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[-] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago

I think they also eventually caught on with the technology and banned them in my school... And that quote with the calculator in your pocket sounds also familiar xD

I'm currently doing landscaping work around the house and I use the voice assistant all the time to calculate surfaces and volumes, it's so nice compared to pressing buttons or a touchscreen with dirty gloves. My younger self would be so excited!

[-] FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

While I’m not fundamentally opposed to kids learning basic math, even at that time it was used (think 1990-1996) it was a bullshit argument to ban them. After all, they were already cheap enough that a kid could have one on their wrist!

Heck, you can now buy them for less than a dollar on Aliexpress. But why would you, since literally every smartphone has one built in. It was silly to ban them.

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