Or, is using 2pi so entrenched that it has become defacto regardless of utility? Kind of like DST? On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 2:16 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I agree with Dan.
On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 8:54 AM, Dan Roganti via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 8:33 AM, Adam Michlin via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
On 3/15/2018 5:36 AM, Dan Roganti via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 10:56 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2018/3/14/17119388/pi-day-pie-
math-tau-circle-constant-mathematics-circumference-diameter- radius-holiday-truth
Simple, because it's utterly ridiculous to create a constant based upon another constant using a simple coefficient, eg Tau = 2*PI All of the rationale they used in that article has no merit Tau would not exist if it were not for Pi
Actually, it is a bit more complicated than that:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcPTiiiYDs8
-Adam
yea, more rationale, I'll believe when they start selling a scientific calculator with "Tau" button Dan
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