[HN Gopher] Curta
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       Curta
        
       Author : Hooke
       Score  : 55 points
       Date   : 2023-02-05 03:15 UTC (19 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (en.wikipedia.org)
        
       | rektide wrote:
       | Mandatory shout-out to Gibson's _Pattern Recognition,_ where the
       | main character Cayce Pollard gets involved with a miserable
       | failing recluse intelligence agent who is obsessed with these
       | mechanical calculators  & the Curta specifically.
       | 
       | Thankfully there is a writeup available, for jogging of memories
       | or hearing about it, https://www.google.com/amp/s/blue-
       | ant.tumblr.com/post/315663...
        
       | sotp wrote:
       | There's gotta be a special place in hell for people that try to
       | force a Holocaust survivor out of the company they founded that
       | manufactured a product they invented.. It never ceases to astound
       | me how despicable people can be
        
         | convolvatron wrote:
         | you're mistaken. greed is the highest virtue
        
           | matbatt38 wrote:
           | Can't tell if this is irony lol
        
       | t312227 wrote:
       | hello,
       | 
       | i happen to own one of these, so i collected a few imho. useful
       | links:
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       | * https://curta.li/00_main/index.html
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       | german manual
       | 
       | * https://curta.li/05_anleitungen/index.php
       | 
       | series
       | 
       | # https://curta.li/pict/pdf/Curta_Calculating_Techniques.pdf
       | 
       | # https://curta.li/pict/pdf/cct_curta_calculating_techniques.p...
       | 
       | articles
       | 
       | * https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/the-remarkable-histo...
       | 
       | cheers
        
       | flappyeagle wrote:
       | I count the passing of time by how many times this makes it to HN
       | front page. I think this is the 5th time I've seen it here
        
         | majewsky wrote:
         | 13 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1045002
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         | 11 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3062925
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         | 8 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8873306
         | 
         | 8 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9903984
         | 
         | 7 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10726059 (not
         | Wikipedia)
         | 
         | 5 years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16035091
         | (also not Wikipedia)
         | 
         | 2 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34093268
         | 
         | Several more submissions that probably did not hit the
         | frontpage:
         | https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
        
           | amelius wrote:
           | Wake me up when there is a 3d-printable version.
        
             | wgrover wrote:
             | https://www.simplify3d.com/3d-printing-the-curta-
             | calculator-...
             | 
             | And a fun video of Adam Savage playing with Marcus Wu's
             | 3D-printed Curta:
             | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9uRckJLqLk
        
             | spicybright wrote:
             | I know two people IRL that have both made (or at least
             | started) a 3d printed version.
             | 
             | You have to make it super size because the precision needed
             | is crazy.
        
           | dang wrote:
           | Thanks! Macroexpanded:
           | 
           |  _The hand-cranked Curta mechanical calculator (2021)_ -
           | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34093268 - Dec 2022 (14
           | comments)
           | 
           |  _3Hz Computer, Hold the Transistors_ -
           | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32352902 - Aug 2022 (39
           | comments)
           | 
           |  _Curt Herzstark and His Pocket Calculator CURTA_ -
           | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20443592 - July 2019 (1
           | comment)
           | 
           |  _ReCurta: Our goal is to build the first Curta calculator
           | since 1972_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16035091 -
           | Dec 2017 (26 comments)
           | 
           |  _3D Printed Curta Part VIII_ -
           | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11686593 - May 2016 (2
           | comments)
           | 
           |  _The Curta Mechanical Calculator_ -
           | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10726059 - Dec 2015 (7
           | comments)
           | 
           |  _Curta: a mechanical calculator_ -
           | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9903984 - July 2015 (6
           | comments)
           | 
           |  _Curta mechanical calculator_ -
           | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8873306 - Jan 2015 (14
           | comments)
           | 
           |  _Curta calculator - hand-held, mechanical arithmetic_ -
           | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3062925 - Oct 2011 (16
           | comments)
           | 
           |  _Curta calculator_ -
           | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1045002 - Jan 2010 (17
           | comments)
           | 
           | There's also http://curtamania.com/curta/code/home.html, a
           | site which has appeared on HN a few times but not for its
           | Curta material.
        
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