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@eigen

OMG. This kind of makes sense.

@rhempel

Ok maybe doing it on a list would be worth it?

I'm starting to wonder if it's there because of one textbook in some country or region I don't know about... or maybe it's just something that people who design calculators think is useful that baffles everyone else?

I tend to imagine that every feature included on a calculator like the TI-34 had to fight to be there.

It's a very stripped down calculator and, as an educator I can tell exactly why everything else is there. From little things, like how it won't reduce square roots (this would make teaching the conceptual part of that skill very annoying) to the inclusion of doing stdev for only 35 numbers.

But the ipart() and fpart() have me stumped!

I must go deeper!

@su_liam @adardis

**has existential crisis**

@risc Ok but that calculator also runs python which means you can get both results on the same device you hand to children.

@sidereal

You see this is why I don’t like this even if I can explain why it happens.

@mdc

nah it’s not you this is a little confusing— and I wonder if it should be considering these are educational devices.

I do think part of the problem is “int” is a type in python— but it’s just an operation on the calculator.

@mdc

I’m showing what TI basic would return.

@jordan

That’s not the 84 running python that’s how the TI calculator evaluates the function. If I opened python I’d get the same answer as I did on my computer running python.

@nazokiyoubinbou @jakebrake

It does have a little “operations” button where you can define a function with one variable.

Maybe it could be used with that?

@inherentlee
It has division with remainder by using 2nd and the division symbol. This thing is in the “math” menu.

On a slight tangent I have just noticed that on the TI 84 int(x) is NOT the same as in python. Who is to blame for this? #ti84 #python #horror

The TI-34 is a fairly basic scientific #calculator. I’m a big fan because it’s easy to use and not overwhelming.

I was reading the manual and discovered it has two functions:

ipart(x)
fpart(x)

These return the integer and fraction parts of x.

ipart(2.34)=2
fpart(2.34)=.34

Great! So, uh.. What are these typically used for? Why include them on such a *basic* calculator? #calculators #ticalc #ti34 #matheducation #mathchat

Sometimes, if you are a world-building focused writer, people will suggest adding “more action” and I think one should always *listen* to advice (what you *do* about it? that’s another matter)

When I hear the words “more action,” I think “so add a sword fight??” This is being overly literal. How are your characters in conflict with the world that you are building? How does revealing more about the world complicate expose more of who they are?

Good world-building reveals character; it challenges and shapes to people in your story. perhaps what I find lacking in certain fight or battle scenes is a similar connection to character.

Sometimes the main characters a book on their way to an objective and a problem arises, and it can feel very much like the author has inserted the problem because otherwise it would be boring.

“but oh no it’s the bad guys”

When reading science fiction or fantasy are you more likely to skip through the action scenes to find out how the world works or are you more often interested in action and bored by exposition?

The heart of storytelling is always character. (I say this, as someone is generally more interested in the world building than characters.)

UPDATE: the art deco faction is talking about vintage dresses and the sewing club kids are interested maybe it won't be basic.

I will miss this class can't believe the year is going by so quickly. I swear to go they were freshmen just a moment ago.

Woe is me, I'm growing old.

"under the sea"

I'm *still* mad about how basic that was.

No, I didn't go! But still.

@best_of_mltshp

What is already dead can never die.