I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time.
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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo Maybe the calculator is correct 99% of the time on some well documented techniques... and poorly efficient on advanced stuff (<55%)?
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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo You should try the new calculators, they are much better.
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@MartinEscardo You should try the new calculators, they are much better.
@ohad @MartinEscardo Simply run the calculator in a loop that checks if it has yet produced the answer you're expecting. You'll be amazed what it can do.
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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo
Amazing! My success rate is 60% at most. I'm going to switch to the calculator! -
I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo
completely off-topic, but there is a way to have an unsure calculator that is actually useful, as opposed to LLMs which arent even whten they are correct
Unsure Calculator
The Unsure Calculator is an online tool that lets you calculate with numbers you’re not sure about.
(filiph.github.io)
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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo I was taught to do at least an order-of-magnitude mental sanity check every time I used a calculator - there's always scope for pressing the wrong button.
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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo
You should try the premium version: it comes with custom skins, and sings results with donald duck voice. -
I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo if your calculator burns half of the planet to operate you could get your correctness to 90%. Would that help?
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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo my reports are correct 85% of the time but that's ok, my boss is happy to double check them before sending them to our customers!
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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo hello sir
i am not a mathematician, but the results look correct to me?
in fact i feel like a 10x mathematician now, i can calculate and calculate all the time
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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo What if we put the calculator into orbit?
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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo Reminds me the early Pentium FDIV bug in the mid 90s: Recommended mitigation measures were to verify the computing results using an older but reliable 486.
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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo just give it autonomy and chain it to another autonomous calculator that verifies the results with an 80% accuracy.
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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo that will make you a solid B student instead of a C- student
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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo Pentium based, I assume.
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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo just launch 100 calculators and pick the most common result, it should be fine
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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo The real question is: your calculator burns significant quantities of methane every time you press "="?

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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
@MartinEscardo Can you somehow make the calculator physically bigger? Bigger isn't better but it is inevitable and innovation.
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I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.
does it also boil the ocean?
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@MartinEscardo Can you somehow make the calculator physically bigger? Bigger isn't better but it is inevitable and innovation.
If the calculator is only correct 80% of the time, one could use two calculators, so that the correct result appears at least on one of the displays ~96% of the time.
As a side effect it would double the size.