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minus-squareStThicket@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days agoTo a mathematician, pi is 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993 To an engineer, pi is 3 The joke is basically the same, since you get resistors in certain values, and it’s necessary to select the value closest to the one you need
minus-squareSchadrach@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days ago To an engineer, pi is 3 No, to an engineer pi is 22/7, 355/113 if your tolerances are really tight. 3 is pi to a theologist, because that’s what the Bible uses.
To a mathematician, pi is 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993
To an engineer, pi is 3
The joke is basically the same, since you get resistors in certain values, and it’s necessary to select the value closest to the one you need
No, to an engineer pi is 22/7, 355/113 if your tolerances are really tight. 3 is pi to a theologist, because that’s what the Bible uses.