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Christopher Becke
@BeckePhysics
9 Sep 2022
Why are phone numbers and calculator numbers in a different layout?
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emily
@emilyst
9 Sep 2022
this is a whole deep historical thing
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Aaron Parecki
@aaronpk
9 Sep 2022
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@emilyst
@BeckePhysics
yes plz give me the history
Sep 9, 2022 · 4:20 AM UTC
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emily
@emilyst
9 Sep 2022
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@aaronpk
@BeckePhysics
tl;dr the calculator hadn’t settled down yet by the time the keypad was being designed
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleph…
Telephone keypad - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
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