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Re:Reversing Sinclair's 1974 calculator hack (2013) by WalterBright on Friday September 17, 2021 @02:23AM (#28561918)
> "three decimal places of accuracy at best"

To be fair, that's all their competition (a slide rule) was capable of.

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Re:Reversing Sinclair's 1974 calculator hack (2013) by jacquesm on Friday September 17, 2021 @07:16AM (#28563993)
If that. I used to be pretty good at reading them and depending on where you were in the range two would already be quite impressive.
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