And just two digits introduces less error than your terrible model
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SARGE@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
38 digits of pi can get the circumference of the visible universe to within a single hydrogen atom.
10 digits gets the diameter of the earth to within an inch.
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Zkuld@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Wow, what do you have against models? I mean, I know that the trope is that they aren’t very smart, but the same trope applies to firemen, so why pick on models?
Zkuld@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
old man voice this must be that ragebait thing the youngsters are always talking about
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Firemen are way hotter
Hule@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well, when they’re burning…
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
out of curiosity… does that first fact account for the continued expansion of the universe?
SARGE@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
It works at the current 93 billion light years of observable universe (46ish in every direction)
Gustephan@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The real comment mvp. You deserve every positive vote my post got
alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Thank you O’Brian, I hope you have finally done the DTR with Basir
Abrinoxus@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Earth is shaped like potatoe pi accounts for that??
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Put another way, 10 digits means that your error will be caused by your imprecise model of the Earth’s shape, rather than imprecision in the value of pi.