shop talk

having a hands free calculator in the shop would be useful

anyone tried siri or one of the other talking devices that are out now

Reply to
Electric Comet
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What Kind Of Calculations Are You Expecting The Device To Do Via Voice?

I Just Asked My Phone: "What Is The Square Root Of 6 Times 4 Minus 32 Times 8"

She Responded: "The Answer Is Approximately Minus 246 Point 202"

The Phone Displayed The Calculation As:

(Square Root(6) x 4) -(32 x 8) = -246.202041029

I'm Not Impressed. She Should Have Said "The Answer Is Approximately Negative 246 Point 202"

Reply to
DerbyDad03

I asked my dog. He scratched on the floor with his paw, -246. Just rounded it off. Dumb dog.

Reply to
Ed Pawlowski

How did he indicate the "negative"? Did he use his back paw or did he scratch back to front?

Reply to
DerbyDad03

How about "nineteen and three sixteenths divided by three"? ;-)

Reply to
krw

She said: "The answer is approximately 6 point 396" and displayed:

(19 3/16)/3 = 6.39583333333

BTW, she also displays a calculator in case I want to so my own calculations.

Reply to
DerbyDad03

Hmm, didn't answer a fractional question with a fractional answer?

Reply to
krw

How much tolerance do you allow?

I'd convert in my head to 18 18/16 = 6 3/16 plus about a third of a

1/16th (actually 1/48) and make the cut. Close enough.
Reply to
Ed Pawlowski

Turned to face south. Usually faces north for math. Faces west to give temperature in Fahrenheit, east for Celsius.

Reply to
Ed Pawlowski

Electric Comet wrote in news:o6ge41$646$2 @dont-email.me:

Cortana can handle basic math, but when I throw anything more complicated at her, she just does a web search. When my hands are full, that's when I usually don't need a calculator.

Puckdropper

Reply to
Puckdropper

When I added "in sixteenths" to the question, instead of doing the math, my phone offered some links to on-line calculators that give answers in fractions.

Reply to
DerbyDad03

Ed Pawlowski wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

He's obviously not a sheep dog. They're good at rounding things up, so he would have said -250.

Puckdropper

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Puckdropper

Dog's a liar; she's horrible at math. But, she can read over DerbyDad's shoulder.

Dave in SoTex

Reply to
Dave in SoTex

Since the information given is only good to 1/16", more precision in the result wouldn't be useful.

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Reply to
krw

But that is rounding it down not up, up is -245.

Reply to
Markem

Really? So if I have a piece of something that measures 1/16" and I want to cut it into thirds, I guess I'm already done. But wait, I still only have 1 piece.

In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.

Reply to
DerbyDad03

You need to take into account the width of the Kerf. It is extremely difficult to get 3 pieces 6.00 inches long out of an

18.00 inch piece.
Reply to
clare

going to add this feature to the talking table saw fence

examples

inches 33 millimeters

millimeters 7 inches

humidity

time

13 and 11 16 times 3

air quality

temperature

open the pod bay doors

Reply to
Electric Comet

Years ago woodworkers worried about things like that, but no more. Today, you get two pieces a full 6" and a third piece that gets a trophy for participating.

Reply to
Ed Pawlowski

No, if you cut something in three, you will always have three pieces (kinda by definition). If you ask what is 1/16 divided by three, the right answer is "zero".

No, in this case theory and practice are perfectly compatable. The problem is understanding precision.

Reply to
krw

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