Gear thread

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>>7815444
>t-trips for truth!

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>>7815378

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>>7815378
nice calculator

have fun not being able to do anything with complex numbers desu

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Thats right bitches, TI-84 Plus

>>7815455
Damn. Cheaper than I expected. 0.7mm too

>>7815483

> texas instruments

> literally the cuck pseudoscience company

> opinion discarded

Anyone know of a non-graphing programmable calculator with a nice development environment?

>>7815471
I've used that Casio quite a bit, quite nice. Haven't dicked around too much with complex numbers on my new one yet. At least it has a complex function, much better than my 10+ year old TI-83.

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>no nspire

>>7815891
>not just using wolframalpha on your phone

I have had a Casio fx-991es since school and other than the missing number buffer, it's great. Later, I also got a TI-30 ECO RS, which is also okay. If you're not used to it, calculating complicating formulas can be a pain in the ass though.

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.9 mm pencils are a dream

>>7815378
>Preferred calculators
TI-89 Titanium or TI-30X Pro.

the 30X because its allowed on the FE and PE exams, and the 89 because the programming language is simple as fuck, but it still has a Computer Algebra System, so its like having a laggier matlab in your pocket. learn to write little apps in that mother fucker and you will wreck any engineering exam (provided the teacher allows them). I wrote FEA and CFD programs in that thing.

>>7815891
bloated piece of shit tbqh family.

>>7815378
>his "gear" consists of anything other than a mechanical pencil and plain white paper
spot the engineer

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I thought RPN was a meme until I got one of these.

>>7815918
damn, I use .5
.9 must feel like writing with a hunk of chalk

>>7815493
>cuck pseudoscience
congrats on applying two buzzwords in a place where literally have 0 connection

>>7815943
How is it? I've been meaning on buying this one because I want to learn RPN. Is it worth it?

>>7815945
I'm a pretty heavy handed writer so I break .5 easy. Also I really like dark lines. It's like a pen Do note I use two or three lines on college ruled for an integral symbol like a disgusting pleb.

>>7815930
I got the ti 89 titanium a week ago. It's amazing.

>>7815967
Iktfb... gonna have to give 0.9mm a go.

>>7815959
Literally why? RPN should have died decades ago.

>>7815940
>he thinks actual mathematicians don't use computers extensively for insight and even sometimes to write the proof
spot the sophomore math major

>>7815982
Forgive him. He hasn't read Dijkstra to know the difference.

>>7815959
Try it on a good open source GUI calculator application. That way you can see the whole stack which helps you get the hang of how it works and see if it makes sense to you.

>>7815981
It is for the most part 'dead' - only a few calculators come with it and they're set to infix by default. I don't see why you care about an input method which you're not forced to use which some people might find more convenient. Like I did.

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>>7815378
>>7815471
>>7815483
>>7815493
>>7815891
>>7815505
>>7815917
>>7815930
>>7815970
>>7816056

> 2016
> not using Graph 89 on your android phone

>>7815891
>Not the CAS version

>>7816437
Have fun with that battery life.

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>>7815471
I have a similar one that I've had since 8th grade.
>tfw it was 10 years ago

>>7816456
learn how to take a picture, but nice calculator.

>>7815444
>>7815452
>>7815455
>>7815918
Not edgy or false in the least bit.
After a while calculators just become cumbersome. It's faster to do things yourself unless you're simulating or doing tons of algebra (which it seems like one rarely does).

Lately I've been doing my work with a surface pro pen. A paradox, considering my stance on calculators vs. pen and paper.

What's a good calculator for someone who is in an [spoiler]engineering program[/spoiler] pls don't meme me.

>>7816484
ti 89 titanium

if they dont let you use one of those, ti 36x pro as in the op.

ti is the only company that has intuitive calculator UI design down. theyre more user friendly than anything else out there.

HP 50g is more full-featured and arguably better for the one weird professional that still needs to use a calculator....

but literally no one uses it in school and you will be the only kid in your program suffering to debug some weird reverse-polish-notation you accidentally entered slightly wrong

ti 89 will do more than you will ever need

plus u can play mario on it

>>7816499
I'd say that infix parenthesis-soup is more bug-prone than RPN.

>>7816499
should I buy it new or refurbished?

>>7816503

refurb

look on craigslist and student forums and university groups on facebook, ebay people make a racket on this type of stuff

expect to pay 40 to 60 bucks for a good deal on one in good condition

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>>7816499
Thanks anons

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Best calculator coming through. I've been using this model since my sophomore year of high school. I'm a junior in mechanical engineering now.

I've never felt the need to own a graphing calculator, and I'm not allowed to use them on exams anyway.

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>>7815471
Are you fucking retarded? It says complex numbers right under where it has derivatives and integr-- oh wait, yours doesn't have those :^)

>>7815483
Good calculator, it was my first graphics one. Used it in junior year of high school until I upgraded to this bad boy I've had ever since.

>>7815891
>no CAS

>>7816452
>judging but not posting a pic of your CAS to prove superiority

>>7816589
Had that too, personally prefer the Casio fx-82AU+ II for its display of fractions and ability to reduce a number to the product of primes (perfect for simplifying surds).

>>7816638
>upgraded
you meant "downgraded"

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>>7815378
this is literally the only thing i used in undergrad for math b.s.

most of the time, calculators aren't even used for tests.

anything you can't do on that calculator, you do in mathematica/matlab

only use pens to write your shit. even on tests. using pencils encourages academic dishonesty as well as leaves no way for you trace your train of thought on failed problems

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Astronomy is /sci/, right? What's the best bang for my buck when it comes to red-tinted flashlights?

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>>7816664
Don't tell me what I fucking mean, punk. Tell me what's so wrong with the calculator I have and suggest a better alternative before talking shit.

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Anyone own one of these?

>>7816543
don't listen to /sci when it comes to calculators

graphing calculators are for faggots that think they can show off how smart/cool/techy/devoted to learning they are

just like in /v where people think fighting sticks are advantageous over gamepads

>>7816683
Flashlight + cellophane

>>7816762
How illuminating.

>>7816638
I leaned the Nspire CAS towards the screen and took a picture with my phone. Then i realized that my phone camera is shit and decided to not upload the picture.

>>7816805
>not at least posting an image from the internet like (>>7815891) did

>>7816824
I'm just boring like that.
It's still a neat calculator, buttons feel great and the CAS system is neato

>>7816837
I'm sorry. Yeah they're good, the size of the buttons took me a while to get used to after the TI-84+ though.

>>7815471
I've been using this one for a couple of years, it's really nice.

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>>7816638
Goddamn, stop assuming stuff. The casio fx-115 es plus is great for a hell of a lot of things except graphing.

>>7815471
My calculator wet dream is one of these with a bigger screen that graphs stuff; it's just such a nice lightweight and fast calculator.

>>7816824
>implying that your image isn't hosted somewhere on the internet