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One of these is not allowed on my uni exams because of its feature set. (infosec.pub)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by vaionko@sopuli.xyz to c/calculators@midwest.social

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It's the one on the left. We're allowed any calculator that's not programmable and cannot store text. The Elektronika can be programmed though it cannot store a program when turned off.

Nevermind the Casio's ability to solve, integrate, derivate, deal with complex numbers and matrices and more

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[–] NaibofTabr 10 points 9 months ago (3 children)

If you can write and store an arbitrary program then it's pretty simple to write a "program" that just prints out an answer key/cheat sheet on demand, which is generally the issue that these kinds of rules are trying to solve.

Having a tool that can solve complex problems and knowing how to use it is not an issue that needs to be solved.

[–] dm319@fosstodon.org 1 points 9 months ago

@NaibofTabr @vaionko I think you just require that programs are cleared for exams.

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