Just in case anyone missed it, but today is π-day.
Dunno if this could be considered a literary day, but you'd need all
existing and non-existing books in the world to overwrite them with π's
decimal expansion or what's it called.
Yet in principle one could serve π-pie at exact π-time,
day-hour-second-etc-wise.

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guido wugi

Ar an ceathrú lá déag de mí Márta, scríobh wugi:

> Just in case anyone missed it, but today is π-day.

My habit is to read US dates in a weak version of boustrophedon, so with
3/14/2024 I start reading the fourteen, then the three, then the 2024. I
haven’t managed to shift mental gear to read them as an authentic
estadounidense does. What do you do?

> Dunno if this could be considered a literary day, but you'd need all existing
> and non-existing books in the world to overwrite them with π's decimal
> expansion or what's it called.
> Yet in principle one could serve π-pie at exact π-time,
> day-hour-second-etc-wise.

And with the difficulty of measuring very small differences in time, and the
inherent coarseness in time of the act of serving pie, with current technology
it is as achievable as it ever will be.

--
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)

Op 14/03/2024 om 19:04 schreef Aidan Kehoe:
>
> Ar an ceathrú lá déag de mí Márta, scríobh wugi:
>
> > Just in case anyone missed it, but today is π-day.
>
> My habit is to read US dates in a weak version of boustrophedon, so with
> 3/14/2024 I start reading the fourteen, then the three, then the 2024. I
> haven’t managed to shift mental gear to read them as an authentic
> estadounidense does. What do you do?

We in Europe read it 14/3/2024.
And as I just saw it confirmed while reading our ng nl.taal, here we
celebrate π-day the 31st of April, which we then rename to the 1st of
May. It's a transcendental affair of sorts, as you can see ;-)

> > Dunno if this could be considered a literary day, but you'd need all existing
> > and non-existing books in the world to overwrite them with π's decimal
> > expansion or what's it called.
> > Yet in principle one could serve π-pie at exact π-time,
> > day-hour-second-etc-wise.
>
> And with the difficulty of measuring very small differences in time, and the
> inherent coarseness in time of the act of serving pie, with current technology
> it is as achievable as it ever will be.

Write you are, rong it can't get.

--
guido wugi

Ar an ceathrú lá déag de mí Márta, scríobh wugi:

> [...] And as I just saw it confirmed while reading our ng nl.taal, here we
> celebrate π-day the 31st of April, which we then rename to the 1st of May.
> It's a transcendental affair of sorts, as you can see ;-)

Elegant!

--
‘As I sat looking up at the Guinness ad, I could never figure out /
How your man stayed up on the surfboard after fourteen pints of stout’
(C. Moore)

Op 15/03/2024 om 8:00 schreef Aidan Kehoe:
>
> Ar an ceathrú lá déag de( mí Márta, scríobh wugi:
>
> > [...] And as I just saw it confirmed while reading our ng nl.taal, here we
> > celebrate π-day the 31st of April, which we then rename to the 1st of May.
> > It's a transcendental affair of sorts, as you can see ;-)
>
> Elegant!

Even more than I thought: 31/4 -- 1/5... (3.1415...)

--
guido wugi

wugi wrote:

> Just in case anyone missed it, but today is π-day.
> Dunno if this could be considered a literary day, but you'd need all
> existing and non-existing books in the world to overwrite them with π's
> decimal expansion or what's it called.
> Yet in principle one could serve π-pie at exact π-time, day-hour-second-etc-wise.



did anyone do anything with CADAE... ?


they also celebrate the 6-28 day. (FW has 628 pages)

i'm Pi-lingual. -- i suppose this is common for ppl here, at Sci.Lang

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Pi Day (March 14th)

Celebrates the mathematical constant pi (π), which represents the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.

The date (3/14) reflects the first three digits of pi (3.14).

Popular ways to celebrate include eating pie (a delicious pun!), memorizing decimal places of pi, and attending pi-themed events.

Pi-lingual == A play on words combining "pi" with "multilingual."

It can refer to:

Knowing or using multiple representations of pi (e.g., mathematical notation, decimal expansion).

Celebrating Pi Day in different languages [search pi day celebration reading pi pi digits in many
languages]

A fun classroom theme for learning about pi.

Op 17/03/2024 om 21:28 schreef HenHanna:
> wugi wrote:
>
>> Just in case anyone missed it, but today is π-day.
>> Dunno if this could be considered a literary day, but you'd need all
>> existing and non-existing books in the world to overwrite them with
>> π's decimal expansion or what's it called.
>> Yet in principle one could serve π-pie at exact π-time,
>> day-hour-second-etc-wise.
>          did anyone do anything with  CADAE...  ?
>
>
>  they also celebrate  the 6-28  day.         (FW has 628 pages)
>
>   i'm  Pi-lingual. --  i suppose this is common for ppl here, at Sci.Lang
>
> __________________________________________
>
>
> Pi Day (March 14th)
>
> Celebrates the mathematical constant pi (π), which represents the ratio
> of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
>
> The date (3/14) reflects the first three digits of pi (3.14).
>
> Popular ways to celebrate include eating pie (a delicious pun!),
> memorizing decimal places of pi, and attending pi-themed events.
>
> Pi-lingual == A play on words combining "pi" with "multilingual."
[...]

I'd expect '... with "bi-lingual".'

Let's celebrate some more math days, eg:

Thue-Morse [or Abba] days (and dates) of the form
ab/ba, or
ab/ba/baab.
And
4/12
(Am. or Eur.;) for their (and Prouhet's) constant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prouhet%E2%80%93Thue%E2%80%93Morse_constant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thue%E2%80%93Morse_sequence

My ("Thue-Morse") "Fraktet" BTW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGZ2aG_yviU&list=PL5xDSSE1qfb6ybEuZ5XWxpKUIFKdO9rK7&index=13

Also Piano Day
29/03 (or 03/29),
the 88th day, incidentally my birthday (maybe that's why I like playing
some :o).
Oh bother, this year it's
28/03.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_Day

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guido wugi