The Making of a Mile of Pi - Numberphile
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The first suggestion would not have been cost effective for a whole mile, but would have helped with the unrolling AND kept the laid out sheet dry. I would have used two rolls of clingfilm (one between the runway and the sheet, and one above the sheet. with each cylinder of clingfilm rotating in the direction that allows the sheet to pass between them, and become coated. the cylinder above could also have been used to push the roll away from the laid out sheet.
The second suggestion would have been with the sheet rolled the other way, it could then be unrolled from the bottom and therefore less affected by wind.
Date: 2022-04-08
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Comments and reviews: 9
Elka
I know that I am 5 years late, but this is the exact reason Numberphile is the best - the passion never wavers. You are the role model who shaped my love for not only maths, but learning. Please, always stay so passionate, you change so many lives for the better. Apologies for being so emotional, but that montage truly took me down a memory lane, and I'm so grateful for the support I had from Numberphile. :) Thank you!
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I know that I am 5 years late, but this is the exact reason Numberphile is the best - the passion never wavers. You are the role model who shaped my love for not only maths, but learning. Please, always stay so passionate, you change so many lives for the better. Apologies for being so emotional, but that montage truly took me down a memory lane, and I'm so grateful for the support I had from Numberphile. :) Thank you!
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EvenPrime
Makes me wonder. aliens in different planet discovered pi and e yeT? maybe they have a different counting system. regardless these constant has to exist in some shape for form in any sort of counting system
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Makes me wonder. aliens in different planet discovered pi and e yeT? maybe they have a different counting system. regardless these constant has to exist in some shape for form in any sort of counting system
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Terrance
At some point down the road, a human will be able to run a million printed numbers of pi in 3 minutes 14. 159 seconds! What an amazing video. I think the definition of the word quirky
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At some point down the road, a human will be able to run a million printed numbers of pi in 3 minutes 14. 159 seconds! What an amazing video. I think the definition of the word quirky
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Stanis-aw
13: 25 - -. you can turn words into letters. - You don't need numbers for that!
Great job tho, it's surprisingly satisfying watching this video for the 10th time now
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13: 25 - -. you can turn words into letters. - You don't need numbers for that!
Great job tho, it's surprisingly satisfying watching this video for the 10th time now
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Zach
I thought '3' was the smallest number NOT in the first million decimal places. Its before the decimal place. Although its also a whole number, unlike those after the decimal.
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I thought '3' was the smallest number NOT in the first million decimal places. Its before the decimal place. Although its also a whole number, unlike those after the decimal.
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Pulse
pi has to end eventually. its the ratio between circles area and its squares area, that has a finite number eventually. the question is if we will ever see the end.
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pi has to end eventually. its the ratio between circles area and its squares area, that has a finite number eventually. the question is if we will ever see the end.
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education
He mentions having to cut out stuff to -keep it short- then wastes time showing the -unedited ending-, and a bunch of random stuff about photography and drones.
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He mentions having to cut out stuff to -keep it short- then wastes time showing the -unedited ending-, and a bunch of random stuff about photography and drones.
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Monke
Pi can have from 1 thousand to 1 million to 1 billion to 1 trillion digits but it would be huge ridiculous amount of digits, money, time, small paper ect
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Pi can have from 1 thousand to 1 million to 1 billion to 1 trillion digits but it would be huge ridiculous amount of digits, money, time, small paper ect
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Keenan
Not sure why but this is one of my all time favorite numberphile videos. There's just something so plainly poetic about it. A mile of Pi in the sky?
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Not sure why but this is one of my all time favorite numberphile videos. There's just something so plainly poetic about it. A mile of Pi in the sky?
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