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Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

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Post by satvikpendem »

bluebarbet wrote: post #93
reaperducer wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can see it being used in very high-end, high-touch retail environments. When you spending $75,000 on a new suit, the tailor shouldn't be using a Dollar Store calculator.

So $76,100 for a suit and a calculator. Imagine how many lives could be changed if that cash were used to, say, install toilets in rural India.

Imagine donating all your money to charity too, do you do that? The thing about comparing spending is that there is always more one can spend, and there is always more one can give away.

Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

#102

Post by Computer0 »

bluebarbet wrote: post #59
enaaem wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That is because you have to see it in real life. I have never seen this calculator myself, but I have been to a lacquerware company called Hanoia in Vietnam. They als do lacquerware for Hermes. First thing you will notice is that the colours are super rich. If you see a yellow tea box, then it has the deepest and richest yellow you have ever seen. It is like going from a 2010 LCD to a 2026 OLED screen.

>It is like going from a 2010 LCD to a 2026 OLED screen. Revealing. I'll bet plenty still can't tell the difference (or don't care). I'm one. I've always used low-end laptops, mobiles, clothes, vehicles, anything else you can think of. I care that it functions (so I buy good brands and new) but everything else except price is a very secondary. When I read things like "rich, vivid colors" in a description of a screen,…

FWIW, I had the same opinion on tap water until I moved to a different area of my region and only after moving and researching did I learn my previous area had some of the highest water quality in my nation. The new area has converted me to filtered water.

Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

#103

Post by Computer0 »

reaperducer wrote: post #62
dude250711 wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this not meant for some ceremonial gift-giving to superiors to ensure better career prospects or something?

I can see it being used in very high-end, high-touch retail environments. When you spending $75,000 on a new suit, the tailor shouldn't be using a Dollar Store calculator.

I have a calculator at my desk that consistently gives the wrong answer, somehow the fact that it is so shite gives it novelty.

Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

#104

Post by [deleted] »

bluebarbet wrote: post #93
reaperducer wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can see it being used in very high-end, high-touch retail environments. When you spending $75,000 on a new suit, the tailor shouldn't be using a Dollar Store calculator.

So $76,100 for a suit and a calculator. Imagine how many lives could be changed if that cash were used to, say, install toilets in rural India.

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Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

#105

Post by [deleted] »

bluebarbet wrote: post #93
reaperducer wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can see it being used in very high-end, high-touch retail environments. When you spending $75,000 on a new suit, the tailor shouldn't be using a Dollar Store calculator.

So $76,100 for a suit and a calculator. Imagine how many lives could be changed if that cash were used to, say, install toilets in rural India.

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Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

#106

Post by sandworm101 »

JSR_FDED wrote: post #2

This is gorgeous. I’m very afraid if I buy one it will trigger a wave of revulsion for normal everyday products and I’ll become one of these obsessive people who talk about fonts.

Same thing happened to me when i first considered buying a mechanical keyboard. After decades of not caring about keyboards, and laughing at those who did, i found myself considering a 500$ keyboard. But i pushed back from the computer. I eventually bought a 45$ mechanical "gaming" keyboard and am still perfectly happy with it four years later.

Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

#107

Post by hmokiguess »

fwipsy wrote: post #29

Reading this webpage, and then the other comments here, taught me something important about myself: I am a Philistine. I don't think I would notice any difference between this and a glossy plastic calculator costing $5. I actually assumed that this piece was for people who collect calculators, but it seems like it has broader appeal based on the other comments?

> I don't think I would notice any difference

You may choose to reduce its meaning by not engaging or connecting with its story, but say you actually take the time to read through that page which bothers to talk about the tradition of the craft and even shows a picture of the artist, to still remain in that place is to deny it of any meaning behind all that was involved.

At that point, when you say something like that what others may hear is that you do not value the craftsmanship and artistry that accompany the product.

It’s okay not to like it and say it’s not for you, but to fail to recognize effort and deny craft is a bit rude, you don’t need to like it to be able to recognize it as something that exists in a different level than the status quo.

Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

#108

Post by bitmasher9 »

hmokiguess wrote: post #107
fwipsy wrote: post #29

Reading this webpage, and then the other comments here, taught me something important about myself: I am a Philistine. I don't think I would notice any difference between this and a glossy plastic calculator costing $5. I actually assumed that this piece was for people who collect calculators, but it seems like it has broader appeal based on the other comments?

> I don't think I would notice any difference You may choose to reduce its meaning by not engaging or connecting with its story, but say you actually take the time to read through that page which bothers to talk about the tradition of the craft and even shows a picture of the artist, to still remain in that place is to deny it of any meaning behind all that was involved. At that point, when you say something like tha…

I think there is something beautifully functionalist to value things only at what they can do, and not based on any subjective valuation such as narrative or aesthetics.

I’m not that way, but I wouldn’t put someone down who is that way.

Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

#109

Post by flossly »

My fav was Casio fx 260 solar: https://www.amazon.nl/Casio-Solar-Scientific-Calculator-Blac...

indestructible. small. solar (never out of battery; worked also with indoor electric light). contained all I needed for school (im from before the graphical calculator era).

Re: Casio S100X Japanese Lacquer Edition (JP Page Only)

#110

Post by hmokiguess »

bitmasher9 wrote: post #108
hmokiguess wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don't think I would notice any difference You may choose to reduce its meaning by not engaging or connecting with its story, but say you actually take the time to read through that page which bothers to talk about the tradition of the craft and even shows a picture of the artist, to still remain in that place is to deny it of any meaning behind all that was involved. At that point, when you say something like tha…

I think there is something beautifully functionalist to value things only at what they can do, and not based on any subjective valuation such as narrative or aesthetics. I’m not that way, but I wouldn’t put someone down who is that way.

Oh don’t get me wrong I agree with what you said, I too feel the same way about this.

I mostly meant to say that sometimes it isn’t just about function (like this case), and then dismissing it by saying you don’t recognize the difference becomes alienation by choice.

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