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A comment on Ask HN: Is there anyone here who still uses slide rules?.

Re:Ask HN: Is there anyone here who still uses slide rules? by jeffbradberry on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @03:42PM (#46876992)
I have four now, and even go out of my way to use them a bit.

My favorites from my collection are a little Dietzgen No 1773, which is surprisingly featureful for something that can fit in a pocket, and a Faber-Castell Novo-Biplex 2/83N, which is kind of one of the big guns for slide rules.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there anyone here who still uses slide rules? by jeffbradberry on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @03:50PM (#46877091)
What I _really_ want, now that I have the Faber-Castell, is a Curta.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta

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