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From: "Tom Del Rosso" <fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com>
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Subject: Re: Totally OT: Colliding blocks that compute pi
Date: Sun, 4 May 2025 12:12:04 -0400
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Sylvia Else wrote:
> On 04-May-25 11:35 pm, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
>> Sylvia Else wrote:
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dTyOl1fmDo
>>
>> But WHY does it compute pi in base ten?
>>
>>
> Because the right hand mass is increased by a factor of 10^2 each
> time. If it were increased, say, by a factor of 9^2, then the digits
> would be of Pi in base 9.

Yeah, I hadn't watched it for a long time, but I just realized that as 
soon as I started to review it.


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