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This is gorgeous. I’m very afraid if I buy one it will trigger a wave of revulsion for normal everyday products and I’ll become one of these obsessive people wh

This is gorgeous. I’m very afraid if I buy one it will trigger a wave of revulsion for normal everyday products and I’ll become one of these obsessive people who talk about fonts.

a34729t 5mo ago
Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark...
- herodoturtle 5mo ago
  Let’s see Paul Allen’s calculator.
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jayd16 5mo ago
It's too late. You're now a moderator on /r/calculators.
helterskelter 5mo ago
This happened to me with RPN calculators. One day I realized I had way more calculators than I knew what to do with. Original HP's, re-released HP's, SwissMicros, not to mention the accompanying documentation I printed out and had spiral-bound. This all started out because I wanted a FOSS calculator to do some math for another rabbit hole I was down. Next thing I knew, I was getting excited about the life you'd get out of silver oxide batteries.
- cryo32 5mo ago
  Yeah same. HP42s. I keep buying them in case they break. Think I have about 5 now. None of them have broken.
sandworm101 5mo ago
Same thing happened to me when i first considered buying a mechanical keyboard. After decades of not caring about keyboards, and laughing at those who did, i found myself considering a 500$ keyboard. But i pushed back from the computer. I eventually bought a 45$ mechanical "gaming" keyboard and am still perfectly happy with it four years later.
- brudgers 5mo ago
  Ordinary choices are not between bread and cake. Ordinary choices are between bread and nothing. A $45 keyboard is rounding error on a $500 keyboard if you decide to buy one. And buying and trying the cheap one is how a person gets direct experience to make a well informed decision.
  - fho 5mo ago
    "buy twice" is one of those live advices I heard and adhere to since. It's basically the optimistic interpretation of "buy cheap, buy twice": When I consider getting into something I buy cheap first, the idea being that that is enough to get a feel ... ... then you buy the second time and don't cheap out. But this purchase is more informed and you really get to appreciate it more because you know the step up from the cheap thing. And sometimes... maybe even most of the time... the cheap thing is just enough.
    - brudgers 5mo ago
      Yes and buying the expensive item is not insurance against losing it, or breaking it, or it not being particularly useful. That’s before the possibility of buying the expensive version used…or the expensive item not being more robust. On top of that, the canon of fine objects includes careful use and high maintenance…I know a guy who took offense at the suggestion he could drive his 911s in the rain. And of course, you can buy a $45 keyboard twice and have a backup or one for your other computer, etc. Likewise, you can replace a $45 keyboard at 7pm on Tuesday at your local Walmart.
    - somat 5mo ago
eahm 5mo ago
>I’ll become one of these obsessive people who talk about fonts. NOT ME, NOT ME.
Mobius01 5mo ago
Becoming aware of typography practices will drive you insane. The world is full of atrocities. Live in bliss. But still buy the calculator :)
- deruta 5mo ago
  > Becoming aware of typography practices will drive you insane. And try to use the em-dash properly these days!
wiseowise 5mo ago
> I’ll become one of these obsessive people who talk about fonts. It's called "having a style", and there's nothing wrong with it.

This is gorgeous. I’m very afraid if I buy one it will trigger a wave of revulsion for normal everyday products and I’ll become one of these obsessive people who talk about fonts.

a34729t 5mo ago

Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark...

herodoturtle 5mo ago
Let’s see Paul Allen’s calculator.

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jayd16 5mo ago

It's too late. You're now a moderator on /r/calculators.

helterskelter 5mo ago

This happened to me with RPN calculators. One day I realized I had way more calculators than I knew what to do with. Original HP's, re-released HP's, SwissMicros, not to mention the accompanying documentation I printed out and had spiral-bound. This all started out because I wanted a FOSS calculator to do some math for another rabbit hole I was down. Next thing I knew, I was getting excited about the life you'd get out of silver oxide batteries.

cryo32 5mo ago
Yeah same. HP42s. I keep buying them in case they break. Think I have about 5 now. None of them have broken.

sandworm101 5mo ago

Same thing happened to me when i first considered buying a mechanical keyboard. After decades of not caring about keyboards, and laughing at those who did, i found myself considering a 500$ keyboard. But i pushed back from the computer. I eventually bought a 45$ mechanical "gaming" keyboard and am still perfectly happy with it four years later.

brudgers 5mo ago
Ordinary choices are not between bread and cake. Ordinary choices are between bread and nothing. A $45 keyboard is rounding error on a $500 keyboard if you decide to buy one. And buying and trying the cheap one is how a person gets direct experience to make a well informed decision.
- fho 5mo ago
  "buy twice" is one of those live advices I heard and adhere to since. It's basically the optimistic interpretation of "buy cheap, buy twice": When I consider getting into something I buy cheap first, the idea being that that is enough to get a feel ... ... then you buy the second time and don't cheap out. But this purchase is more informed and you really get to appreciate it more because you know the step up from the cheap thing. And sometimes... maybe even most of the time... the cheap thing is just enough.
  - brudgers 5mo ago
    Yes and buying the expensive item is not insurance against losing it, or breaking it, or it not being particularly useful. That’s before the possibility of buying the expensive version used…or the expensive item not being more robust. On top of that, the canon of fine objects includes careful use and high maintenance…I know a guy who took offense at the suggestion he could drive his 911s in the rain. And of course, you can buy a $45 keyboard twice and have a backup or one for your other computer, etc. Likewise, you can replace a $45 keyboard at 7pm on Tuesday at your local Walmart.
  - somat 5mo ago

eahm 5mo ago

>I’ll become one of these obsessive people who talk about fonts. NOT ME, NOT ME.

Mobius01 5mo ago

Becoming aware of typography practices will drive you insane. The world is full of atrocities. Live in bliss. But still buy the calculator :)

deruta 5mo ago
> Becoming aware of typography practices will drive you insane. And try to use the em-dash properly these days!

wiseowise 5mo ago

> I’ll become one of these obsessive people who talk about fonts. It's called "having a style", and there's nothing wrong with it.