<story><title>Classic Calculator Was Reverse Engineered from the Bare Metal</title><url>https://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/this-classic-calculator-was-literally-reverse-engineered-from-the-bare-metal</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>thaumasiotes</author><text>&amp;gt; The Sinclair Scientific was able to reduce complexity by using reverse Polish notation, in which mathematical operators come after the numbers they are operating on—for instance, “5 + 4 =” becomes “5 4 +.”&lt;p&gt;This is a great example of a place where you shouldn&amp;#x27;t use punc-quote formatting. There is no . key on the calculator, but that&amp;#x27;s not obvious while you&amp;#x27;re reading the article.</text></comment>
<story><title>Classic Calculator Was Reverse Engineered from the Bare Metal</title><url>https://spectrum.ieee.org/geek-life/hands-on/this-classic-calculator-was-literally-reverse-engineered-from-the-bare-metal</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Qasaur</author><text>Somewhat off-topic, but why does the IEEE (a non-profit) have annoying ads on their site? I&amp;#x27;m not using an ad-blocker and as soon as I clicked the link I was bombarded by one big half-page ad and a bunch of other ads that are irrelevant to the content of the article.&lt;p&gt;I would have thought that their &lt;i&gt;very&lt;/i&gt; expensive membership fees and article&amp;#x2F;publication fees would have covered their operating expenses.</text></comment>