[HN Gopher] TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator ___________________________________________________________________ TI-84 Plus CE Python Graphing Calculator Author : rbanffy Score : 24 points Date : 2021-05-08 07:43 UTC (15 hours ago) (HTM) web link (education.ti.com) (TXT) w3m dump (education.ti.com) | _paul21 wrote: | I wonder how does it compare to NumWorks graphic calculator | (https://www.numworks.com/). | ihatethisplace wrote: | This is cool. It's simple enough that it'd be difficult to | backdoor, there's no internet connectivity, and it comes | preloaded with python and would be able to run some cryptographic | software. Best of all, it's so common it would hardly raise | suspicion. Makes me think of a program somebody wrote to for the | 84 or 89 to generate a Bitcoin key. | pjmlp wrote: | Catching up to the Casio models. | | I guess Python is definitely the new BASIC. | rbanffy wrote: | In college, I remember how much faster I was with my PB700 than | the other students programming their cool HP-41 calculators. | | I aced every test in numerical methods in like 15 minutes. | | This was the first time I bumped into the phenomenon @pg | describes in his "Beating the Averages" essay. | snvzz wrote: | For anybody considering one of these, I'd suggest taking a look | at the vastly superior (in functionality) m68k-based TI-89 or | voyage 200 instead. | | Used, they do cost a fraction of what these fancy revisions of | the TI-84 do. | | Being powered by anything more than a few AAA batteries should be | an obvious red flag. | asciident wrote: | Honestly the issue is that schools don't want calculators | (computers) that are too powerful because there could be an app | that can just do the homework for students, or let them | communicate during exams, or search on the internet. So schools | intentionally prefer crippled devices, hence the relatively | high price for an underpowered device. | | There's not really any good solution to this either without | completely overhauling the system (i.e. making things worse for | a few years until things stabalize and the kinks are worked out | in primary school math education 2.0), so we're at a local | maximum. | | I don't get your point about batteries though. Calculators are | heavily used by the students, so are the perfect place to have | a rechargeable. It looks like it's even replaceable too. Throw | in usb-c charging, and you've got something that can be charged | pretty much anywhere that a phone can. | Hinton510 wrote: | Everything is very open with a clear description of the issues. | It was truly informative. Your website is very helpful. Many | thanks for sharing! | | https://www.paygonline.us/ ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-05-08 23:00 UTC)