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5590281 No.5590281 [Reply] [Original]

Seriously, why the are you not using tau instead of pi yet?
some inspirational videos on the subject:
Vi hart (the most entertaining one):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG7vhMMXagQ
kahn academy (it's Sal, being Sal):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jDDfkKKgmc
Kevin Huston (random youtuber who has some good points):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF1zcRoOVN0
Michael Hartl (the guy who came up with the idea as far as I know):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H69YH5TnNXI

Since I started using tau all equations involving the circle constant starts making intuitive sense in a whole new way, try it!

>> No.5590284

>>5590281
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qpVdwizdvI
eta, bitches

>> No.5590285

>>5590281
because everyone else uses pi
it's kinda like not using metric

>> No.5590301

>>5590284
eta actually makes more sense than pi, but having 4*eta everywhere would just be a mess.

>> No.5590303

>>5590285
bah, you are the kind of person who would, in a world based on imperial units, reject metric if it was presented to you.

>> No.5590306

>>5590303
yes, because I'm too lazy to do conversions
and let's face it, most people are

>> No.5590308

>>5590306
but it's not a conversion, it's a clarification

>> No.5590319

>>5590281
1. I'm not so fucking lazy that I don't want to include a 2 in my calculations every now and then.
2. I don't like large denominators; pi/4 is nicer to work with than tau/8.
3. Nobody who writes STEM actually uses tau; so to use it I have to convert from pi at the beginning of the question and then convert back again at the end.

>> No.5590322

>>5590301
Do you have some kind of fucking problem with the number 4? I'll have you know it's done its fucking time, more than you for sure. It's a goddamn Methuselah. It's best friends with the first prime and neighbors with the second prime. You're not even in the same plane of fucking existence. You think you're nerdy? 4 was there before it was even hip to be square.

>> No.5590333

>>5590322
4 is the worst number ever.
I mean, the first composite? Talk about unoriginal; it's just made up of other numbers.
And what other numbers is it made up of? That's right; 2^2. Fucking incest right there. 4 is the retarded incest baby of the 2 family.2+2=4. It's just arithmetic.
And if that's not enough, 4 is a slut for primes; 3 and 5 on both sides of it. It's getting gangbanged by primes. Fucking whore 4.

>> No.5590334

>>5590303
the utility provided by a metric system makes it owrth the effort to adopt and implement across the board.

The utility of using tau instead of pi is not worth the effort.

No one finds geomtry or trigonometry confusing simply because we consider there to be 2pi radians in a circle instead of tau radians.

>> No.5590335

>>5590322
Just because 4 hangs out with some cool numbers doesn't mean it has any worth whats however. Let's be honest, the best number is 1: the multiplicative and exponential identity.

>> No.5590339

>>5590335
>best number
>not 0
It's like you're trying to be wrong

>> No.5590340

>>5590333
> Talk about unoriginal; it's just made up of other numbers.
If 4 has seen so far, it's because he's stood on the shoulders of giants. He's got humility. That's a virtue.

And your puerile commentary on gangbanging? 1 is between every number and its neighbor. It's their culture. Don't judge just because you're jealous.

>> No.5590344

>>5590334
the next time you see the angle 3*pi/2: remember that it could have said 3*tau/4 representing 3 quarter circles, much more elegant and convenient than 3 half-half-circles

>> No.5590345

>>5590340
Except 4 can't see very far at all; he's small as hell. He's only fucking 4 big.

>> No.5590347

>>5590344
Basing shit on circles is the problem in the first place.

>> No.5590352

>>5590339
>0
are you serious? it's not even defined for all algebraic operations

>> No.5590353

If you care about the difference between "tau" and "pi," then you will never accomplish anything as a mathematician or scientist.

>> No.5590355

>>5590352
Exactly.
It's the most special number there is.

>> No.5590356

>>5590352
>best number
>not infinity

>> No.5590362

>>5590353
If you don't care about the significance of where concepts originate and question their correctness then you will never accomplish anything as a mathematician or scientist.

>> No.5590363

>>5590353
> not having an interest in numbers

>> No.5590367

>>5590356
Of what use is your interest in a number that does not exist?

>> No.5590372

>>5590363
>having an interest in this thread
>being a faggot
pick two

>implying you are all not in college calculus pulling a solid B-

>> No.5590373

>>5590355
If not being defined for algebraic operations makes a number "special" then I define the number h which is undefined for all operations and thus better than 0.
Still not even close to 1 though

>> No.5590377

>>5590373
> 1-fan
> the most shitty base of all time
let's just face it, 3 is truly the best number

>> No.5590380

>>5590367
Hyperreals bitch

>> No.5590388

>>5590377
3 just thinks it's something because it approximates 20*log(sqrt(2)) in base 10...

>> No.5590392

>favourite number
>not e^(i*tau)

>> No.5590404

man, I didn't think Kahn was the type who jumped on ridiculous ideas like this one... having the circle constant being C/D is just as arbitrary as C/r...

>> No.5592171

tau doesn't have pi's magic powers

>> No.5592178

>>5590281
Euler's identity is just not as appealing with tau.