<![CDATA[I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time.]]>I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. But don't worry, every time I use it, I check the results myself.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/838c60b6-4077-4a15-a307-add82e2fbae7/i-have-a-calculator-that-is-correct-80-of-the-time.RSS for NodeMon, 06 Apr 2026 08:18:51 GMTThu, 26 Mar 2026 06:47:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:30:01 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo Can you somehow make the calculator physically bigger? Bigger isn't better but it is inevitable and innovation.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fbulow/statuses/116306804824435545https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fbulow/statuses/116306804824435545Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:30:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:41:10 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo The real question is: your calculator burns significant quantities of methane every time you press "="? 😏

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/emilianosandri/statuses/116306612765948217https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/emilianosandri/statuses/116306612765948217Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:41:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:24:48 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo just launch 100 calculators and pick the most common result, it should be fine

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/tymwol/statuses/116306548421477740https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/tymwol/statuses/116306548421477740Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:24:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:15:34 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo Pentium based, I assume.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116306512116174829https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmax/statuses/116306512116174829Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:15:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:10:04 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo that will make you a solid B student instead of a C- student

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/noplasticshower/statuses/116306490435379328https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/noplasticshower/statuses/116306490435379328Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:10:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:23:11 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo just give it autonomy and chain it to another autonomous calculator that verifies the results with an 80% accuracy.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.trueten.de/users/nofollownoindex/statuses/116306070164385929https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.trueten.de/users/nofollownoindex/statuses/116306070164385929Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:23:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:14:31 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo Reminds me the early Pentium FDIV bug in the mid 90s: Recommended mitigation measures were to verify the computing results using an older but reliable 486.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floss.social/users/multifact/statuses/116306036128659728https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floss.social/users/multifact/statuses/116306036128659728Sat, 28 Mar 2026 09:14:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:58:06 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo What if we put the calculator into orbit?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/robinadams/statuses/116305971539353253https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/robinadams/statuses/116305971539353253Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:58:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:31:04 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo hello sir

i am not a mathematician, but the results look correct to me?

in fact i feel like a 10x mathematician now, i can calculate and calculate all the time

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metalhead.club/users/lkundrak/statuses/116305865269582315https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://metalhead.club/users/lkundrak/statuses/116305865269582315Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:31:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:01:14 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo my reports are correct 85% of the time but that's ok, my boss is happy to double check them before sending them to our customers!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://neopaquita.es/users/ehproque/statuses/116305747944458041https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://neopaquita.es/users/ehproque/statuses/116305747944458041Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:01:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Sat, 28 Mar 2026 05:20:31 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo if your calculator burns half of the planet to operate you could get your correctness to 90%. Would that help?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/openrisk/statuses/116305115964790244https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/openrisk/statuses/116305115964790244Sat, 28 Mar 2026 05:20:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:47:01 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo
You should try the premium version: it comes with custom skins, and sings results with donald duck voice.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.top/users/thierrya/statuses/116296962633685609https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.top/users/thierrya/statuses/116296962633685609Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:47:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:00:36 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo I was taught to do at least an order-of-magnitude mental sanity check every time I used a calculator - there's always scope for pressing the wrong button.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/TimWardCam/statuses/116296780094144226https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/TimWardCam/statuses/116296780094144226Thu, 26 Mar 2026 18:00:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:40:30 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo
completely off-topic, but there is a way to have an unsure calculator that is actually useful, as opposed to LLMs which arent even whten they are correct

https://filiph.github.io/unsure/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/DataKnightmare/statuses/116295521408218323https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/DataKnightmare/statuses/116295521408218323Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:40:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:36:52 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo
Amazing! My success rate is 60% at most. I'm going to switch to the calculator!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/peterluschny/statuses/116295271246366520https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/peterluschny/statuses/116295271246366520Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:36:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:10:23 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo Make each calculation a few times and take the mode?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/technothrasher/statuses/116294931181173881https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/technothrasher/statuses/116294931181173881Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:10:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:23:29 GMT]]>@ohad @MartinEscardo Simply run the calculator in a loop that checks if it has yet produced the answer you're expecting. You'll be amazed what it can do.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/stringdiagram/statuses/116294510814913681https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/stringdiagram/statuses/116294510814913681Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:23:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:07:18 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo You should try the new calculators, they are much better.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/ohad/statuses/116294447151545256https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/ohad/statuses/116294447151545256Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:07:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:03:22 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo Maybe the calculator is correct 99% of the time on some well documented techniques... and poorly efficient on advanced stuff (<55%)?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/stphrolland/statuses/116294431720722944https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/stphrolland/statuses/116294431720722944Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:03:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I have a calculator that is correct 80% of the time. on Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:51:27 GMT]]>@MartinEscardo Have you already explicitly told your calculator to please calculate correctly? I've heard this helps.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/forster/statuses/116294384869759153https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mathstodon.xyz/users/forster/statuses/116294384869759153Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:51:27 GMT