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Khurram Wadee ✅After looking for a long time, I finally found this <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Sliderule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sliderule</a>, which belonged to my late father. Some of you will know that these <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/devices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#devices</a> were used, before the advent of digital <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Calculators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Calculators</a>, to perform <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/arithmetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arithmetic</a> operations such as <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/multiplication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#multiplication</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/division" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#division</a> to about three significant figures, by <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scientists</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#engineers</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mathematics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Computation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Computation</a> (1/2)

cthululemonThis little mechanical calculator is one of my favorite objects. It came to me with what turned out to be a fouled 10s pin retaining ring; it was a bear to take apart, ‘machine’ a new part, and reassemble. But it works! And I love it! <a href="https://social.cthululemon.com/tags/CURTA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CURTA</a> <a href="https://social.cthululemon.com/tags/calculators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#calculators</a> <a href="https://social.cthululemon.com/tags/MechanicalCalculators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MechanicalCalculators</a> <a href="https://social.cthululemon.com/tags/ScientificInstruments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScientificInstruments</a>

Thilo, EE 🤘🏼🇪🇺⚛🎗️Today I learned about introductory posts here. So I'll add this in. I'm an electrical engineer with a focus on transmission and distribution (T&D). Working there as a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OHS</a> specialist, lead engineer, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/QA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QA</a> engineer. In my spare time I tinker with 8-bit computers, vintage <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/scopes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scopes</a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/meters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meters</a>, and general <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#electronics</a>. Also collecting electronic <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/calculators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#calculators</a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SlideRules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SlideRules</a>.

Ed SHere's me: (<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/introductions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introductions</a>) I'm mostly about <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computerhistory</a> with a bit of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/vintagecomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputers</a> thrown in. Also <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/calculators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#calculators</a> especially <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/rpn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rpn</a> and programmable. I like <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#space</a> and science and history. I read a fair bit of fiction these days, including <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sff</a>. I like languages, human and computer. I'm from the 70s culturally, 80s technologically but the 60s biologically. I avoid talk of current events. I try to use CWs and to be an ally.I co-moderate <a href="https://retrocomputingforum.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://retrocomputingforum.com</a>

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