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[-] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 73 points 1 year ago

I feel like this is not so much a meme as just a thing that is wrong.

[-] 737 48 points 1 year ago

it's a reference to some calculators wrongly approximating some values to a fraction of π

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 47 points 1 year ago

Sadly, this is so far over my head that I have to accept it as truth, spread the word with authority, and found a religion based on it

[-] Solely_a_Catt@programming.dev 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This "proof" is based on a bug in Casio calculators (tested it on the fx-991EX classwitz, got it there too)

A try to explain it is in this video by Matt Parker. Are exactly the same numbers

[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

It's not a bug, it's a feature

It's just an equation that gives you the first few digits of pi if you treat pi as a variable.

But, pi isn't a variable, so it's not a real equation.

[-] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Ahhh, gotcha! Thanks for the info :)

[-] dm_me_your_boobs@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

As a programmer, I know what a variable is. Therefore, now this all makes sense to me.

[-] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 year ago

Maybe I am also too dumb, but isn't the issue that the first equation is just wrong? It assumes that pi only equals 3.141592654

[-] Lux 19 points 1 year ago
[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

So P=p i imagine

[-] rain_worl@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

try this javascript snippet: (245850922/78256779)==Math.PI
source: some old paper that i can't find anymore, unfortunately author got burned at the stake

[-] renzev@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Try 0.1 * 3 for a real surprise

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