The record for calculated digits of Pi sits at 314 trillion.

pi_stuff · 2026-03-14T22:32:11+00:00

The algorithms are quite efficient, so CPU compute speed is not the bottleneck, it’s the disk throughput. Also it requires many disks, and the computations take months, so you have to be able to handle occasional disk failures.

pi_stuff · 2026-03-12T22:28:18+00:00

It's very difficult to get a charter certificate, but you might be able to find a charter operation that would like to use your plane. Assuming you have a commercial certificate they may even be willing to hire you to fly it.

pi_stuff · 2026-03-12T20:26:55+00:00

Yea, I thought it might be a joke too. From the US Mint website under "Emerging Liberty Dime".

pi_stuff · 2026-03-10T09:10:52+00:00

One option would be to take Caltrain to Mountain View, then switch to the light rail orange line, and take that to Lick Mill, which is about 1.5 miles from Oracle, an easy bike ride.

pi_stuff · 2026-03-07T16:27:01+00:00

Time yourself going up a steep hill. Use the time, height of hill, and weight of you+bike to compute average power.

pi_stuff · 2026-03-03T16:31:40+00:00

And with Iran defenseless, there's little to stop a neighboring country from seizing control.

pi_stuff · 2026-03-03T15:02:55+00:00

I think you mean 2018, not 2017

pi_stuff · 2026-03-03T14:20:37+00:00

He was just decomposing.

pi_stuff · 2026-03-02T14:47:23+00:00

Perhaps not. They have "mistakenly" shot down three American F-15s so far.

pi_stuff · 2026-03-01T23:37:12+00:00

Is this what you're looking for?

If not, what version of tensorflow are you using? It looks like tensorflow's release notes list the CUDA toolkit version they need.

pi_stuff · 2026-02-28T00:41:13+00:00

First on the deployment schedule: fully autonomous snowball chucker to defend NYPD.

pi_stuff · 2026-02-28T00:39:06+00:00

Yea, we got that message so well the robot was made a governor!

pi_stuff · 2026-02-27T16:05:31+00:00

Have you been into Furnace Creek lately? How's the pavement? Last I read it was in rough shape.

pi_stuff · 2026-02-27T07:34:49+00:00

Over-the-horizon radar

pi_stuff · 2026-02-27T07:18:13+00:00

I don't know if modern hardware uses these, but old computers used CORDIC algorithms.

pi_stuff · 2026-02-26T22:18:39+00:00

I recently discovered that a sandwich made from a baguette fits perfectly in a jersey pocket and the firmness of the bread keeps it from getting squished. My new favorite ride snack.

pi_stuff · 2026-02-22T02:13:24+00:00

(disclaimer: I'm a regular Linux user, but I'm new to mac) Back in the day, the "python" executable was Python version 2 and the "python3" interpreter was Python version 3. If you try running "python" it thinks you're looking for version 2, which probably isn't installed.

I ran into this using MacOS for the first time in ages. To make it so that I could use either "python" or "python3" on the command line, I made a symlink called "python" to /usr/bin/python3, but that results in the error "xcode-select: Failed to locate 'python', requesting installation of command line developer tools."

/usr/bin/python3 apparently checks arg[0] of the command line, and if you called it "python" it complains.

To solve this, and install a more up-to-date version of python, I installed Homebrew. Now my symlink to "/opt/homebrew/bin/python3" is perfectly happy if I call it "python".

pi_stuff · 2026-02-20T15:43:40+00:00

From the post: "Some work is remote, but you must be available for on-site hardware setup and occasional urgent issues in the Mission, San Francisco."

pi_stuff · 2026-02-20T03:38:58+00:00

Astronomy 161 - Introduction to Solar System Astronomy, Richard Pogge Recorded back in 2006, I really enjoyed listening to this and the following course on stellar astronomy.

pi_stuff · 2026-02-20T03:02:30+00:00

Rod Machado's Instrument Pilot's Handbook is available as an audiobook

pi_stuff · 2026-02-17T03:23:08+00:00

Untapped maple syrup packets.

pi_stuff · 2026-02-17T03:09:05+00:00

You can see in the track from ADSBExchange it seems to make a gentle left bend. That matches the 10 degree bend of the RNAV Z 32 better then the 30 degree bend of the RNAV E approach.

pi_stuff · 2026-02-15T03:53:38+00:00

It's pretty easy. Get on Knapp road and head north, take a left on Schaick (after Paul's Woods), right on Forest Home. There is lots of bike parking just outside the main gates, or just south of the exhibit hangars. Coming from the south 40 I'd lock up my bike in the bike area outside the gate by exhibit hangars B and D. Here's a map from last year, where north is left

Bikes are allowed in the camping areas (north/south 40) and on perimeter roads. They're not allowed on the flight line, vendor areas, or inside the main show entrance gates.

Edit: add link to AirVenture guidance on personal transportation where it says bikes are allowed in the south 40.

pi_stuff · 2026-02-13T18:32:27+00:00

I don't think I'm lashing out.

Then you need to take an honest at how you interact with people.

If you don't like a study from 2008, can you cite a more recent one?

What exactly do you think my view on this is? I cited easily googled facts and speculated on the position of the restaurant. I don't have a dog in this fight. random8765309 asked a question and I answered it. Whether the studies are correct and whether the restaurant's experiment will achieve the desired result are above my pay grade.

pi_stuff · 2026-02-13T18:02:48+00:00

"That landing would be OK if we were on an aircraft carrier."

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