Comment on Let π = 5

• Jimbo@yiffit.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We all have phones with calculators, don’t really need to do napkin math anymore

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  • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Depends on the level of precision you need. If I want the volume in a 500 foot long, 3 inch pipe to roughly estimate how much supply I need to order, I wouldn’t need a calculator. It would very roughly be 90-95 ft3. (Divide 500 by 4 two times and multiple by 3)

    Then I would spend 5 minutes double checking myself haha.

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• maniclucky@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I suppose. I’m still internally outraged and haven’t run into such a situation before, but I accept this.

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  • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    To be fair most of the situations where I’ve run into this have never involved pi, and sometimes it’s just qualitative.

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    • maniclucky@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That makes sense. I feel like if you’re at the point where pi is meaningfully involved, you should probably do your math.

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      • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah I agree. It isn’t that hard to set up things in Excel to get a decent answer.

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