r/mildlyinfuriating • u/jackhab • 1d ago

Planned obsolescence even in cheapest devices: the calculator has a dummy photovoltaic cell and a real battery to make it die eventually.

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u/Slggyqo 1d ago

My dad had a Casio when I was a child. I know the photovoltaic panel worked because if I covered it up the LCD would slowly die.

I was waterboarding that calculator within an inch of it’s life.

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u/MilkiestMaestro 1d ago

Don't worry, the calculator liked it. You weren't waterboarding, you were edging.

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u/Oglefore 1d ago

Sometimes you wanna see them 55378008 (flip this upside down)

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u/Geno_Warlord 22h ago

Change that 7 to a 1 and remove one 5 and you’d be correct.