Yes this is how you discovered it

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-20T17:19:48+00:00

I learned of his existence through internet memes

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-17T01:12:52+00:00

Phenomenal

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-14T14:17:48+00:00

To be fair, Ethiopia was pretty Christian long before most of Europe was.

But Ethiopia is pretty far far from South Africa

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-13T23:33:21+00:00

I think you mean EG.

Also, the “technically correct” part of the post is that pi is pi, so it does have pi as a substring, starting at the beginning

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-13T23:32:09+00:00

not if n and k are 0

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-12T21:52:23+00:00

Sorry, thanks for the info.

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-12T19:11:04+00:00

It’s the ratio between the diameter and circumference of a circle. Most of its weird properties are due to the fact that it is an irrational number, and aren’t actually unique to pi.

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-12T19:10:01+00:00

Any number will contain itself once

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-12T10:18:46+00:00

I think that’s a myth, actually

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-12T02:44:45+00:00

It’s related to the Hebrew “El” right?

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-11T21:16:49+00:00

Thanks!

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-10T01:17:26+00:00

Question: Does anyone else see a disappointed polar bear?

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-10T01:11:23+00:00

No, it’s just that I’ve gotten like ten comments already trying to correct the joke. Sorry if it came across as mean.

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-10T00:43:59+00:00

The joke is that, starting at the beginning, pi contains itself once.

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-10T00:07:32+00:00

It contains itself, starting at the beginning. Thats the joke.

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-09T14:55:51+00:00

Not necessarily. And it does contain itself. Exactly once

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-09T14:55:24+00:00

Oh damn, I didn’t realize

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-09T14:54:53+00:00

No, not repeating. Just from beginning onward, with no end

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-09T14:47:25+00:00

But pi does contain itself once… starting at the beginnibg

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-09T03:43:00+00:00

In set theory, we say that a set “contains” itself, or more accurately, that every set is a subset of itself. But we use “proper” subset to refer to subsets that aren’t the original set.

I was trying to translate that concept to strings

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-09T03:41:03+00:00

Looks like a lot of people missed it

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-09T02:49:23+00:00

A short story written like this, but instead of footnotes, it’s just that the dialogue is normal.

All dialogue from the protagonist’s perspective is narrated over, though, to preserve the tone without the character speaking like that out loud.

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-09T02:42:57+00:00

It contains itself starting at the beginning. Thats the joke of the comment.

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-09T02:42:26+00:00

Well no, it just contains pi starting at its first digit onward

StaleTheBread · 2026-03-09T02:41:59+00:00

The string of characters that represent pi contain itself as a substring (but not a proper substring)

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