Tau Day was first. specifically created as a day to promote tau over pi being used (because 2 pi is always better than one.) (sorry. sorry. Couldn’t resist.)
consπracy!
Submitted 8 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 8 months ago
fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 months ago
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m curious. How long were you sitting on that?
lugal@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Tau isn’t real, it’s a social construct. Think about it: did you ever see tau in nature? “I have eaten tau apples” said no one ever. Face it: it’s made up by humans and isn’t real in any meaningful way
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 8 months ago
considering that pi is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to it’s diameter, where tau is the ratio of a circles circumference to it’s radius, anywhere you see 2pi in nature, you’re seeing tau, too.
Don’t mind me. I just like making bad math puns; so 2pi will always be better than 1. (especially around my family… quite vociferous about which pie is best. Apple, btw.)
Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 8 months ago
Idk, the HL tau cannon is pretty dope
SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Tau is heresy, being foul xenos and all
Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
People working together for the greater good? Bad.
Space Christo-fascism? Good.
WH40K memes are weak.
anothercatgirl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 months ago
honestly I think I wanna write (2*pi) every time I need tau just to avoid confusing others. Maybe make it auto-subsitute or something. But many mechanical engineers have no idea why to use tau and use 2pi instead.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 8 months ago
Just use 1/2 tau anytime you need pi instead. Eventually they’ll learn.
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 8 months ago
If it’s a conspiracy, it’s one I can get down with. My college was celebrating today by having free mini one person pies available for students and staff. They were just cheap store ones, but that helped make my lunch easier to decide on.
sirico@feddit.uk 8 months ago
The rest of the world but 14.3 isn’t pi
WowSuchInternetz@lemmy.world 8 months ago
One math please.
Ethanol@pawb.social 8 months ago
if you want to know the percentage of something (e.g.: 6% of 50) you can swap the numbers around: 6% of 50 = 50% of 6 = 3
that is because it’s simply a multiplication, 6% of 50 = 6/100 * 50 = 6 * 50/100 = 50% of 6
BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br 8 months ago
Sell more meth
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
The hype over it is totally irrational.
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
The circumference of a circle divided by the diameter is exactly three.
Big Math just made up all this bullshit about there being an infinite number of digits after the three to sell more expensive calculators.
Kanda@reddthat.com 8 months ago
Hey kids, you wanna buy some math?
mumblerfish@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s a plot by Big Math.
xthexder@l.sw0.com 8 months ago
It’s a plot on this graph 📈