RobotToaster@mander.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoTIL that Indiana’s House of Representatives once unanimously passed a bill to make Pi exactly 3.2www.scientificamerican.comexternal-linkmessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1457arrow-down15
arrow-up1452arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Indiana’s House of Representatives once unanimously passed a bill to make Pi exactly 3.2www.scientificamerican.comRobotToaster@mander.xyz to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agomessage-square64linkfedilink
minus-squareCosmicTurtle0 [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·12 days agoI sort of get NIST doing something like this. I think even NASA rounds pi to 8 digits since that gets them within a diameter of a hydrogen atom. The purpose of NIST is not necessarily accuracy but consistency.
I sort of get NIST doing something like this. I think even NASA rounds pi to 8 digits since that gets them within a diameter of a hydrogen atom.
The purpose of NIST is not necessarily accuracy but consistency.