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fsagxyesterday at 8:35 PM2 repliesview on HN

I didn't get it, so I looked it up.

22/7 ~= 3.14


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emmelaichyesterday at 10:33 PM

Actually closer to π and matches the more sensible date format.

(Yes this is worth fighting over!)

fuzztestertoday at 12:24 AM

355 / 113

( = 3.1415929204 )

is one approximation I have read about, attributed by some, to ancient or medieval Indian or Chinese mathematicians.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximations_of_pi