever... now I know like 10. But there was something beautiful about the fact you could compile it right on the calculator, and code-on-the-go. I used to write TI-83+ apps when I was done with homework and bored in class. I made a stock market investing game, and a horse racing betting game... haha good times

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The mechanical keyboard crew is on it too: https://old.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/dkt9uw/so_i_recently_realize_that_i_dont_need_a_numpad/

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I still have at least one calculator that I never learned what all the buttons did. I'm guessing the battery died a decade or two ago.