Admittedly I think I would take psychic damage if I walked into a Staples and saw the current price tag on the *exact same TI-8X* they’ve been making for decades, but other than that…
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I KNOW. I JUST HAD TO BUY ONE AND I WILL KEEP IT FOREVER BC IT WILL ALWAYS BE WORTH THE SAME NUMBER OF DOLLARS.
aug 25, 2025, 9:36 pm • 3 0 • view
Heh. I just realized that the xkcd comic about that is about 20 years old.
aug 26, 2025, 6:15 pm • 2 0 • view
xkcd.com/768/
aug 26, 2025, 6:17 pm • 4 0 • view
And the price has remained unchanged since 1996.
aug 26, 2025, 6:20 pm • 3 0 • view
True. I can still remember the angst and tantrums my parents threw when I started Trig, and they had to PAY FOR a real calculator. Decades ago. XY tried to convince me I could just use a slide rule. (That he didn’t even have anymore).
aug 25, 2025, 9:06 pm • 3 0 • view