Hacker News with Generative AI: Calculators

"AI" on a Calculator (2023) (z80.me)
Over March 25-27, 2023, I took the Amtrak California Zephyr from San Francisco all the way to Chicago, a 56-hour journey during which I challenged myself to port a neural network to a graphing calculator.

Artificial Intelligence, Programming, Calculators, Travel

70 points by mariuz 15 days ago | 19 comments

A Calculator's Most Important Button Has Been Removed (theatlantic.com)
I worry that the calculator we’ve known and loved is not long for this Earth.

Technology, Calculators, User Interface

5 points by throw0101c 88 days ago | 8 comments

A Calculator's Most Important Button Has Been Removed (theatlantic.com)
I worry that the calculator we’ve known and loved is not long for this Earth.

Calculators, Technology, User Interfaces, Design

7 points by samizdis 93 days ago | 1 comments

bc Is the Only Calculator You Need in Unix (medium.com)
bc, for basic calculator, is an arbitrary-precision calculator language with syntax similar to the C programming language. In this post, we will explore the features of bc and how to use it.

Unix, Programming, Command Line, Calculators

5 points by theali 93 days ago | 1 comments

The Calculator that spawned the Microprocessor (2009) (vintagecalculators.com)
The fascinating story of why the development of a calculator led to the development of the first commercial microprocessor, and the unexpected consequences.

Microprocessors, History, Computing, Technology, Calculators

125 points by fortran77 119 days ago | 46 comments

The Strange Case of the Rogue HP-12c Calculator (dm319.github.io)
The HP-12c is probably the most iconic financial calculator. Not being in finance myself, and in fact being terribly bad at that kind of thing, I never quite got the purpose of these special-purpose devices. My ignorance came to a halt due to an unfortunate combination of my fixed-rate mortgage period ending and Liz Truss happening, and I was driven to a sudden keen interest in the ‘time value of money’ (TVM) calculation.

Finance, Calculators, Technology, History

119 points by dm319 127 days ago | 32 comments

Unix history and the `dc` calculator (howdytx.technology)

Unix, Programming, History, Calculators

71 points by dcminter 138 days ago | 57 comments

Soviet Calculator History (1998) (xnumber.com)

Soviet Union, History, Calculators

126 points by Tomte 188 days ago | 51 comments

Bored students can now enjoy Sonic 2 on TI-84 Plus CE calculators (theregister.com)

Education, Gaming, Technology, Calculators

20 points by LorenDB 236 days ago | 4 comments

Running CHIP-8 on an HP 48 calculator (2020) (tobiasvl.github.io)