It is no secret that we like slide rules around the Hackaday bunker, and among our favorites are the cylindrical slide rules. [Chris Staecker] likes them, too, and recently even 3D printed a version.

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Keuffel & Esser Company, which had its headquarters in New York City, was a leading American maufacturer of slide rules and drawing instruments. Between 1961 and 1971, the company gave the Smithsonian ...

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4) The NFL should swallow its pride and adopt the college format for overtime. Period. It’s simple, it’s fair, it’s exciting. The NFL format is convoluted and, as we saw this season, can still result ...

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