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[joshg@mathstodon.xyz]

@SnoopJ dammit, I thought my Soviet circular slide rule would be the most eclectic pre-digital calculation device I would hunt down to own, but

[chrisvest@mastodon.social]

@SnoopJ the wikipedia page immediately opens with every pun I wanted to post

[doomed_daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@SnoopJ
"It was not long before Herzstark's financial backers, thinking they had got from him all they needed, conspired to force him out by reducing the value of all of the company's existing stock to zero, including his one-third interest. These were the same people who had earlier elected not to have Herzstark transfer ownership of his patents to the company, so that, should anyone sue, they would be suing Herzstark, not the company, thereby protecting themselves at Herzstark's expense."
lol

[doomed_daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@SnoopJ
tech industry being absolutely morally corrupt before it even went digital

[snoopj@hachyderm.io]

@Doomed_Daniel Money Bastards have a long and rich hisstory of being the most miserable fuckers to ever do it

[lowfive@theforkiverse.com]

@SnoopJ why am I thinking of William Gibson, the novelist?

[petes_bread_eqn_xls@mastodo.neoliber.al]

@lowfive @SnoopJ

Pattern Recognition

[snoopj@hachyderm.io]

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[discgolf@masto.ai]

@SnoopJ I thought that was a weed grinder.

[donlamb_1@mastodon.online]

@SnoopJ @USelaine I have one of these. It used to be my dad’s.

[snoopj@hachyderm.io]

@donlamb_1 @USelaine a man of excellent taste, then!

[donlamb_1@mastodon.online]

@SnoopJ @USelaine he was a land surveyor.

[snoopj@hachyderm.io]

@EricLawton @futurebird this is a new form factor to me, thanks for making me aware of it! what a beauty

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@SnoopJ

I first found out about this device as it plays a big role in William Gibson's spy novel. I am mad at him for probably driving up the price such that I'll never be able to own one.

[snoopj@hachyderm.io]

@futurebird I've not actually read that one, but it came up in another reply. Guess I should get around to it sometime!

[brouhaha@mastodon.social]

@futurebird @SnoopJ
The main thing that drove up the price was the Scientific American article, not the WG novel.

I have a Type I, but shortly after I got it, the add/subtract slider failed, and now it only subtracts regardless of the slider position. I hope to get it repaired someday.

[lain_7@tldr.nettime.org]

@joshg @SnoopJ

ooooh, check out the fuller spiral slide rule:

Fuller calculator - Wikipedia

(en.wikipedia.org)

[clive@saturation.social]

@SnoopJ About twice a year i go onto to eBay and look at listings for a curta and gently stroke my screen with my fingertips thinking of what it would be like to own one

[lain_7@tldr.nettime.org]

@joshg @SnoopJ

and after that, Thacher’s calculating instrument:

Thatcher’s Calculating Instrument – University of Toronto Scientific Instruments Collection

(utsic.utoronto.ca)

[fname@kamloops.social]

@SnoopJ
"And the Lord spake, saying, First shalt
               thou take out the Holy Pin.
               Then, shalt thou count to three, no more,
               no less.
              Three shalt be the number thou shalt
              count, and the number of the counting
              shalt be three.
              Four shalt thou not count,
              nor either count thou two, excepting that
              thou then proceed to three.
              Five is right out.
              Once the number three,
              being the third number, be reached, then
              lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of
              Antioch towards thy foe, who being
              naughty in my sight, shall snuf it."