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A little mathematics joke on PI day (3/14/2024)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 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.