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What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] elfin8er@lemmy.world 119 points 6 months ago (11 children)

"you're not going to carry a calculator with you everywhere"

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You may carry one now, but can you calculate percentages on it without your maths lessons? Can you convert fractions? I blame the technology, if it's going to math it needs to math all maths

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 3 points 6 months ago

Frankly, these days? Yeah you totally can. "Hey Siri, what's 3% of 235,889?" or "Hey Siri, what's 8/37ths converted to 300ths?" will most likely just feed you a correct answer.

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