| ▲ | everfree 5 hours ago | |
Generally when I want to use a calculator, I use an app on my phone or computer. The watts per task is abysmal compared to a desk calculator. The app is less efficient only in an abstract, impractical way. | ||
| ▲ | bayindirh 5 hours ago | parent [-] | |
> The watts per task is abysmal compared to a desk calculator. It depends on the calculator and task at hand. Consider graphing, integration or any programmable needs, and they might converge. ALU of a processor is pretty efficient at what it does. > The app is less efficient only in an abstract, impractical way. Again, depends, as I said above. You tend to brush efficiency away because you only mentally measure time to completion, only, which is understandable. | ||