Earth is shaped like potatoe pi accounts for that??
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SARGE@startrek.website 10 months ago
38 digits of pi can get the circumference of the visible universe to within a single hydrogen atom.
10 digits gets the diameter of the earth to within an inch.
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Abrinoxus@lemmy.today 10 months ago
exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
10 digits gets the diameter of the earth to within an inch.
Put another way, 10 digits means that your error will be caused by your imprecise model of the Earth’s shape, rather than imprecision in the value of pi.
Gustephan@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The real comment mvp. You deserve every positive vote my post got
Zkuld@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And just two digits introduces less error than your terrible model
Test_Tickles@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Wow, what do you have against models? I mean, I know that the trope is that they aren’t very smart, but the same trope applies to firemen, so why pick on models?
TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 10 months ago
Firemen are way hotter
Hule@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well, when they’re burning…
Zkuld@lemmy.world 10 months ago
old man voice this must be that ragebait thing the youngsters are always talking about
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 10 months ago
out of curiosity… does that first fact account for the continued expansion of the universe?
SARGE@startrek.website 10 months ago
It works at the current 93 billion light years of observable universe (46ish in every direction)
alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Thank you O’Brian, I hope you have finally done the DTR with Basir