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[–] 16 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I myself once learned 380 digits of π, when I was a crazy high-school kid. My never-attained ambition was to reach the spot, 762 digits out in the decimal expansion, where it goes "999999", so that I could recite it out loud, come to those six 9s, and then impishly say, "and so on!"

—Douglas Hofstadter

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    That would be an amazing party trick.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Actually come to think of it, even more amazing in the age of smart phones, when it's possible to easily verify to numbers you're reciting.

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