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Happy Pi Day!
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The discussion celebrates Pi Day, acknowledging its significance and Albert Einstein's birthday. Participants share links to Pi facts and humorously note the timing of the celebration, with one suggesting that Pi should be celebrated as a specific instant rather than a day. An alternative concept, Radian Day, is introduced, proposing a celebration based on the Earth's orbit relative to the Sun, with specific dates depending on leap years. The conversation blends mathematical appreciation with light-hearted commentary.
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Well, not here anymore. But (belated) happy 146th birthday, Albert!diogenesNY said:
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Thanks for the thought, but At 3:49+AM? I'm not that much of a night owl! (usually)diogenesNY said:
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Instead of Pi day, it should be Pi instant. It would occur on the 14th of March at 3:23:53 am plus 0.6052271 seconds. It would be widely celebrated by subatomic particles.
Or there could be Radian Day. It's measured relative to the beginning of the New Year. Since then the Earth has travelled a distance in its orbit that is the same as its distance from the Sun. In a leap year Radian Day would be February 29th, otherwise March 1st.
Or there could be Radian Day. It's measured relative to the beginning of the New Year. Since then the Earth has travelled a distance in its orbit that is the same as its distance from the Sun. In a leap year Radian Day would be February 29th, otherwise March 1st.
Similar to the 2024 thread, here I start the 2025 thread. As always it is getting increasingly difficult to predict, so I will make a list based on other article predictions. You can also leave your prediction here.
Here are the predictions of 2024 that did not make it:
Peter Shor, David Deutsch and all the rest of the quantum computing community (various sources)
Pablo Jarrillo Herrero, Allan McDonald and Rafi Bistritzer for magic angle in twisted graphene (various sources)
Christoph...
I believe it was the summer of 2001 that I made a trip to Peru for my work. I was a private contractor doing automation engineering and programming for various companies, including Frito Lay. Frito had purchased a snack food plant near Lima, Peru, and sent me down to oversee the upgrades to the systems and the startup. Peru was still suffering the ills of a recent civil war and I knew it was dicey, but the money was too good to pass up.
It was a long trip to Lima; about 14 hours of airtime...
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