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1. Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2023 05:18:19 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

   "College Board of the United States – permits the use of most graphing or CAS calculators that do not have a QWERTY-style keyboard for parts of its AP and SAT exams"

   I love, LOVE that the keyboard layout is one of the things that can disqualify a graphing calculator for use in exams

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2023 06:31:25 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     going back to college just so I can pull out my Crayola Alphabetical Horror. Hey, it's allowed on exams!

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2023 13:08:29 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     You might argue "but foone, it's not on a graphing calculator!"

     Give me ten minutes with an arduino, soldering iron, and a TI-83, and it will be!

   • Cumberland Gorch (crobbler@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2023 14:17:00 JST Cumberland Gorch

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     @foone If I can find a graphing calculator with a Dvorak layout, we good then, right?

   • Cumberland Gorch (crobbler@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2023 14:17:00 JST Cumberland Gorch

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     @foone The funniest part of this is that it's not like you're going to touch type on a graphing calculator anyway, so the layout doesn't really matter.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2023 14:17:00 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • Cumberland Gorch

     @crobbler yeah. But the rule had to do the impossible, and determine the difference between "calculators" and "real computers", and they decided the arbitrary line was "computers have QWERTY keyboards"

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2023 14:47:39 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • stoey

     @stoey this is a keyboard that wants you to bleed

   • stoey (stoey@hachyderm.io)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2023 14:47:40 JST stoey

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     @foone I'm not so bothered by the alphabetical layout but that chaotic escape key position is absolutely deranged!

   • ';DROP TABLE foxes;-- (droptablefoxes@social.stackunderflow.com)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2023 14:58:15 JST ';DROP TABLE foxes;--

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     @foone Alright, where can I get a Dvorak graphing calculator?

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2023 14:58:15 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • ';DROP TABLE foxes;--

     @DropTableFoxes paypal me 200$ and I'll build ya one

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2023 15:18:48 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • Garrett Wollman

     @wollman
     nooooooooooooooooooooo!

   • Garrett Wollman (wollman@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2023 15:18:49 JST Garrett Wollman

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     @foone No HP 200LX for you!

   • Jeremy Nickurak (atrus@toot.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2023 17:13:41 JST Jeremy Nickurak

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     @foone Why does this, of all things, give me anxiety?

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Thursday, 28-Sep-2023 17:13:41 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • Jeremy Nickurak

     @atrus because it's one of the top 5 worst keyboards I own, and that's even counting the Teeth and Hair keyboards