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Most people have at least 10 digits memorized? That is one bold claim
by andrewbarba 7y ago
Most people have at least 10 digits memorized? That is one bold claim
- umvi 7y agoI meant here on Hacker News. I would guess most of us here played with our TI-83s enough to know the first 10
- moksly 7y agoI wonder how many people on HN have even seen a TI-83, I don’t think I’ve seen one since I sold mine when I finished the Danish equivalent of high school in 99. I mean, they were apparently discontinued in 2004, that’s 15 years ago.
- woodruffw 7y agoI'm from the US and graduated high school in 2014; TI-83s were ubiquitous. I'm not sure if they were the original model or the "plus," though.
- joks 7y agoProbably the plus. The TI-84 Plus was the calculator my high school (and maybe middle school) offered - I graduated in 2016.
- corysama 7y agoIn the US TI has established a multi-decade monopoly in schools. Basically, the teachers are only familiar with specifically them, so they require student only use them, so new teachers are only familiar with them. As a result, a new TI-85 equivalent is only trivially upgraded from what I used 25 years ago and costs exactly as much minus inflation.
- moksly 7y agoWow, why aren’t students using laptops?
- corysama 7y agoIn college some students use laptops for taking notes. Not so much in high school. But in both during tests, electronics are strictly regulated to prevent cheating. Teachers know how to factory reset TI calculators. So, they and only they are allowed. Also, teachers know how to instruct how to use TI calculators. So, they are sometimes even required for certain classes.
- sinni800 7y agoLol in Germany i was only ever allowed to use non-programmable calculators all the way through high school, college, university.