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hunter

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11. I trust my old calculators and know how to use a slide rule...

Reply to Ford_Prefect (Reply #10)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 08:37 AM

1 hr ago

... but I've never developed in finger memory for the abacus.

I imagine people dependent on AI will never develop any intimate relationship with numbers; they won't have any "gut feeling" when something doesn't look right.

Ultimately this will lead to major catastrophes.

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