Post A4hBq3kU2t2I2QCVCS by gergely@social.polonkai.eu
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(DIR) Post #A4fQWGC5AvMhqBCtVI by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2021-02-26T13:32:16Z
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You need to add some numbers, what do you use:
(DIR) Post #A4fSPnRzKUtcrhgzU8 by stsquad@mastodon.org.uk
2021-02-26T13:53:32Z
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@penguin42 e) emacs!
(DIR) Post #A4fSWnbZ9aQtN5VlfU by codesections@fosstodon.org
2021-02-26T13:54:46Z
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@penguin42 > You need to add some numbers, what do you use [poll]> - A physical calculator> - A calculator app/program> - gdb> - bcNot counting mental arithmetic, my honest answer to this, about 70% of the time (), is "a web browser".Yes, that's absurd. And yes, I'm vaguely embarrassed.But I'm often already interacting with a browser, and the search bar is just a ^t away.(The other 30% is split between shell expansion `echo $((1 + 1))`, some other REPL I'm in, and pen and paper)
(DIR) Post #A4fSxrxv37LqiKsJTU by federicomena@mstdn.mx
2021-02-26T13:59:39Z
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@penguin42 emacs or bc these days
(DIR) Post #A4fTrOjmuAomHXk8xM by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2021-02-26T14:09:43Z
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@penguin42 Matlab or Emacs. At least one of those is usually running anyway.
(DIR) Post #A4fWGCFefGdshmbLsW by thamesynne@dragon.style
2021-02-26T14:36:35Z
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@penguin42 if i'm in jstar, ^QM; otherwise $[ ... ]
(DIR) Post #A4fWSU5OBNCJUbeufY by thamesynne@dragon.style
2021-02-26T14:38:49Z
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@penguin42 if i'm in jstar, ^QM; otherwise $[ ... ]if i'm out and only have a phone on me, i'll try and work it out in my head first - but if i find myself going "that doesn't seem right" i'll check my working with a phone app
(DIR) Post #A4fXe0MgbtJkkAo5RI by grainloom@cybre.space
2021-02-26T14:52:05Z
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@penguin42 ghci
(DIR) Post #A4faU87hD5ndlvmJ9M by EdS@mastodon.sdf.org
2021-02-26T15:23:56Z
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Only very recently discovered"type `C-x * c' to start the Calculator"in #emacs where we find we can set the precision:--- Emacs Calculator Mode --- P-uuu:%*-F1 Calc: 24 Deg Emacs Calculator Trailprec 24 pi>3.14159265358979323846264(Previously I would, very rarely, use the *Scratch* buffer to evaluate expressions)@stsquad @penguin42
(DIR) Post #A4g7vuL5LivlcKtUZ6 by Coffee@toot.cafe
2021-02-26T21:38:43Z
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@penguin42 If integers, probably a shell expansion. Otherwise python repl or a calculation app ("arity") on my phone, whichever is at hand.
(DIR) Post #A4g82VYLtxZ0lvFMWm by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2021-02-26T21:39:52Z
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@Coffee Yeh, if mastodon allowed another option I'd have put python.
(DIR) Post #A4g8qibVeWmNjBfL8q by rugk@chaos.social
2021-02-26T21:48:58Z
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@penguin42 "no calculator at all" – is not an option?? 🙈 Not even "a sheet of paper" – although you may also not need it.
(DIR) Post #A4g9RnCVWbo0hOeKqu by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2021-02-26T21:55:40Z
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@rugk It would have been if there was another poll slot!
(DIR) Post #A4h2lIZ4dLHsxBWDpY by arnd@kernel.social
2021-02-27T08:15:28Z
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@mansr @penguin42 I just use a terminal with bash, e.g $ echo $[1234 + 5678]Unless I need floating point math, in which case I use the url bar in chrome.These two are always running anyway.
(DIR) Post #A4hBq3kU2t2I2QCVCS by gergely@social.polonkai.eu
2021-02-27T09:57:10Z
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@penguin42Is “i add them up in my head” a valid option? For a certain upper limit, obviously.
(DIR) Post #A4hU0HVvWImMniPpmy by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2021-02-27T13:20:41Z
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@arnd @mansr I didn't know $[ either - but bc is still less typing!
(DIR) Post #A4hUKpjnzCrwjghuIS by mansr@society.oftrolls.com
2021-02-27T13:24:28Z
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@penguin42 @arnd $[] is a silly bash addition, part of the GNU embrace, extend, extinguish effort.
(DIR) Post #A4hinD2qK6n2UK2LDM by penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2021-02-27T16:06:27Z
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So the reason I kicked off this poll was that for a long time I'd been using bc; had considered using python from time to time, but I'd started using gdb in the last few days - it's nice short command name, does FP by default, but you do have to 'p ' for each expression.
(DIR) Post #A4hl9LKqNeTyTm8e7E by federicomena@mstdn.mx
2021-02-27T16:32:52Z
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@penguin42 confession: I use gdb when I need to do arithmetic on hex numbers, because I can never remember the elisp syntax for them.