Is this part of the next YC batch? Just saying because I find it much better than some of the previous candidates!
Numi – Calculator app for Mac
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Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac
#142I 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/
Note well that in the default config, it transmits everything you type into this box across the network to Apple, keystroke by keystroke.
Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac
#143Soulver 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!
Periodic reminder that iCloud Drive is not end to end encrypted, permitting both Apple and the US federal government to read all of your calculations at any time
without a warrant.
Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac
#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Think Alfred may be more efficient here, since I've never noticed that issue at all.
Using Alfred (with powerpack) is like having gills while living underwater. It's hard to get the scuba divers of the world to switch since they are so invested in their myriad gear and it's so difficult to convey the value prop when you haven't experienced it.
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#145I would totally use this if it were an extension to Emacs. I keep lots of calculation results in text files, and edit them in emacs, but I don't want to use a totally separate app whenever I want to enter and calculate some math within a text file.
Check out calc (M-x calc RET). Full RPN calculator built into emacs, with matrix and symbolic solving capabilities. Best calculator I have ever used.
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Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac
#146I would totally use this if it were an extension to Emacs. I keep lots of calculation results in text files, and edit them in emacs, but I don't want to use a totally separate app whenever I want to enter and calculate some math within a text file.
org-mode tables have spreadsheet-like capabilities, i.e., they support formulas.
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#147Thanks. This is sooo pleasurable. Now add a wolfram and a GPT-3 plugin
To do what?
Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac
#148Since others already mentioned many fantastic alternatives, let me share mine: https://bbodi.github.io/notecalc3/
What would it take to have this as a desktop app? As I see it it is rust and wasm. It would be nice to have some note about the architecture in the docs, maybe someone would pick it up to make a desktop app from it too.
Hi, it would not be hard at all, at the moment for me it would be like 1 day of work.
Honestly, I just don't see its benefit, you can always open it on a dedicated browser and use it as it would be a desktop app.
However, in the next release I might provide a desktop version.
Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac
#149Since others already mentioned many fantastic alternatives, let me share mine: https://bbodi.github.io/notecalc3/
How difficult would something like this be to port to Visual Studio? P.S. looks like a great app!
author here:
I have zero experience with Visual Studio API, and honestly, looking at what a giant and slow mess VS became, I would not even try it :)
But providing a standalone desktop/terminal version is on the list.
Re: Numi – Calculator app for Mac
#150What is wrong with “bc” ;-) half joking, anybody else who uses bc? I am by no means an expert, just using the regular add/multiply and sometimes a variable. This looks way better though.
I use bc too. Like literally every day. And it's only a terminal window away. I did install Numi now though and I like it!