On: A joke in approximating numbers raised to irrational powers

[m463]

pi = 3.2

(that is an assignment statement)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_pi_bill

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My aero engineering friend from university winds me up every time I see him saying that pi = 22/7 - I finally stopped getting angry, checked and it’s pretty good! I’m still glad he didn’t decide to design planes after he graduated though!

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Fun fact, in the book Life Of Pi, the kid stays exactly 227 days on the boat with the tiger.

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That was a near miss for the industry, real aerospace nerds use 355/113 ...