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Re:Everyone should learn the slide rule (2021) by kwhitefoot on Sunday April 24, 2022 @02:57PM (#31147071)
You can get a perfectly good slide rule for less than 20 USD on Ebay including shipping. On Finn.no (a similar site in Norway) there are decent slide rules for half that price. A quick search of a random Craigslist, Central New Jersey also finds several in the sub 20 USD range.

Sounds reasonable to me, what did you mean by a reasonable price?

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Re:Everyone should learn the slide rule (2021) by DiggyJohnson on Sunday April 24, 2022 @04:36PM (#31148073)
All he’s saying is that they were more widespread and generally available in places like mainstream stores and University bookstores.

Are you really disagreeing with the best possible interpretation of this?

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