If you type a question mark in it actually shows what you can do: navigate folders, search for files, search recent files, do internet searches, calculator, run terminal commands, and of course just search for programs on the PC :3
Julia for me. It has better mathematical syntax, especially if you happen to be doing anything with matrices, and theres no need to include a library for elementary functions.
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renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone · 28 pts · 1y
I still have my analogue scientific calculator from the times when I had to take maths exams at uni
defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 1y
...Analog? Like an abacus?
renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 1y
I used the wrong word, I meant to say physical, as opposed to virtual
monotremata@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
I use an emulated version of my old calculator. Once you get used to RPN, nothing else really seems fit for purpose.
brown567@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
Mmm... RPN my beloved 🤤
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org · 9 pts · 1y
Did they make you yell "Eureka!" when you got the answer?
tpihkal@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Nobody makes you. It's just a natural response.
bumblefumble@mander.xyz · 18 pts · 1y
May I recommend SpeedCrunch
greatwhitepapertiger@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 1y
Speedcrunch FTW. I use it all the time.
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
Ok that does look nice
brown567@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
You definitely may! I'll have to check that out, it looks good!
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social · 16 pts · 1y
I honestly run all my calculations in my app launcher when im on PC lol
Or whatever the android calculator is on mobile :3
RedSnt@feddit.dk · 16 pts · 1y
Same. Not that I do advanced stuff, but KRunner is often good enough.
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social · 11 pts · 1y
The pop!_os launcher for me, which does also have a calculator feature, which does everything I need :3
Foxfire@pawb.social · 3 pts · 1y
Holy shit I had no idea you could do this, what an awesome feature.
EDIT: You can even press 1 to bring the answer into the launcher search and do the next step of the operation or copy it if you want, bliss.
TabbsTheBat@pawb.social · 4 pts · 1y
If you type a question mark in it actually shows what you can do: navigate folders, search for files, search recent files, do internet searches, calculator, run terminal commands, and of course just search for programs on the PC :3
Damage@feddit.it · 2 pts · 1y
Pretty much all Linux launchers do this nowadays
RedSnt@feddit.dk · 2 pts · 1y
I like that they both use the same operator.
lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 14 pts · 1y
I use python even for simple calculations
mr_satan@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 1y
I second this
save_the_humans@leminal.space · 2 pts · 1y
Julia for me. It has better mathematical syntax, especially if you happen to be doing anything with matrices, and theres no need to include a library for elementary functions.
Turret3857@infosec.pub · 10 pts · 1y
kcalc 4 me
9point6@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
They really missed a trick naming that one
Railcar8095@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Calk was such an obvious choice...
papercut@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 1y
cli version based
dontmindmehere@programming.dev · 1 pts · 1y
yes and with custom readline config (/etc/inputrc) you can use vim keybinds in it
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 1y
I'm so sorry.
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 1y
fun fact: the windows calculator is open source https://github.com/microsoft/calculator
MistressRemilia@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 pts · 1y
To be 100% honest, I just open a terminal and use clisp. Or an RPN calculator when I'm on my phone (RPN Calculator)
germanatlas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 1y
All my homies use casio fx, ti-CAS and/or Wolfram Alpha
sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
I am not positive but I think raspberry pi is includes free Mathematica
Tiger_Man_@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 1y
bc
grrgyle@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 1y
bc -l gang
PacMan@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
I use bc or calc on the Linux command line. Been doing it for 20 years now
turbowafflz@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
You can't take my hp-49 from me and even if did I'd just emulate it on my phone or computer
somethingsomethingidk@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
I use python...
callyral@pawb.social · 3 pts · 1y
qalcis pretty nice and it worksSubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
Im pretty sure u can compile it for Windows as well
Hagdos@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Console calculator for the win!
HollowNaught@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Straight up great calculator, I use it all the time now
There is no joke
pringus@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
i lovr galculator
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Symbolab got me through college (and wolfram alpha when symbolab didn't cut it)