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Happy Pi Day Doctor Q!
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Haven't eaten one since 2015.
72. I memorized them when I was a pre-teen and haven't had a need for more accuracy than that while I spend hours each day working on my project to trisect an angle with a straightedge and compass.
Don't forget the important number nfr (ancient Egypt), aka śūnya (India, 200 BC) aka ṣifr (10th century Persia), aka zephyrum (Fibonacci, 12th century). We know it by another name these days, so it might be worth looking up!
Come on I thought you were a professional. Your reply was at 3:13 local time. Close but no cigar!
Saw mention of Pi Day somewhere else on the internet and immediately thought of you, Doctor Q!!! Happy Pi Day!
Agree, one of the big mistake of the Roman Empire was not to adjust to this numeric concept. Written in year MMXVII.
I think we might've invented the next version of Rorschach testing.
Yep, I must have father and hoarding issues.
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If you look at obeygiant's animation above, can you perceive it as a sphere with a 3D triangular solid attached, such that the sphere rotates horizontally and/or vertically to reveal the solid, while the triangle shaped solid does not change size? I can see it that way, at least briefly, if I try. It's somewhat like the way you perceive this image as a rotating sector of a circle, rather than straight and curved lines that change size.
I can, but I think the 3D triangular solid would need to move freely relative to the sphere to be viewed from every angle the animation reveals.
Who's ready for Billion And a Half Day on Thursday or Friday, depending on your time zone?
That's when Unix time will reach 1,500,000,000! Whoo-hoo!
What will you do to celebrate? I will find some geeky way to recognize this important occasion, which happens to coincide with a dinner party I'm hosting tomorrow. I hope I don't scare away the guests!
How much is 1.5 billion?
Do you have other equally exciting facts about 1.5 billion to share?
Thursday, July 13, 2017 7:40:00 PM PDT
Thursday, July 13, 2017 10:40:00 PM EDT
Friday, July 14, 2017 2:40:00 AM GMT
Thursday, July 13, 2017 10:40:00 PM EDT
Friday, July 14, 2017 2:40:00 AM GMT
That's when Unix time will reach 1,500,000,000! Whoo-hoo!
What will you do to celebrate? I will find some geeky way to recognize this important occasion, which happens to coincide with a dinner party I'm hosting tomorrow. I hope I don't scare away the guests!
How much is 1.5 billion?
Storing a digital encoding of the entire diploid human genome requires 1.5 billion bytes.
There are 1.5 billion logged-in YouTube users each month.
Theresa May made a £1.5 billion deal with the Democratic Unionist Party.
Lactobacillus Acidophilus/Bifidobacterium Animalis is a chewable probiotic tablet with 1.5 billion cells.
1.5 billion tires die annually.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimated that the annual U.S. consumption of helium is 1.5 billion cubic feet.
1.5 billion people have poor or no lights.
The first evidence of fossil eukaryotes appeared 1.5 billion years ago.
1.5 billion people are infected with parasitic worms. Ewww.
India will have a population of 1.5 billion in 2030.
1.5 billion South African rands is worth about $112 million.
Americans mailed 1.5 billion Christmas cards in 2010.
There are 1.5 billion logged-in YouTube users each month.
Theresa May made a £1.5 billion deal with the Democratic Unionist Party.
Lactobacillus Acidophilus/Bifidobacterium Animalis is a chewable probiotic tablet with 1.5 billion cells.
1.5 billion tires die annually.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimated that the annual U.S. consumption of helium is 1.5 billion cubic feet.
1.5 billion people have poor or no lights.
The first evidence of fossil eukaryotes appeared 1.5 billion years ago.
1.5 billion people are infected with parasitic worms. Ewww.
India will have a population of 1.5 billion in 2030.
1.5 billion South African rands is worth about $112 million.
Americans mailed 1.5 billion Christmas cards in 2010.
Do you have other equally exciting facts about 1.5 billion to share?
By 2072 that's how many posts you will need to hit the top spot in the Top 50 Posters chart!
Here is a 1.5 billion pixel image of the Andromeda Galaxy, courtesy of NASA. If your monitor is less than 1.5 billion pixels, you can use the viewer to zoom and zoom and zoom and zoom in and out.
Jumping the gun a little here in 2018, but I wanted Doctor Q to have plenty of time to make these pies in honor of Pi Day!! 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...regional-hp-cards_rhp-card-food:homepage/card
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...regional-hp-cards_rhp-card-food:homepage/card
Ready for Pi Day here... starting early in case we lose power in the snowstorm overnight. Not sure why the artwork of my Orange Pi was arranged to look like a logarithmic spiral though... that's a completely different irrational number. ?! Oh well. Artistic license duly noted. I just liked the hot colors.
