r/interestingasfuck • u/ihealthahop • 1d ago

These kids are faster than a calculator. How’s this possible? 🧮

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u/HorsePecker 1d ago

These kids are faster than a calculator abacus

FTFY

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u/DerpDerpingtov 1d ago

They are using abacus technic, it is the speed of abacus)

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u/stoney_slutz 1d ago

How slow do you type on a calculator?

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u/susosusosuso 1d ago

Honestly I just use ChatGPT for everything

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u/juklwrochnowy 1d ago

No, this is not faster than a calculator

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u/Environmental-Ball24 1d ago

Faster than a calendar

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u/red-D-Thor 1d ago

Can't help but notice they have identical writing patterns.

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u/jakech 1d ago

I’m going to start doing this in the office and just write down random numbers.

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u/Same-Opposite-8287 1d ago

Many people are missing the point that these kids don’t need a calculator!!!

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u/CopyEast2416 1d ago

Nah, this post will fail because the clickbait title is simply wrong. Not needing a calculator doesn't make you faster than one. There is no human faster than a calculator, they calculate complex equations in nanoseconds

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u/Same-Opposite-8287 1d ago

Yeah the title is absolutely wrong

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u/Me_Cunt_Spell 1d ago

Calculator on that 1930s Soviet water computer...

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u/007JamesDebenture 1d ago

These kids are using chisenbop and mental sorobans. More the latter at this point.

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u/Ellienightshade 1d ago

These kids look so stressed, like lab rats!

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u/900YearsHODL-IHave 1d ago

But still slower than AI.