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What sort of calculator do you use?
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(Score: 2) by barbara hudson on Thursday December 19 2019, @01:41AM
I just pick a guesstimate that's reasonable, see if it fits, and keep on until I get the solution. Gives me practice in spotting stuff that doesn't make any sense at all. Like when someone used the wrong unit of measurement for a Mars probe. You should be able to eyeball the answer to tell that it's nowhere in the ballpark.
I knew one guy who had a calculator that couldn't add properly - the final result was always only around 10% of what it should have been. He'd bring it to sales, and have the seller use his calculator to add up the total bill.
And they would accept it because they couldn't come up with a rough estimate in their heads.
Gerry was a crafty SOB.
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