usually xkcd comics has the monopoly on techie culture and lore, but today's strip of dinosaur comics is especially good.
for today, you see, is Pi Day: March 14th, or rather, 3.14!
ho ho!
among the jovial quips that t-rex says to dromiceiomimus,
"I get it that it's celebrating the UNIVERSAL CONSTANT PI, and that it's celebrated today because 3.14159 can be translated into March 14, 1:59. But what makes pi so special? Why don't we celebrate Euler's Number Day on... February 71st?"
1 comment:
There is an isomorphism from February with 71 days into February, March and April. The cool part is that it changes for leap year, and so E-day changes from April 12 to April 11. In other words, a day to celebrate the constant E would not be constant. Oh, the irony.
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