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Re:I struggle to believe that AI R&D is ingenious by altcognito on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:27AM (#50391554)
Most calculators use 14-15 digits of pi even if they only show 10. It would be hard to come up with a case where for single calculations this was not “sufficient”.
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Re:I struggle to believe that AI R&D is ingenious by aamargulies on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:31AM (#50391588)
Not hard: Number theory.
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Re:I struggle to believe that AI R&D is ingenious by sandworm101 on Friday November 06, 2026 @07:38AM (#50391632)
Radians? Do any math where Pi is a base number and the errors cumulate quickly.
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Re:I struggle to believe that AI R&D is ingenious by altcognito on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:35AM (#50404899)
Single calculation.
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