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progx · 2023-09-22 11:12:36

I do this since ~20 years with a simple Calc-Table. Easy overview and simple to search.

awt | karma 888 | avg karma 1.57 · | 2013-07-09 21:24:39+00:00

I like it. I'm always typing simple calculations into the search bar -- this is a great way to keep track of them.

kirpekar | karma 1271 | avg karma 2.72 · | 2010-05-20 23:31:12+00:00

Google Calculator and Wolfram Alpha are good enough for me.

justsomehnguy | karma 2268 | avg karma 0.79 · | 2023-12-30 17:25:22

Of course, but most of the time I just need to have a quick glance at the data, or find a single value which I know where it should be.

Slightly on-topic: I found what LibreOffice Calc has a decent input wizard which most of the time works and good enough.

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type0 | karma 12498 | avg karma 2.69 · | 2021-08-31 17:43:42

There's also calcurse, it's pretty simple but works great.

walshemj | karma 4980 | avg karma 0.65 · | 2015-05-09 19:37:33+00:00

which is how pre calculators you used to do it by hand using Log tables

mehrdadn | karma 286 | avg karma 0.06 · | 2019-06-13 06:26:17+00:00

You can look up formulas? Never realized that, that's really cool. Thanks!

callesgg | karma 1359 | avg karma 1.35 · | 2019-06-03 19:16:11+00:00

You can enter calculations in the search field you get by dragging from the top.

na85 | karma 6342 | avg karma 1.69 · | 2018-08-03 12:40:34+00:00

I just use an actual calculator.

olegkikin | karma 1731 | avg karma 3.06 · | 2017-06-24 16:58:48+00:00

That's why 99% of the time there's no need to use the calculator, just type your formula straight into the search.

WalterBright | karma 71923 | avg karma 2.96 · | 2022-08-08 08:58:02

That's certainly the hard way!

There are shortcut formulas, and before calculators a lot of calculations were done using drafting equipment.

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mixmastamyk | karma 12554 | avg karma 1.22 · | 2020-07-10 20:38:17

Same. I've used calc to check my taxes and prepare invoices for close to twenty years. Never had an issue, even circa 2000.

mseebach | karma 17895 | avg karma 3.47 · | 2010-01-02 13:38:35

For my modest needs, OpenOffice Calc does the trick.

JaceLightning | karma 371 | avg karma 1.99 · | 2022-06-03 09:02:09

No: I never use a calculator and never need to do calculations. If I do, I use Google Sheets or Google search.

Just doing a Google search with an equation is generally enough.

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zzbn00 | karma 226 | avg karma 1.93 · | 2023-08-09 09:24:26

I also tend to just use a CAS, specifically maxima (either commandline, via emacs, via wxMaxima or via notebook, see https://github.com/robert-dodier/maxima-jupyter ). It has the plotting, great units etc, and also incredibly handy to do things like a taylor expansion around a point with no effort.

If not maxima, then the old M-x calc will usually do the job

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mrhappyunhappy | karma 531 | avg karma 0.6 · | 2017-12-14 06:27:53

Care to share your instructions? I’m an adult and I just use the web calculators haha.

Retra | karma 4460 | avg karma 0.93 · | 2016-07-21 02:19:59+00:00

Most calculators implement lookup tables.

deadbunny | karma 3746 | avg karma 2.92 · | 2018-08-03 07:36:41

Same here, I don't have an actual calculator program so python is generally the quickest way for me.

funnym0nk3y | karma 112 | avg karma 1.3 · | 2023-02-13 16:21:23

What's the usecase for apps like this?

It seems like it is made for low complexity stuff, which I usually calculate in the fly. Anything more advanced will go into Excel.

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nailer | karma 21705 | avg karma 2.02 · | 2007-09-25 19:30:03

OpenOffice calc gets it right too.