Happy Super Pi Day

10 points by metasean 11y ago ↗ HN

From Wikipedia:

>In the year 2015, Pi Day will have special significance on 3/14/15 at 9:26:53 a.m. and p.m., with the date and time representing the first 10 digits of π. That same second will also contain a precise instant corresponding to all of the digits of π. However, some argue that 9:26:54 a.m. and p.m. on 3/14/15 are more accurate because of the 11th digit of π being 5, which would cause the 10th digit to round up to 4.

>A sequential time will occur on 3/14/15 at 9:26:53.58979... following the sequence of pi to all digits.

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I'm celebrating by being a geek at a Code Camp, and of course, having some pie with dinner.

Are you celebrating this Super Pi Day? If so, how?

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metasean 11y ago ↗

Mashable has some more interesting facts about Pi day - http://mashable.com/2015/03/13/perfect-pi-day/

Edit to add:

I'm not sure how I missed mentioning - http://www.piday.org/

It looks like the most entertaining way to celebrate it will be at the National Museum of Mathematics, in NYC, which is doing a glow-in-the-dark demonstration of Pi - http://www.wtrf.com/story/28282610/national-museum-of-mathem...

erkose 11y ago ↗

Not for most of the world where the date format is 14/3/15.

metasean 11y ago ↗

I typically use an ISO format (e.g. 2015-03-14), but this seems like a day to enjoy a fun, numerical, side effect of the United States' date formatting.

kazinator 11y ago ↗

But that is a date convention for innumerates. Any assocation between pi and MM/DD/YY is ironically tragic (or vice versa).