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Thanks for this. This is the first reference I've seen to the soviet pi=3 thing. What's the origin of that?

• throwawaylinux 4y ago
  Perhaps it comes from the Soviets' notorious ineptitude for mathematics and aeronautics.
  • messe 4y ago
    Which is surprising to me. Coming from a physics and mathematics background, a significant portion of my lecturers (and generally the better ones) at university came from ex-USSR countries. ...although maybe all that tells us is that the best ones left.
    • kragen 4y ago
      Presumably the throwaway troll is trolling, sarcastically, not attempting to describe reality literally.