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  • Re: Totally OT: Colliding blocks that compute pi

    From Tom Del Rosso@fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com to comp.misc,sci.electronics.design on Sun May 4 11:35:19 2025
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    Sylvia Else wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTyOl1fmDo

    But WHY does it compute pi in base ten?
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  • From Sylvia Else@sylvia@email.invalid to comp.misc,sci.electronics.design on Sun May 4 23:41:01 2025
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    On 04-May-25 11:35 pm, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
    Sylvia Else wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTyOl1fmDo

    But WHY does it compute pi in base ten?


    Because the right hand mass is increased by a factor of 10^2 each time.
    If it were increased, say, by a factor of 9^2, then the digits would be
    of Pi in base 9.

    Sylvia.
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  • From Tom Del Rosso@fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com to comp.misc,sci.electronics.design on Sun May 4 12:12:04 2025
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    Sylvia Else wrote:
    On 04-May-25 11:35 pm, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
    Sylvia Else wrote:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTyOl1fmDo

    But WHY does it compute pi in base ten?


    Because the right hand mass is increased by a factor of 10^2 each
    time. If it were increased, say, by a factor of 9^2, then the digits
    would be of Pi in base 9.

    Yeah, I hadn't watched it for a long time, but I just realized that as
    soon as I started to review it.
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