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Re:Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verif... by Zak on Thursday February 12, 2026 @11:51PM (#46999055)
In 1897, the Indiana general assembly passed a bill declaring the value of pi to be 3.2. The senate was wise enough to postpone it indefinitely.
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Re:Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verif... by vonunov on Friday February 13, 2026 @01:54AM (#46999719)
Now I'm just burning to know how the debate about which way to round it went down
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Re:Welcoming Discord users amidst the challenge of Age Verif... by Zak on Friday February 13, 2026 @09:45AM (#47003299)
It was a scheme to sell math textbooks involving a purported method for squaring the circle which depended on that incorrect value of pi. Squaring the circle had already been proven impossible, but that didn't stop them from trying.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kionasmith/2018/02/05/indianas-...

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