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For practical purposes, I think the way to get the most out of celestial navigation can be stated in five rules. 1. Take five and average. 2. Non decimalis carborundum. (Don't drown in the decimals.) 3. Keep your altitudes between 10° and 70°. 4. Use a calculator for sight reduction from your DR. 5. Don't pass up a sight because it doesn't fit the rules.

I get verklempt if I see a vintage TI-30 or TI-54 calculator. But I don't think I'd want to use one.

Calculating your BMI is relatively easy: You can visit one of the scores of online BMI calculators, or you can grab a calculator and calculate it on your own. To do so, multiply your weight in pounds by 703. Then divide that twice by your height in inches. For example, if you weigh 200 pounds and are 71 inches tall (five foot eleven), that would be (200 × 703) ÷ 71 ÷ 71 = 27.9, a BMI indicating that you would be, unfortunately, significantly overweight.

Klarman has a wonderful line: "Value investing is at its core the marriage of a contrarian streak and a calculator."35 He's saying that you have to be different from others and focus on gaps between price and value. This idea extends well beyond the world of investing.