Scarlet Shocker Posted March 14, 2023 Posted March 14, 2023 https://www.piday.org/million/ 1 There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator but only a fraction of people understand that.
srmalloy Posted March 14, 2023 Posted March 14, 2023 Just remember that radians are cursed. A unit circle has a radius of 1. One radian is the arc subtended by a distance along a circle's circumference equal to the radius. One radian is about 57.3° A unit circle therefore has a radius of about 57.3°
Scarlet Shocker Posted March 14, 2023 Author Posted March 14, 2023 Are those radians controllers, blasters or defenders? There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator but only a fraction of people understand that.
Major_Decoy Posted March 14, 2023 Posted March 14, 2023 1 hour ago, srmalloy said: Just remember that radians are cursed. A unit circle has a radius of 1. One radian is the arc subtended by a distance along a circle's circumference equal to the radius. One radian is about 57.3° A unit circle therefore has a radius of about 57.3° Someone reads Saturday Morning Breakfast Comics. 1
Sir Myshkin Posted March 15, 2023 Posted March 15, 2023 So my kid comes home from school today and is like "Hey, it's national chip day!" And I'm like, "haha, funny, no it's not." And they're like, "Yes it is, the teacher said it was national chip day!" And I'm like, "No, it is most definitively Pi(e) Day." And then even my spouse was like, "Yeah, see," shows me phone screen, "national chip day." And I'm like "THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!" And I'm about to storm off to the school and demand to speak to whatever Nazi-Chip-Psycho misinformed my kid... Eventually I calm down though and my spouse runs out for dinner and is like "What do you want?" And I say "I want Pie, something that can go into a pie shell, dagnabbit it's pie day!" And you know what they bring home? Crustless MINI quiche abominations. So I said "Fine! I'll go eat a chip." And this is what I grabbed: 2 Pylon Test Run Submission Proc Monsters (Controller Edition) Proc Monsters (Defender Edition) Pylon Test Run Results Proc Monsters (Tanker Edition) "Mad King Special" "Ceterum autem censeo Iram esse delendam" Mad King Special - Force Edition (NEW!)
Scarlet Shocker Posted March 15, 2023 Author Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) They are not chips. Those. Are. Crisps. THESE are chips. These are NOT noncy, skinny, unsatisfying "french fries" (they ain't French) - these are the kind of chips you eat in a butty or out of newspaper with a fish, plus lashings of salt and vinegar. These things... these are crisps. (They can also be eaten with lots of salt and vinegar, or cheese and onion and very occasionally, hedgehog. None of the above is pie. Edited March 15, 2023 by Scarlet Shocker glorp 2 1 There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator but only a fraction of people understand that.
ZemX Posted March 15, 2023 Posted March 15, 2023 6 hours ago, Scarlet Shocker said: None of the above is pie. Sheesh! Relax and have a biscuit, why don't you? 2
Scarlet Shocker Posted March 15, 2023 Author Posted March 15, 2023 SCONE!!!!!! 1 There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator but only a fraction of people understand that.
DoctorDitko Posted March 15, 2023 Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) It's half-Tau day, darnit! https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/let-s-use-tau-it-s-easier-than-pi/ Edited March 15, 2023 by DoctorDitko profanity added Disclaimer: Not a medical doctor. Do not take medical advice from Doctor Ditko. Also, not a physicist. Do not take advice on consensus reality from Doctor Ditko. But games? He used to pay his bills with games. (He's recovering well, thanks for asking!)
UltraAlt Posted March 16, 2023 Posted March 16, 2023 On 3/15/2023 at 4:43 AM, Scarlet Shocker said: They are not chips. Those. Are. Crisps. THESE are chips. These are NOT noncy, skinny, unsatisfying "french fries" (they ain't French) - these are the kind of chips you eat in a butty or out of newspaper with a fish, plus lashings of salt and vinegar. These things... these are crisps. (They can also be eaten with lots of salt and vinegar, or cheese and onion and very occasionally, hedgehog. None of the above is pie. I would consider these as french fries. And these to be potato wedges. Not to be confused with ... .... says what it is on the bag. I think we all know it's a "football" thing. If someone posts a reply quoting me and I don't reply, they may be on ignore. (It seems I'm involved with so much at this point that I may not be able to easily retrieve access to all the notifications) Some players know that I have them on ignore and are likely to make posts knowing that is the case. But the fact that I have them on ignore won't stop some of them from bullying and harassing people, because some of them love to do it. There is a group that have banded together to target forum posters they don't like. They think that this behavior is acceptable. Ignore (in the forums) and /ignore (in-game) are tools to improve your gaming experience. Don't feel bad about using them.
srmalloy Posted March 16, 2023 Posted March 16, 2023 4 hours ago, UltraAlt said: These are NOT noncy, skinny, unsatisfying "french fries" (they ain't French) Actually, they are French. Thomas Jefferson had "potatoes served in the French manner" at a White House dinner in 1802, and the expression "French fried potatoes" first appeared in print in English in an 1856 cookbook, while the first recipe for what is clearly modern French fries is in the 1795 French cookbook La Cuisinière Républicaine.
SteelRat70 Posted March 16, 2023 Posted March 16, 2023 On 3/15/2023 at 8:43 AM, Scarlet Shocker said: They are not chips. Those. Are. Crisps. THESE are chips. These are NOT noncy, skinny, unsatisfying "french fries" (they ain't French) - these are the kind of chips you eat in a butty or out of newspaper with a fish, plus lashings of salt and vinegar. These things... these are crisps. (They can also be eaten with lots of salt and vinegar, or cheese and onion and very occasionally, hedgehog. None of the above is pie. Irony. Pi has never been 14.03, as far as I'm aware.
Scarlet Shocker Posted March 16, 2023 Author Posted March 16, 2023 8 hours ago, UltraAlt said: I would consider these as french fries. Philistine! 😛 1 There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator but only a fraction of people understand that.
Major_Decoy Posted March 17, 2023 Posted March 17, 2023 1 hour ago, SteelRat70 said: Irony. Pi has never been 14.03, as far as I'm aware. It was Pi Day (American) (which cannot be written as American Pi day without people referencing a movie). Pi Day is properly celebrated on July 22. That being said, if you want to celebrate Tau day, you have to use the American Date system. Or you can declare that Every Day is Tau day, and eat two pies whenever you want. 1
Sir Myshkin Posted March 17, 2023 Posted March 17, 2023 7 hours ago, srmalloy said: Actually, they are French. Thomas Jefferson had "potatoes served in the French manner" at a White House dinner in 1802, and the expression "French fried potatoes" first appeared in print in English in an 1856 cookbook, while the first recipe for what is clearly modern French fries is in the 1795 French cookbook La Cuisinière Républicaine. In both cases they're most definitely just referring to a julienne cut, which is called (by Americans) a french cut in cooking, which is just length-wise thin strips. What we assume to be "potatoes served in the French manner" was probably just hash browns. Not as exciting eh? Pylon Test Run Submission Proc Monsters (Controller Edition) Proc Monsters (Defender Edition) Pylon Test Run Results Proc Monsters (Tanker Edition) "Mad King Special" "Ceterum autem censeo Iram esse delendam" Mad King Special - Force Edition (NEW!)
SteelRat70 Posted March 17, 2023 Posted March 17, 2023 7 hours ago, Major_Decoy said: It was Pi Day (American) (which cannot be written as American Pi day without people referencing a movie). Pi Day is properly celebrated on July 22. That being said, if you want to celebrate Tau day, you have to use the American Date system. Or you can declare that Every Day is Tau day, and eat two pies whenever you want. SS is english and is pointing out (with caps and exclamation marks ;) ) the American / British differences between "Chips" and "Crisps", as well as "biscuits" and "Scones" but makes a post about and by proxy acknowledging a day that only works in an American date format. That's where the irony is :) I guess we'll have the same conversation on the 20th April. "What's the big deal about 20/04"... 1
Scarlet Shocker Posted March 17, 2023 Author Posted March 17, 2023 10 hours ago, Major_Decoy said: It was Pi Day (American) (which cannot be written as American Pi day without people referencing a movie). Pi Day is properly celebrated on July 22. That being said, if you want to celebrate Tau day, you have to use the American Date system. Or you can declare that Every Day is Tau day, and eat two pies whenever you want. two pi or not to pi, that is the question! There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator but only a fraction of people understand that.
Major_Decoy Posted March 17, 2023 Posted March 17, 2023 3 hours ago, SteelRat70 said: acknowledging a day that only works in an American date format. Pi day is more accurately represented on a European date format. 22/7 is closer to pi than 3.14. There was some nonsense about March 14, 2015 at 09:26:53, but that required deciding "oh, the twenty and the zero don't matter, it's totally appropriate to read 03/14/2015 at 09:26:53 as 3.141592653" Feh. But Pi is about diameters instead of radii, so it's flawed.
srmalloy Posted March 17, 2023 Posted March 17, 2023 6 hours ago, Sir Myshkin said: What we assume to be "potatoes served in the French manner" was probably just hash browns. You can document the progression of fried potatoes in French cooking; the earliest recipes describe the potatoes cut in disks and pan-fried, through dipping the disks in a batter made with potato flour, but it was seen as a lower-class food, and would not have been served at a formal function. It took potatoes becoming a food acceptable to the upper classes for the French fry as we know it to be created; the lower classes would not have been able to afford to have that amount of lard just sitting around to be used for deep-frying.
Luminara Posted March 17, 2023 Posted March 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, srmalloy said: potatoes cut in disks and pan-fried, through dipping the disks in a batter made with potato flour Metataters. Get busy living... or get busy dying. That's goddamn right.
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UltraAlt Posted March 17, 2023 Posted March 17, 2023 16 hours ago, srmalloy said: Actually, they are French. Thomas Jefferson had "potatoes served in the French manner" at a White House dinner in 1802, and the expression "French fried potatoes" first appeared in print in English in an 1856 cookbook, while the first recipe for what is clearly modern French fries is in the 1795 French cookbook La Cuisinière Républicaine. I think you meant to reply to @Scarlet Shocker If someone posts a reply quoting me and I don't reply, they may be on ignore. (It seems I'm involved with so much at this point that I may not be able to easily retrieve access to all the notifications) Some players know that I have them on ignore and are likely to make posts knowing that is the case. But the fact that I have them on ignore won't stop some of them from bullying and harassing people, because some of them love to do it. There is a group that have banded together to target forum posters they don't like. They think that this behavior is acceptable. Ignore (in the forums) and /ignore (in-game) are tools to improve your gaming experience. Don't feel bad about using them.
Scarlet Shocker Posted March 17, 2023 Author Posted March 17, 2023 slightly tangentally, but this is very relevant and quite enjoyable: There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator but only a fraction of people understand that.
Techwright Posted March 18, 2023 Posted March 18, 2023 Is this turning into a west-side-of-The-Pond vs. east-side-of-The-Pond thing? Because I refuse to discuss chips, crisps, and fries while a population cannot even figure out what a "pudding" is. At least we on the western shores have it figured out. We can even turn it into a pie: ( 😉 ♥️ ✌️ ) 1
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