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Pi Day (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Fun fact: 355/113 = 3.14159...
Close enough to pi so that using it for calculating the earth's circumference from its diameter is accurate to within 3 meters.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

... or to within π meters?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I chuckled

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The engineer in me wants to tell you round it up to 3.5 just to be safe. Maybe even 4 might be better...........

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Better multiply it with a safety factor of 2.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I like the way you think.