cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/2907077

I’m pretty sure you know what follows…

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A recreation of the Piper Perri Surrounded meme. A white CASIO CFX-9850GB PLUS calculator is laid on its side on a cushion while three TI-83 Plus and two TI-84 Plus calculators, all black, are standing behind the cushion. The faces of corresponding actors are shown in 4-tone pixelated pictures on each calculator’s respective screens, grayscale on the TIs and sepia-toned on the CASIO thanks to its (limited) color graphics. Words of the text “Original meme by Chaotic Neutral Czech” are used in place of the SHIFT functions on a row of keys on the Casio as a mild watermark.

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    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.deOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Yes but not in terms of market share, unfortunately. Monopolies suck. The best solution would be a standard open source operating system that would run on ARM hardware with a wide range of RAM and display support, like Java apps on midrange phones in the 2000s. And a QWERTY keyboard when rotated (we need the law changed for that to be legal in US schools). And an OK, as well as a BACK or EXIT button like CASIO. On the TI, I’ve seen programs that use MENU, DEL, CLEAR, ALPHA, SHIFT+MENU (QUIT), ON or a menu item confirmed by SHIFT (the usual OK key in games) to exit.