Are slide rules cool?

>>60519634

Yes, but kinda useless nowadays with electronics. I think scholls should incentive their use instead of normal calculators, at least in highschool.

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>>60519634
Depending on application

>>60519768
I don't know if their use should be incentivized over calculators, but I definitely think students should be exposed to slide rules, abacuses, log tables, etc. to expand their understanding of math a little bit.

>>60519634
Yes. If you understand how they work it's concrete math.

>>60520545
>>60519768
> wew lets teach people something with 0 applicable usage
> schools aren't backwards enough as is lets send them further back
> lets use chalk and teach that the only way to prevent pregnancy is not to have sex

you should all kill yourselves.

>>60520736
I'm not saying we should devote entire semesters to it, but I think it would be beneficial to at some point say "alright class, this is a slide rule, it's an application of the common logarithms we just learned about, here's how they were used"

>>60520736
Does your school not use chalk?

>>60520736
Fucking faggot die in hell

>>60519634
I think they're cool.
No one manufactures slide rules any more, right?

>>60521305
No, but you can still buy new old stock.

>>60521320
Where?

>>60519634
hello students, let's use this useless shit with 2 accuracy, while 64-bit floats give you 16 digit accuracy
>>60520545
>log table
log tables are the only useful thing you've listed

>>60521405
It doesn't require batteries.

>>60521379
I bought my first one directly from Faber-Castell:

http://service.de.faber-castell-shop.com/epages/es117781.sf/de_DE/?ObjectPath=/Shops/es117781_ServiceParts/Categories/Faber-Castell/FaberCastell_Rechenstaebe

>>60521405
Can you name one circumstance in the physical sciences where sixteen significant figures are actually necessary to solve a problem?

>>60521472
>Can you name one circumstance in the physical sciences where sixteen significant figures are actually necessary to solve a problem?
Literally anything past grade school experiments. 2 significant digits is nothing.

>>60521472
anywhere where you normalize shit. because due to floating point nature it's more accurate between -1.0 and 1.0

>>60521018
> waaaa I don't like children being taught useful things
>>60520990
no?

>>60519768
I disagree. These rulers are extremely fast, you just slide the cursor. With my phone I have to pull it out, unlock it, wait for it to load, find the calculator, type numbers in and tell it to convert.

I used to think electronics were better too. But my friends always use paper and always have everything they need within reach while I have to open google drive and search for documents. I have a newfound respect for paper now.