• billwashere@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    At one time I knew pi to thirty places. Then I read somewhere that it really doesn’t need to be that precise. So for example, if you were measuring the circumference of the earth using π = 3.14159 vs π = 3.141592653589793 it only changes the circumference by fractions of a millimeter at this scale. I can’t measure a 24 inch piece of wood with that amount of accuracy.

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      8 days ago

      The circumference of the Earth is somewhat subjective at that scale anyway, since it also depends on where you decide the radius stops.

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        7 days ago

        Well yeah since we really aren’t a perfect sphere. Not to mention elevation, buildings, etc.