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minus-squarejbrains@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·16 days agoThanks to logarithms, when you add numbers, you can also multiply them. This is how a slide rule works.
Thanks to logarithms, when you add numbers, you can also multiply them. This is how a slide rule works.
(You’re 5 years old in 1971.)