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PI is what (i.imgur.com)
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[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 years ago (12 children)

I get that, it's like rounding gravitational acceleration (on earth) to 10...

But why don't they just use 3, preceded by a "pi is a little more than 3, but for now we'll round down to 3."

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Especially given that using π=3 is accurate enough for most daily use by ordinary people for ordinary things.

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