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> The only time I remember needing a calculator in my entire education

I’m not asking about calculus classes. You specifically said “my entire education”

So you never needed to convert log(17) to decimal in your entire education? Or you just converted it by hand like the Neanderthals did?

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Not on a piece of paper, no.

Of course I had to at some point but in those instances I was at a computer anyway so I just used excel/python/matlab what have you, not a calculator like a Neanderthal

You don't need a 100+£ programmable calculator for calculating log(17).

He didn't mention 100+£ or any price. He said he never used a calculator in college -- even a 5£ calculator.

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