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		bigiain on Jan 6, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple squandered the Holy Grail Why does this need AI? Isn't this just dividing by two, which you can easily do in your head? (I get that not everybody bothers doing vaguely complex mental arithmetic, but dividing by two? Come on!)

jitl on Jan 6, 2025 [–]

The point is algebra system, it’s quite good for unit conversion, budgeting, etc - lots of things a spreadsheet does great but seems a bit overkill for. Algebra big improvement over basic arithmetic calculator power.

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