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Re:March 14 (3/14): Pi Day by jonnycat on Thursday March 14, 2024 @11:29AM (#39705271)
It's a special kind of person who cares enough about math to celebrate "pi day", but not enough to be disturbed by the approximation of 3.14.
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Re:March 14 (3/14): Pi Day by jedberg on Thursday March 14, 2024 @12:11PM (#39705771)
Even NASA only uses 15 digits because anything beyond that is unnecessary even at Universal scales.

Also if you want to be really picky, you can celebrate at 1:59 and 29 seconds.

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Re:March 14 (3/14): Pi Day by pinkorchid on Thursday March 14, 2024 @12:22PM (#39705894)
27 seconds! :)
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Re:March 14 (3/14): Pi Day by madcaptenor on Thursday March 14, 2024 @12:36PM (#39706062)
I'd thought 26, but I wasn't rounding properly. I've heard it as "thirty-four seconds before two o'clock", to obscure what time it actually refers to.
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