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minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·5 days agoWhat’s the significance of that number? It’s less than 0.1 away from tau, but somehow I doubt that’s it…
minus-squareeasily3667@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35arrow-down1·5 days agoI assumed the number is not significant, figure it’s just supposed to mock the idea that physicists don’t know what tolerances are.
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoAn experimental physicist should know as far as I know meanwhile a real (theoretical) physicist would probably not even touch numbers that have those scary decimals.
minus-squareAlbinoPython@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoI can’t be arsed to check but I think it’s 2 pi which is useful when dealing with sine waves.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days ago2 pi is tau, which is what I said it’s less than 0.1 away from, but still not equal to.
minus-squareTangledHyphae@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoReminds me of: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1292:_Pi_vs._Tau And: https://www.tauday.com/tau-manifesto
What’s the significance of that number? It’s less than 0.1 away from tau, but somehow I doubt that’s it…
I assumed the number is not significant, figure it’s just supposed to mock the idea that physicists don’t know what tolerances are.
An experimental physicist should know as far as I know meanwhile a real (theoretical) physicist would probably not even touch numbers that have those scary decimals.
I can’t be arsed to check but I think it’s 2 pi which is useful when dealing with sine waves.
2 pi is tau, which is what I said it’s less than 0.1 away from, but still not equal to.
Reminds me of: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1292:_Pi_vs._Tau
And: https://www.tauday.com/tau-manifesto