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cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/12236757

A little mathematics joke on PI day (3/14/2024)

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[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago

What is wrong with you is that you're not realizing that your niche knowledge is not common knowledge.

[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago

It's not common knowledge that the digits of pi go on forever?

(I think I'm asking this as a rhetorical question but I suppose I have to upgrade it to a genuine question)

[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

It's common knowledge, yes, but most people don't care about differentiating between a humongously large number we are not capable of calculating vs an infinite number that can never be calculated even if we have a machine powerful enough to do it, because it's not relevant to pretty much any day to day life.

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