• JayDee@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    Algorism outpaced the abacus for a reason, and the slide rule outpaced algorism for a reason as well, but they’re all good skills to have some practice with. Have you ever had to do long division on an abacus? It ain’t pretty.

    • potoooooooo 🥔@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      If you can’t figure it out on an abacus, you don’t really need to know it!

      Long division is out, then, sorry long division stans!