slide rule
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As MarketWatch has recently written, hedge-fund manager Harris “Kuppy” Kupperman, among others, has already run a slide rule over the math of the AI mania and found it comes up short.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 14, 2025
He had a knack for math—“I used to do slide rule speed competitions,” he confesses—and majored in physics at Texas A&M University, College Station.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 27, 2022
For that exam, he said, he brought a slide rule with him.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2022
When I first met Gail, polio seemed as extinct as a slide rule or a party line.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2021
There were several colors of pencils, even a slide rule, at which she was frowning.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
