Re:The hand-cranked Curta mechanical calculator (2021)
by danielnoiz on Thursday December 22, 2022 @10:04AM
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Ever since reading William Gibson's /Pattern Recognition/ I've wanted to own one of these. I inherited a much less sophisticated mechanical calculator from my grandfather. It is a flat rectangle that has slots cut in to both sides, about the size of an A5 sheet of paper. One side is addition and the opposite is subtraction. A clever use of space, but not half as clever as a Curta.
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Re:The hand-cranked Curta mechanical calculator (2021)
by vertis on Thursday December 22, 2022 @11:05AM
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As soon as I saw the title it made me think of the novel.
Re:The hand-cranked Curta mechanical calculator (2021)
by themadturk on Thursday December 22, 2022 @04:02PM
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This book was where I learned of the Curta as well...but the whole Blue Ant trilogy was a gateway to existing things I had no idea were real. Gibson turning his considerable talents to something close to "real life" makes these three books my favorites of his.
Re:The hand-cranked Curta mechanical calculator (2021)
by user-extended on Tuesday January 03, 2023 @03:59PM
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Hey, totally hijacking this thread for something else, but some days ago you commented on my thread about your life experiences, and I was wondering if I could send you a private message asking about something you pointed out to me. Feel free to email me, or I can send you an email message/discord/whatever you may prefer.
If you do not wish to say anything, thanks anyway for your comment in that other thread, I have re-read it many times and I am genuinely thankful to you for making it.