• StThicket@reddthat.com
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    4 days ago

    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

    • Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org
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      3 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.