• NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
    6·
    8 months ago

    What’s wrong with me, why am I getting so annoyed that the other comments are acting like there’s actually a chance it’s right? Are they just being funny, or do they actually think the question “what’s the last digit of pi” makes sense? Even if they’re wrong, why should I care?!

    • nieceandtowsEnglish
      3·
      8 months ago

      What is wrong with you is that you’re not realizing that your niche knowledge is not common knowledge.

      • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        8 months ago

        It’s not common knowledge that the digits of pi go on forever?

        (I think I’m asking this as a rhetorical question but I suppose I have to upgrade it to a genuine question)

        • nieceandtowsEnglish
          2·
          8 months ago

          It’s common knowledge, yes, but most people don’t care about differentiating between a humongously large number we are not capable of calculating vs an infinite number that can never be calculated even if we have a machine powerful enough to do it, because it’s not relevant to pretty much any day to day life.

    • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      iirc it can potentially make sense in the event that our universe turns out to be simulated and subject to floating point errors.

      • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
        2·
        8 months ago

        Nah, pi arises purely from math, it doesn’t depend on the universe. The number we call pi would still be an irrational number even if the universe is a simulation that uses a rational approximation of pi.