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[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

I myself once learned 380 digits of π, when I was a crazy high-school kid. My never-attained ambition was to reach the spot, 762 digits out in the decimal expansion, where it goes "999999", so that I could recite it out loud, come to those six 9s, and then impishly say, "and so on!"

—Douglas Hofstadter

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 day ago

That would be an amazing party trick.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 day ago

Actually come to think of it, even more amazing in the age of smart phones, when it's possible to easily verify to numbers you're reciting.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

Well said.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

Thanks!

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

You're welcome.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

Haha

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

Haha.

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