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> US has the Pi day The US has a 'Pi day' in the same way it has a Jedi holiday on May 4th, a bunch of geeks said it for a while then more people just started

by mhurron 11y ago

> US has the Pi day The US has a 'Pi day' in the same way it has a Jedi holiday on May 4th, a bunch of geeks said it for a while then more people just started saying it. As in, the US doesn't have a 'Pi day', making the rest of your post a pointless rant against something you don't like that wasn't related until you tried to relate them.

acqq 11y ago
> the US doesn't have a 'Pi day' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day "On March 12, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution (HRES 224),[4] recognizing March 14, 2009 as National Pi Day.[10]" The easy common acceptance versus some other possibilities is still telling. I actually don't consider it "more US" than the "Black Friday" for which I've received an equivalent number of the sales/promotion mails.
- mhurron 11y ago
  The US House also recognized Ramadan so your politically safe assertion continues to fall apart. A non-binding resolution btw, does not turn it into a National observance. It's a recognition of more people saying it. > The easy common acceptance versus some other possibilities is still telling. Only to you because it supports your viewpoint.
  - acqq 11y ago
    > to you because it supports your viewpoint. Please excuse me this time for trying to support my viewpoint, even if you seem not to have expected it, I usually do try exactly that, to present the arguments in support of my viewpoint. I apologize. > The US House also recognized Ramadan so your politically safe assertion continues to fall apart. How? Isn't that "recognition" (inviting for a dinner there) even weaker than the Pi Day one? I still claim (as in my grayed post above) that the "Pi Day" is one of convenient days to which it's easy to have an agreement in the US, even among the religious, and that sadly it would be harder for a lot of newer science. And that that is the main reason why on the Pi Day we have articles like the one we comment, "Why Pi matters."

by mhurron 11y ago

acqq 11y ago

> the US doesn't have a 'Pi day' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day "On March 12, 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution (HRES 224),[4] recognizing March 14, 2009 as National Pi Day.[10]" The easy common acceptance versus some other possibilities is still telling. I actually don't consider it "more US" than the "Black Friday" for which I've received an equivalent number of the sales/promotion mails.

mhurron 11y ago
The US House also recognized Ramadan so your politically safe assertion continues to fall apart. A non-binding resolution btw, does not turn it into a National observance. It's a recognition of more people saying it. > The easy common acceptance versus some other possibilities is still telling. Only to you because it supports your viewpoint.
- acqq 11y ago
  > to you because it supports your viewpoint. Please excuse me this time for trying to support my viewpoint, even if you seem not to have expected it, I usually do try exactly that, to present the arguments in support of my viewpoint. I apologize. > The US House also recognized Ramadan so your politically safe assertion continues to fall apart. How? Isn't that "recognition" (inviting for a dinner there) even weaker than the Pi Day one? I still claim (as in my grayed post above) that the "Pi Day" is one of convenient days to which it's easy to have an agreement in the US, even among the religious, and that sadly it would be harder for a lot of newer science. And that that is the main reason why on the Pi Day we have articles like the one we comment, "Why Pi matters."