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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator app⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes I uploaded the image and asked it the same question as OP

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ok, some nerd please explain the switches on this IRL calculator app⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Some guesses by ChatGPT:

  Left Switch (“K” setting):

  • K: Likely for a “constant mode,” where the calculator uses one operand as a constant for repeated >calculations (e.g., multiplying several numbers by the same value).
  • The other position is likely “normal mode,” disabling this feature.

  Middle Switch (“A/Σ/4/6” etc.):

  • This could control decimal rounding or precision:
  • “A” might stand for “automatic” mode.
  • “0, 2, 3, 4, 6” refers to the number of decimal places displayed or used in calculations.
  • “F” likely stands for “full precision,” using all available decimal places.

  Right Switch (“Σ” setting):

  • Σ: Likely enables a “summation mode,” where the calculator automatically adds results to a running total (useful for bookkeeping or repetitive additions).
  • The other position disables this mode.

  Being Swedish the “constant mode” seems likely as we often used k (for “konstant”) in school math to represent a constant (e.g. for the slope of a line).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having a snack break while filming a porno⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Also gets the taste of dick out of your mouth for a while

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time to make your decesion⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  with tons of interesting stories and anecdotes about life

  …which he will find ways to clumsily segue into over and over again, regardless of how many times you’ve heard them

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would "god cum" be correct?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The “right answers” are pretty shitty too. I would say all substances are excitations of the fermionic fields.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I can't tell my clients why I'm always late⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you implying that she’s a bitch

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what a moment to live⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems risky for the perpetrator, won’t they be able to trace who rented the bike?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Took me by surprise⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How old are you? Of course women understand the joke. You should try hanging out with them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your favourite it's all in the gameplay game?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Such a lousy multiplayer game though. It was designed to give the better player handicap so their lead only increased over time, since you were awarded with more lemmings for the next level if you won the previous one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your favourite it's all in the gameplay game?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Rimworld

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“No”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hideo Kojima is 61 years old. How old is that picture!?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨She must be unhinged⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a school activity, why isn’t the school paying for the materials

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Technology Connections: MP3 CDs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I found that the most impractical thing with these was that the user interface for selecting songs was typically “you have 200 songs and I’m gonna play them in sequence, if you want a particular song you must skip ahead until you hear it”. It worked for a 12-track audio CD, but felt like an underdeveloped toy feature when used with MP3:s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well maybe many of those communities are actually filled with 14 year olds

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Holy? bible⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When he says “idiot” I could swear I’m listening to Napoleon Dynamite reading the bible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which unplayed game in your library are you most looking forward to playing eventually?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Horizon Zero Dawn, Planet of Lana

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honesty is the best policy⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yesn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm going insane⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not exactly what you’re asking for, but Subnautica slowly builds on a primal fear without resorting to jump scares. It’s increasingly unsettling and you start finding excuses to just stay in your habitat to decorate instead of going outside.

  Life is strange has elements of it (think Butterfly Effect: the game) during parts of the game, although it gets pretty explicit rather than subtle.

  Oxenfree also has elements of it, with people behaving weirdly etc. But it also mostly gets fairly explicit. Still, no jumpscares.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You know what? I don’t care and I stopped reading this article after one paragraph because I found that I couldn’t be bothered to go on. During the reddit exodus I was pissed off about how they would ruin something good, but I’ve long since lost interest in what happens on that site. Honestly I was a tiny bit surprised that it still exists.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wanted a never foregtti spaghetti⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Eating the crispy chicken while thinking of the people who burned alive

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨#StopKillingGames Update: Germany becomes 4th county to hit threshold⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why does it need to reach 1 million names exactly? This is a petition, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google sends emails that 100% look like phishing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Their latest iteration of Teams runs on teams.cloud.microsoft.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scratch that. Let's do an airstrike instead.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Better that than screaming as you poop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨jeff⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think of it more as a budding fascist dictator vs a senile moron. Which is why I’m extremely worried that the former wins. At least with the senile moron, the rest of the senate and staff can sort of hamper on reasonably without irrepairably dismantling democracy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Riven (2024) Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think it’s a big deal where you start. The latest iteration of Riven will likely be the most accessible and that’s probably what matters most if you’re just starting out.

  Much of the appeal (for me at least) is that the storyline is a Tolkien-like epic story spanning thousands of years. Myst takes place before Riven, and if you wanted to consume it in chronological order you would start by reading the books (which are surprisingly good). But it’s fine to go back and “fill in the blanks” if you play in a different order.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Farting⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  subscribe

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A future sci-fi writers never could've imagined⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Abracadabra boom shacka dae I’m Violent J, and I’m back like a vertebrae

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ephlat⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The elephant is hiding. Do not let it know you can see it. The illusion that it has found a good hiding spot must be maintained at all times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ephlat⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  SCP vibes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ryan Gosling explains how to turn debt into money | The Big Short⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m tired of the trend of saying things are underrated, when they’re really not. The Big Short is a great movie and it is rated as a great movie. So it’s not underrated or overrated; it has a great rating and deservedly so.