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Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by tcskeptic »

ianferrel wrote: post #49

The final example in their intro video doesn't make sense to me. Can someone explain it? Here's the text: price = $8 times 5 $40 fee = 8% 8 % fee on price in Euro 39.48 EUR What does that mean? "fee on price" should mean "fee times price", right? So 8% of $40. That's nowhere near 39.48 EUR. Could it mean "price after fee is deducted"? But if so, it must have been made during a time when EUR was worth almost 8% less t…

I suspect it means $40USD in Euro (at about .914 to the dollar) then add 8% to that amount.

5 * 8 = 40 40 * .914 = 36.56 36.56 * 1.08 = 39.48 (ish)

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ianferrel wrote: post #49

The final example in their intro video doesn't make sense to me. Can someone explain it? Here's the text: price = $8 times 5 $40 fee = 8% 8 % fee on price in Euro 39.48 EUR What does that mean? "fee on price" should mean "fee times price", right? So 8% of $40. That's nowhere near 39.48 EUR. Could it mean "price after fee is deducted"? But if so, it must have been made during a time when EUR was worth almost 8% less t…

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Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by jimvdv »

Numi looks awesome! My favorite calculator app so far is Tydlig[0], too bad it's has not been updated in a couple years. I remember a really good talk by the creator (Andreas Karlsson), but I can't seem to find it, anyone has any idea what I'm talking about?

[0]. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/tydlig/id721606556

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Post by bartvk »

908B64B197 wrote: post #57
lordleft wrote: post #37

I find that calculators remain weirdly unergonomic on most Operating Systems. There are so many times where I want to do some quick math but feel hobbled by the insistence of calculator software writers to ape physical calculator design -- Numi seems like a cool step in the right direction

There's always a REPL close by for users that are technical enough.

I used `bc` for years and years

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by cprecioso »

reid wrote: post #3

Soulver is a similar app for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS with shared documents in iCloud Drive. Check it out if you’re looking for something like this to go!

And! the parser and calculator engine is free to use for personal projects. It is an extremely pleasant SDK to use, and super powerful.

https://github.com/soulverteam/SoulverCore

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by ansk »

apazzolini wrote: post #48
lordleft wrote: post #37

I find that calculators remain weirdly unergonomic on most Operating Systems. There are so many times where I want to do some quick math but feel hobbled by the insistence of calculator software writers to ape physical calculator design -- Numi seems like a cool step in the right direction

If you're using OS X, try using Spotlight or Alfred directly (Keypirinha[0] is a reasonable Windows alternative) - just type in `1 + 2` and you get the answer without launching a special app. There are plugins for conversions as well. [0]. https://keypirinha.com/

Spotlight correctly interprets numerical expressions, but it also treats them as search queries for the entire filesystem, resulting in an expensive retrieval process after every keystroke. It's the most convenient, so I use it anyways, but the end result is that cpu starts to overheat for a query as simple as 1 + 2.

Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac

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Post by 6gvONxR4sf7o »

apazzolini wrote: post #48
lordleft wrote: post #37

I find that calculators remain weirdly unergonomic on most Operating Systems. There are so many times where I want to do some quick math but feel hobbled by the insistence of calculator software writers to ape physical calculator design -- Numi seems like a cool step in the right direction

If you're using OS X, try using Spotlight or Alfred directly (Keypirinha[0] is a reasonable Windows alternative) - just type in `1 + 2` and you get the answer without launching a special app. There are plugins for conversions as well. [0]. https://keypirinha.com/

I always use spotlight this way (it's almost the only way I use spotlight), but it unfortunately covers up a ton of the screen while you use it.
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