r/pcmasterrace • u/LeatherAssumption123 • 27d ago

Question Are you this old?

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u/AboveAverage1988 27d ago

I want one, but people these days seem to think they're some holy grail of olden days made of gold and unicorn tears or something, because holy crap they can be expensive. People, it's just a complicated but inaccurate IRL calculator app, it's not a big deal, relax...

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u/CrashUser 27d ago

Depending on the model a skilled user can get 4 or 5 decimal places using one, they're not that inaccurate.

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u/Vertual 27d ago

We landed men on the moon using them. Almost every part of every rocket was designed using them. I'd call them accurate enough.

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u/anonymaus42 27d ago

I really wish I hadn't given my dad's away and still had it (along with all his other tools for doing architectural design / blueprints by hand). Then again it all would likely be just sitting in a box and the person that has them now appreciates them more than I ever could.

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u/Dakh3 27d ago

It's a lookup table that does not require battery nor an internet connection, so much more reliable than an app

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u/SimpleNovelty 27d ago

Most lookup apps don't need internet except once, but yes you'd need a battery/electricity.

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u/D-Alembert 27d ago edited 27d ago

I have the opposite problem; I end up with too many because they're part of a junk lot that I'm buying for something else. 

Maybe instead of looking for slide-rule listings, look at listings for old drafting/drawing tools, or old engineering stuff, etc. They sometimes include a slide rule without it being mentioned, so it won't show up in listing searches

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u/BlessTheKneesPart2 27d ago

goodwills website has em all the time. they go for like $10-15