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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social

*Pushes 2 + 2 on hand held calculator* *4 appears on screen* Wow it’s alive and thinking, maybe even sentient

aug 29, 2025, 3:18 pm • 337 46

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Andreas Hopf 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇬🇧 🇸🇪 @andreashopf.bsky.social

If it were sentient AI, it would throw a 5 or 3 every now and then.

aug 29, 2025, 9:52 pm • 1 0 • view
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social

*Types in 0.7734* *Turns calculator upside down* I think it might love me

aug 29, 2025, 3:23 pm • 25 0 • view
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social

types in 20021.25*4 = …second base! yusss

aug 29, 2025, 7:15 pm • 4 0 • view
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social

oh no

aug 29, 2025, 7:15 pm • 2 0 • view
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Rob Honeycutt @robhon.bsky.social

Nudge-nudge, wink-wink

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aug 29, 2025, 7:28 pm • 2 0 • view
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THIS IS SUPPOSED TO MEAN

aug 29, 2025, 7:29 pm • 3 0 • view
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Rob Honeycutt @robhon.bsky.social

It’s the calculator’s wingman. 😁

aug 29, 2025, 7:32 pm • 2 0 • view
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David Rankin @j-david.bsky.social

I typed in 7734 and think mine is possessed!

aug 29, 2025, 4:26 pm • 2 0 • view
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social

Someone needs to look into this

aug 29, 2025, 4:33 pm • 1 0 • view
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social

True story, my work number ends in 7734 and I once got a cold call from someone random and the first thing they said to me (before saying the random thing they called me about) was "did you know the last 4 digits of your phone number are 'hell' upside down?" Reader, I did starting at that point

aug 29, 2025, 7:17 pm • 3 0 • view
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social

my friend in undergrad had 277-6468 and the alphanumeric mnemonic for it was “ass-mint”

aug 29, 2025, 7:22 pm • 5 0 • view
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social

On purpose? Like did they specifically ask for that at the cell phone store? Or did they figure it out? Both options are intriguing

aug 29, 2025, 7:23 pm • 2 0 • view
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social

nope just… lucky

aug 29, 2025, 7:39 pm • 2 0 • view
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social

I had a friend who got DAVE as the last 4 digits on purpose at the cell phone store

aug 29, 2025, 7:55 pm • 1 0 • view
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Sharon Z @sharonz.bsky.social

*Types 5318008* *turns upside down*

aug 29, 2025, 7:40 pm • 0 0 • view
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Alma K. Rowan @almakrowan.bsky.social

oh my god, it's having urges

aug 30, 2025, 4:57 am • 1 0 • view
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Javs & Arts @javsarts.bsky.social

"ERROR"? How does it even undertand that to err is human?

aug 29, 2025, 4:53 pm • 1 0 • view
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Bryce Oates @bryceoates.bsky.social

Glad you have a reliable AI assistant in your desk. I find my AI assistant/pocket Constitution to also be helpful.

aug 29, 2025, 3:20 pm • 1 0 • view
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social

Excellent technology. Doesn't even need batteries or recharging.

aug 29, 2025, 7:25 pm • 0 0 • view
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Resi @residntevl.bsky.social

We should give it a job and make it replace us.

aug 29, 2025, 8:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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Sky Bloo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @sky-bloo.bsky.social

Mustn't be powered by AI, otherwise it woud have given you 5.

aug 29, 2025, 8:38 pm • 0 0 • view
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Nancy Elliot 🇨🇦 @turtlemapper.bsky.social

Actually did laugh out loud

aug 30, 2025, 7:30 pm • 1 0 • view
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Adrian Randall @anidealhusbando.bsky.social

*Pushes 2 + 2 on hand held calculator* *5 appears on screen* My calculator is even more sentient than yours!

aug 29, 2025, 7:15 pm • 2 0 • view
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social

aug 29, 2025, 7:20 pm • 2 0 • view
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lila7.bsky.social @lila7.bsky.social

It’s funny when a site asks you to answer such simple questions to “prove “ that you aren’t a robot.

aug 31, 2025, 1:59 am • 0 0 • view
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Jan Dutkiewicz @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social

does it suffer is you press C?

aug 29, 2025, 3:19 pm • 4 0 • view
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social

If you listen really hard, the solar powered ones scream a little bit if you put your finger over the solar panel

aug 29, 2025, 3:20 pm • 5 0 • view
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Lawrence of Arabica ☕ @anxiousfutsie.bsky.social

I never add anything to my calculators memory, because I could never bring myself to clear the memory with M- ... Imagine how invasive that must be as a sentient being to have your memory just wiped like that. Shocking stuff.

aug 29, 2025, 3:24 pm • 4 0 • view
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Jan Dutkiewicz @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social

You are a true humanitarian.

aug 29, 2025, 3:33 pm • 2 0 • view
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Lawrence of Arabica ☕ @anxiousfutsie.bsky.social

Thanks, though I like to think it's nothing my CASIO fx-991EX wouldn't do for me if the roles were reversed.

aug 29, 2025, 3:56 pm • 3 0 • view
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social

🤣

aug 29, 2025, 4:03 pm • 0 0 • view
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All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social

"This stochastic parrot is dead..." "No it's not, it's resting..."

aug 29, 2025, 3:44 pm • 2 0 • view