And congratulations on the diamond, friend! I've been a bit to and from the last weeks, and missed it completely!

It's blocked in Germany!

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Thank you!

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Considering that I am born and raised in Norway, it would be strange if I did not.

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You know Norwegian, eh?
>> ^Ornthoron:

Translation from the original norwegian:
"This here is so glossy, that it's not possible to see which way is the right one, even when I'm filming. So if you can go in front of the camera now? And wave? [Unintelligible, probably a name], you are very low! [laughter] Jump a little bit, maybe? And wave some. [Weird honking noises. I have no idea what he is trying to express with these.] Very good! [more laughter]"

I've been beaten by you with similar margins before, so I guess we're even

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Beat me by 5 minutes!

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@rottenseed: Well, as a physicist, I definitely encounter the factor 2*pi much more often than pi. I conjecture that this is true in mathematics as a whole as well, since 2*pi = tau is one full turn of a circle, and one full period of a (co)sine wave. Tau is as such a more convenient choice, if you have the luxury to choose.

>> ^rottenseed:

>> ^Ornthoroneriously, read the manifesto. Area = (tau/2) r^2 actually makes more sense, too.

Dude that manifesto is fucking hilarious...all of this math knowledge spouted and all for what? All because he doesn't like doing fractions??? Really??? Yea let's rewrite all the math texts since before Princia Mathematica just so you can use tau/6 instead of pi/12. That's useless knowledge wasted on somebody with no common sense. Furthermore, it adds unnecessary fractions in things like Euler's identity and like what you just pointed out, the area of a circle.

Well, it's certainly unrealistic to expect that we can get rid of pi in favour of tau after over two millenia of pi's monopoly. But one can dream, can't one?

>> ^rottenseed:

There are a lot of discrete mathematical (series) implications to pi as well. I believe that's what standardized the use of pi being pi and not being 2 pi.
In fact, geometrically, beyond trig, if you look at areas and circumferences your options would be looking at the alternative function of area=(pi/2) r^2 instead of just (pi) r^2. Now would it be easier to have 2 variables, tau and pi and remember when to switch between the 2? No. Really, learning basic trig would be the only advantage of this...which is a minute part of the math world.

Seriously, read the manifesto. Area = (tau/2) r^2 actually makes more sense, too.

Thanks, mate!

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Thanks, mate! And thanks for the trip through my pqueue, as well!

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Thanks!

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You weirdo!

Then you came along, with your siren song, to promote me to madness.

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Why, thank you!

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