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[–] mumblerfish 46 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's a plot by Big Math.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

It's a plot on this graph 📈

[–] FuglyDuck 35 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Tau Day was first. specifically created as a day to promote tau over pi being taught in schools. (because 2 pi is always better than one.) (sorry. sorry. Couldn't resist.)

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

[–] FuglyDuck 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m curious. How long were you sitting on that?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

5 mins.

[–] FuglyDuck 8 points 8 months ago

Well it got a good laugh out of me.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Tau isn't real, it's a social construct. Think about it: did you ever see tau in nature? "I have eaten tau apples" said no one ever. Face it: it's made up by humans and isn't real in any meaningful way

[–] FuglyDuck 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)

considering that pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to it's diameter, where tau is the ratio of a circles circumference to it's radius, anywhere you see 2pi in nature, you're seeing tau, too.

Don't mind me. I just like making bad math puns; so 2pi will always be better than 1. (especially around my family... quite vociferous about which pie is best. Apple, btw.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't make this about pi! We both know tau is fake and as long as we don't speak about pi, all is fine

[–] FuglyDuck 6 points 8 months ago

I don’t see why not. Pi is delicious, so it’s logical that 2pi is more so,

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

2pi is always what you see. I don't think there's a situation it's ever alone. It may look like it is sometimes, but that because it was divided by two already wherever the formula was derived from. Tau is the actual useful number, and 1/2 Tau somehow became mainstream

[–] FuglyDuck 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yep. I linked the Tau manifesto in my original comment for any one curious. It’s a math and engineering nerd rant, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

you can create any number by multiplying pi by another number. Checkmate rest of the numbers

[–] FuglyDuck 1 points 8 months ago

So… is that like, an antiprime?

(Yes, my math teacher hated me. To be fair, he cared more about coaching football. He was an awful math teacher.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Idk, the HL tau cannon is pretty dope

Also, everything we say is made up by humans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

τ is a lie by Big Τ to sell more τ

[–] SkybreakerEngineer 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Tau is heresy, being foul xenos and all

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

People working together for the greater good? Bad.

Space Christo-fascism? Good.

WH40K memes are weak.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It’s definitely fascist, absolutely nothing to do with christianity.

Which, to be fair, doesn’t really differentiate it from christo-fascism does it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

The whole thing is steeped in Christian thematics and iconography.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Math lab

[–] WowSuchInternetz 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

One math please.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

if you want to know the percentage of something (e.g.: 6% of 50) you can swap the numbers around: 6% of 50 = 50% of 6 = 3
that is because it's simply a multiplication, 6% of 50 = 6/100 * 50 = 6 * 50/100 = 50% of 6

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

If it's a conspiracy, it's one I can get down with. My college was celebrating today by having free mini one person pies available for students and staff. They were just cheap store ones, but that helped make my lunch easier to decide on.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

The rest of the world but 14.3 isn't pi

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

The circumference of a circle divided by the diameter is exactly three.

Big Math just made up all this bullshit about there being an infinite number of digits after the three to sell more expensive calculators.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

The hype over it is totally irrational.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Hey kids, you wanna buy some math?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Sell more meth