ripcord@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agoTIL NASA calculated that you only need 40 digits of Pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe, to the accuracy of 1 hydrogen atomwww.jpl.nasa.govexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10
arrow-up138arrow-down1external-linkTIL NASA calculated that you only need 40 digits of Pi to calculate the circumference of the observable universe, to the accuracy of 1 hydrogen atomwww.jpl.nasa.govripcord@kbin.social to Today I Learned@kbin.social · 1 year agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareGoodtoknowlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year ago“But why do you need such accuracy 3 or digits is fine” - some engineer probably
minus-squareUmbrias@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThey genuinely don’t need such accuracy most of the time.
“But why do you need such accuracy 3 or digits is fine” - some engineer probably
They genuinely don’t need such accuracy most of the time.