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bombcar
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How many decimals of pi do we need? (2016)
“All of them! Bring me the last digit of pi,” said Canute.
formerkrogemp
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A ship was lost at sea. The people were angry, so the monarch sentenced the sea to fifty lashes and stoning for the sailors lost at sea. The Monarch's guard applied the lashes, and the people stoned the sea. The people were appeased to the last.
charcircuit
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We have a digit extraction algorithm to calculate any digit of pi. You need to specify which digit since there isn't a last digit.
signa11
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actually, i can get 10 people, and among them pretty much guarantee you that one of them will be correct.
bradleyjg
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No, they’d all be wrong. The correct answer is there is no last digit.
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