Happy Pi day

[goldenpeach]

It's the time of the year again where all nerds of this world rejoice and celebrate the marvelous number that is Pi!

Happy Pi day!

 

[Kevin Kyle]

If it was pie day I would probably be a little more excited. But happy Pi day to you as well.

 

BTW, have you ever searched for Pi day pie?

[Green Baron]

1 minute ago, Kevin Kyle said:

BTW, have you ever searched for Pi day pie?

It only has ~3.1 pieces ?

Happy pi day :-)

[PakledHostage]

10 minutes ago, Kevin Kyle said:

BTW, have you ever searched for Pi day pie?

I don't have to do much searching. My local grocery store had an entire bin full of pies strategically placed right by the front entrance the other day. And the social committee at work is having pies delivered to the lunch room today at 1:59. 

[YNM]

16 minutes ago, Kevin Kyle said:

... Pi day pie? ...

Would be Pi day 2π pie.

Which is why τ (tau) is better !!!!!!1!1!!!11!!!

[sevenperforce]

In honour of pi day, I present the True Meaning of Pi^TM:

Ten Science Points to the first person who knows why this represents Pi.

[ProtoJeb21]

There is no longer such thing as a “Happy Pi Day”. 2018 has effectively ruined it.

But...um....happy pi day to those who enjoy it...?

[NSEP]

Unfortunate Unexpected Death + Happy day = uhhhhhh.

Reminds me when this whole May the 4th be with you thing was on Dutch War Memorial day.

I love Pi, i use it all the time for designing circle gizmos.

[Green Baron]

12 minutes ago, sevenperforce said:

[snip]

Squaring the circle.

Assuming the sphere has a radius of 1 and the squares' edges have a length of sqrt(pi) ...

Or so. Or different. Or similar.

:-)

Edited March 14, 2018 by Green Baron

[sevenperforce]

11 minutes ago, Green Baron said:

Squaring the circle.

Assuming the sphere has a radius of 1 and the squares' edges have a length of sqrt(pi) ...

Or so. Or different. Or similar.

:-)

Cubing the sphere, actually. The cube and the sphere have equal volume. 4/3πr³ = x³.

[Delay]

How many digits of Pi do you know?

I know 42 digits, 43 with the leading 3.

[sevenperforce]

6 minutes ago, Delay said:

How many digits of Pi do you know?

I know 42 digits, 43 with the leading 3.

Obligatory:

https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=1777

Spoiler

 

Also obligatory:

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2012-07-21

Spoiler

 

[Delay]

@sevenperforceHaha!

Well, I am a science fan, not a scientist, so this is accurate.

[sevenperforce]

3 minutes ago, Delay said:

@sevenperforceHaha!

Well, I am a science fan, not a scientist, so this is accurate.

And vice versa. I'm like, "Oh, right...three point one four one five, uh, nine...ish?"

Better than my dad, who has been in the hard sciences much longer and just grunts "twenty-two sevenths!"

[Delay]

Just now, sevenperforce said:

twenty-two sevenths

22/7?

355/113 is much better!

[Kerbart]

8 minutes ago, Delay said:

22/7?

355/113 is much better!

More accurate? Yes. But better? Define  better. Multiplying with 22/7 can be done without a calculator. 355/113 is much harder in that sense. If 22/7 yields good enough results, it's much better for that reason.

It all depends on what's defined as better.

Edited March 14, 2018 by Kerbart

[stibbons]

9 hours ago, goldenpeach said:

all nerds of this world

This is where I get mildly grumpy because there's precisely one country in the world that localises dates as <month>.<day>.  We get where you're coming from, but it just doesn't work for me.

48 minutes ago, sevenperforce said:

Better than my dad, who has been in the hard sciences much longer and just grunts "twenty-two sevenths!"

And this is why the 22nd of July is the one true Pi Day.  

[sevenperforce]

41 minutes ago, Kerbart said:

More accurate? Yes. But better? Define  better. Multiplying with 22/7 can be done without a calculator. 355/113 is much harder in that sense. If 22/7 yields good enough results, it's much better for that reason.

It all depends on what's defined as better.

Exactly.

[Green Baron]

20 minutes ago, stibbons said:

This is where I get mildly grumpy because there's precisely one country in the world that localises dates as <month>.<day>.  We get where you're coming from, but it just doesn't work for me.

And this is why the 22nd of July is the one true Pi Day.  

Really ? Ahahahaha ! I wasn't even aware . I thought it was pi day per definition, like one of the saints or so.

Fool, European, that i am.

Ok, then byebye American Pie drove my ... gosh ... new earworm ...

:-)

Edited March 14, 2018 by Green Baron

[YNM]

Yeah, I was wondering why not 31 April, but then I notice it doesn't exist...

 

I'd agree on 22/7 though, they're close enough when rounded to 2 decimal places.

[DAL59]

Vi hart released her annual video!

 

[stibbons]

2 hours ago, YNM said:

I was wondering why not 31 April, but then I notice it doesn't exist...

I think what you're looking for is the 3rd of Qawl, or 25th of November.

[YNM]

8 hours ago, stibbons said:

I think what you're looking for is the 3rd of Qawl, or 25th of November.

At least for this year.

 

But I defer to my own calendar otherwise.

 

 

Seriously, 22/7 is a good approximation for all yearly dates are going to get you (some extra accuracy sometimes each 100 years if arranged to m.d.y 3.14.15) .

 

EDIT : Some better goodness.

 

Edited March 15, 2018 by YNM

[MaxwellsDemon]

On 3/14/2018 at 6:50 PM, stibbons said:

This is where I get mildly grumpy because there's precisely one country in the world that localises dates as <month>.<day>.  We get where you're coming from, but it just doesn't work for me.

And this is why the 22nd of July is the one true Pi Day.  

Aw...  that means you don't get Star Wars Day either!     "Fourth of May be with you" just doesn't make any sense.

[justidutch]

If pi was a pie, then what kind of pie would pi be?