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I press both C and CE multiple times on my calculator to reset it so juggling those 3 M buttons is probably a bridge too far for my brain.

• closewith 4y ago
  Despite an applied maths degree and a career in informatics, TIL that C is Clear Everything and CE is Clear Entry. Naively, I always assumed the opposite.
  • fnordpiglet 4y ago
    Chording them together means “fuck it”
    • _jal 4y ago
      An early form of control-alt-delete.
      • bee_rider 4y ago
        Alt+hold F4
        • v-yadli 4y ago
          which will bring you a loop of a "save before quit?" dialog and then killing it :D
  • bitwize 4y ago
    Some scientific calculators have a button marked AC for "all clear", also sometimes in a distinctive color so you know it's important. Features like that appear aimed at people like you and me, who aren't specially trained in calculator use and have to reacquire familiarity with what the buttons do when we use the machine upon occasion.
    • julian_sark 4y ago
      To be fair: if it was aimed at people who don't use desk calculators all day, maybe it should say "clear all". You know, in actual words. Or have a picture of a trash can on it. To me, desk calculators with CA/M/MR/MC... are a design fail.
• Semaphor 4y ago
  It’s been a while since I used a calculator, but yeah. I know that the M-buttons do some storage from when I learned about it in high school, but that was a long time ago.