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borlox | 1 year ago

a) 3/14 = 0.21428571428 b) If I take reasonable date formats, it's date 2024-03-14 = 2007 today

But kudos for only taking the first three digits, 3.14, as approximation for pi, which is in nearly all cases enough. Some friends in automotive engineering even tried using pi = 3 and 2*pi = 7 for a while, and the results were good enough.

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lifthrasiir|1 year ago

You also have 22nd July the pi approximation day, which is also mentioned in Wikipedia and much more accurate.

saalweachter|1 year ago

And November 10th (November 9th, this year), as the 314th day of the year.

You can find quite a few excuses to eat pie.

mavhc|1 year ago

Much more? Or slightly more.

If the number of digits in x/y and number in a decimal version are the same, the accuracy is approximately equal

eigenket|1 year ago

2*pi = 7 is impressive, given that 6 would be closer. Thats dedication to having bad approximations haha.

mzd348|1 year ago

> Some friends in automotive engineering even tried using pi = 3

Did they end up with engine cylinders that were hexagonal in cross-section?