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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 17 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I hear they're also declaring that pi equals three.

[–] elxeno@lemm.ee 25 points 7 months ago (2 children)
[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 2 points 7 months ago

What the fuck? I can see pi being shortened to 3 for baby's first geometry problem, but 5?

[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago

I assume this is just to get people use to the idea of algebra.

[–] remotedev@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] LordPassionFruit@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago

pi = 3.1±0.05

Gotta allow for a little uncertainty, just to absolutely ruin everything.