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   Tim W RESISTS (tim@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 06:18:55 JST Tim W RESISTS

   I wonder what kind of battery this "two way power" vintage calculator (at least 25 years old) takes...

   5 screws later: oh look, it's an LR44, I have a stash of those.

   Good as new! Now if only it could copy/paste to my computer it could replace the calculator app...

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     Tim W RESISTS (tim@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 06:29:36 JST Tim W RESISTS

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     Omg if you type a number and hit the "CONST" button on this thing it has 128 scientific constants stored.

     Definitely requires some memorization still though... The °F constant is just 5/9, so you have to subtract 32 yourself if you're going for °C.

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     Tim W RESISTS (tim@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 06:32:23 JST Tim W RESISTS

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     And proof I used it well: my name sharpied on the back has faded quite a bit.

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     Tim W RESISTS (tim@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 06:36:13 JST Tim W RESISTS

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     Oh good, the manual is available online (site not vetted, PDF does appear legit though): http://www.manuals.rf.gd/Casio_fx-992s.pdf?i=1

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     Tim W RESISTS (tim@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 06:45:12 JST Tim W RESISTS

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     Some person on Reddit declared it the best looking Casio ever made: https://www.reddit.com/r/calculators/comments/1ghx1mo/the_best_looking_casio_fx992s_made/

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     Doug (doug@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 06:53:00 JST Doug

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     @tim This could be all the second screen I need when playing Satisfactory tbh!

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     Tim W RESISTS (tim@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 06:53:37 JST Tim W RESISTS

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     • Doug

     @doug boo Satisfactory, Factorio forever!

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     Doug (doug@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 06:54:05 JST Doug

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     @tim I'm not making this up, I tried Factorio first, and realised I needed to level up first 😂

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     Tim W RESISTS (tim@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 06:54:57 JST Tim W RESISTS

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     • Doug

     @doug lol fair. And to be fair I'm mostly kidding, I haven't actually tried Satisfactory but I've heard good things, and there doesn't have to be Only One True Factory (but if there did, it would be Factorio 😉 )

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     Doug (doug@union.place)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 07:05:15 JST Doug

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     @tim I've been on a cozy sim path for a year or two now and had spied somebody (ahem!) playing Factorio, and it's never on sale, usually a good sign.
     Need to learn the UI but also working on my mental maths because that is not a part of my brain I've needed much for a while (hence a nice Casio would be a handy accessory!)