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A comment on Oughtred Society Archive of Slide Rule Collections.

Re:Oughtred Society Archive of Slide Rule Collections by ararar on Monday October 16, 2023 @03:58PM (#37905573)
Concise Co. of Japan still makes slide rulers albeit only circular ones (https://www.sliderule.tokyo/products/list.php).

One prominent industry that still uses slide rulers is aviation. They use "flight computers".

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Re:Oughtred Society Archive of Slide Rule Collections by twic on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @06:29AM (#37912908)
I suppose pilots often have good eyesight and wear gloves, which makes a slide rule easier to use than a calculator with buttons.
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