This takes the cake as the most braindead thing I've ever seen the Start Menu do - eviltoast
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    1 year ago

    Is everybody really out there doing arithmetic in their start menu search bar? Calc.exe is a click or hotkey away.

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      1 year ago

      Calc.exe is a click or hotkey away.

      The Start Menu is already there, no hotkey setup required. Plus, I can close it with a single key too. It’s simply more convenient.

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        1 year ago

        If you say so. I think having to wait for the latency of the web search to come back would drive me up the wall if I tried your method.

        Win+number row are hotkeys for your taskbar favorites. No explicit setup is required other than having your taskbar favorites ordered how you want them. Pressing the hotkey will open the program if it’s closed, focus the program if it’s in the background, or minimize the program if it’s focused.

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          I mean technically I do that, but mine doesn’t do a web search (linux) so it’s not equivalent anyway. It is very convenient tho

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            1 year ago

            I mean no disrespect, but I have my doubts.

            I’ll measure it next time I’m at my desk- on a wired gigabit connection it felt like about 80-100ms

            Of course, results probably vary a bit based on how far away the closest Bing server is (or whatever is handling the request)

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            1 year ago

            RPN is the best. It’s mostly just doing math in the order it would be calculated anyways, so IMO, it’s far superior for learning (which is 99% of the time any normal person uses a calculator).

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        I still have the same scientific calculator I used in high school. All the markings on the keys have long since worn off, but my muscle memory is so strong that I am speedy and accurate in typing.

        For isolated, unimportant calculations, I’ll use my phone or the calculator on my computer, but for anything more than that, I relish the chance to use my proper calculator. I think using it puts me in a particular frame of mind where I’m more focussed too, like my brain is going “okay, let’s buckle up, it’s maths time, let’s have no silly mistakes, keep on task”

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        1 year ago

        I grab my slide rule from my bag, because I am (mentally) a million years old.

        EDIT: if I need precision, I use bc.

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      To this day, I still launch the calculator with win+R then “calc” enter.

      Basically muscle memory at this point

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      …yes? The spotlight/quick search tool is stupid useful. Everything is just a quick alt-space and a type away

      I’ve been using Synapse on Linux for years and Windows powertoys is way better than this nonsense (which is super confusing because that’s also an official Microsoft programme. Why do they have a superior version of their search that you have to seperately download?)

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        1 year ago

        pin calc to taskbar. it’s a click away and makes more sense than searching for an arithmetic answer.

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          1 year ago

          powertoys (by microsoft) also let`s you use a custom shortcut to open a bar and search in. Pretty useful and quick.

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      1 year ago

      Since I pretty much always have a browser open I just use the search bar to do it unless I know I’m doing multiple operations, then it’s off to the pinned calculator shortcut

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        1 year ago

        That looks very very similar to PowerToys Run, I wonder if they’re related?