Comment on Order of magnitude is a hell of a drug

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TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

The “true value of pi” is too large for any computer to store. Our current understanding of numbers says it’s an infinite number of digits. On the other hand, any number you use to multiply with pi is far less than an infinite number of digits. So you get the correct answer, with no worse precision than your input value, using the approximations of pi.

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