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Pi record smashed as team finds two-quadrillionth digit

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SparklyKatie On March 07, 2014
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Sheffield, United Kingdom
#1New Post! Sep 16, 2010 @ 17:42:31
A researcher has calculated the 2,000,000,000,000,000th digit of pi - and a few digits either side of it.

Nicholas Sze, of technology firm Yahoo, determined that the digit - when expressed in binary - is 0.

Mr Sze used Yahoo's Hadoop cloud computing technology to more than double the previous record.

The computation took 23 days on 1,000 of Yahoo's computers, racking up the equivalent of more than 500 years of a single computer's efforts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11313194

Not really sure if it's useful or even necessary but interesting nonetheless.
Grasshopper On January 11, 2023
Just me.





Fort Collins, Colorado
#2New Post! Sep 16, 2010 @ 17:48:51
My brain already hurts.
raditz On March 24, 2024
Blah





Houston, Texas
#3New Post! Sep 16, 2010 @ 17:55:37
Seems kind of pointless to me.
Laurette On December 30, 2014
Cracker, please.





North Yorkshire, United Kingdo
#4New Post! Sep 16, 2010 @ 17:56:28
That's either extremely clever, or extremely sad.
psycoskunk On December 24, 2020
Funky-Footed Skunk





A fort made of stinky socks, C
#5New Post! Sep 16, 2010 @ 17:57:42
Mmm... pie.

I hope it's binomial flavoured.
JustMeAgain On January 03, 2014
Is it fish?





Derby, United Kingdom
#6New Post! Sep 16, 2010 @ 18:05:12
@SparklyKatie Said

A researcher has calculated the 2,000,000,000,000,000th digit of pi - and a few digits either side of it.


Someone please get this guy a prossie! He needs to get laid, fast!
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