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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Jesus Christ. Look, back in the Stone Age when I went to school the coolest calculator was the TI-36 Solar. It was already that mundane.

Naturally, I used a non-solar Casio, because I wasn't one of the cool nerds.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

damn you just reminded me my mom bought a basic calculator with tiny solar panel 25 years ago : it is still working !

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

And then there are the calculators with fake solar cell windows