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The author confuses circle and disk

eru 4y ago
Colloquial English doesn't make as strict of a distinction as mathematical usage does. It doesn't introduce any ambiguity here.
- sorokod 4y ago
  Given the subject matter colloquial English is not appropriate here.
  - eru 4y ago
    The article isn't even using π, but 'pi'. I don't think they strove for rigour and formality.
    - sargstuff 4y ago
      So, if the article was serving up on a raspberry pi instead of sprinkles on frosting, that would make things more rigourous/formal? aka rasberry pi has been put through some rigorous/formal testing methods. Or per ' I don't think they strove for rigour and formality.', what was done to rule out the article being baked & served using a qem rasberry pi?[0] [0] emulating a rasberry pi with qem : https://gist.github.com/plembo/c4920016312f058209f5765cb9a3a25eu https://gist.github.com/plembo/c4920016312f058209f5765cb9a3a...
      - eru 4y ago
        Huh? Sorry, I'm a bit dumbfounded. What does the Raspberry Pi have to do with anything here?
        sargstuff 4y ago
        Semiotic breakdown: Ok, jumping into the deep end of the pool, potential semiotic [0] interpretations: bug screen (Poisson) & computing grid (Fourier). Permits one to crunch the numbers without eating the sprinkles. aka gets around the 'You can't have your cake and eat it'[1] issues. symbolically supports the no formalism approach: a) Pi is irrational number. b)Raspberry is stand in for Bronx cheer [2][3]. Perhaps not being able to eat the cake & complete the project is a good idea (less sugar high & more realistic interpretations/results). [0] : https://www.uvm.edu/~tstreete/semiotics_and_ads/terminology.html https://www.uvm.edu/~tstreete/semiotics_and_ads/terminology.... [1] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_can%27t_have_your_cake_and_eat_it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_can%27t_have_your_cake_and... [2] : https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/bronx-cheer https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/bron... [3] : https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bronx%20Cheer https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bronx%20Chee...
  - smcl 4y ago
    Well the subject matter is someone baking a cake for “pi day” - I think colloquial English is probably fine in this context :)
nh23423fefe 4y ago
No, you refused to infer the plain meaning. Author uses words like on, outside, inside and you pretend they don't apply.
- sargstuff 4y ago
  Plain logical references would imply no sprinkles on the frosting & one very uninteresting/plain frosted topic.
sargstuff 4y ago
Platters and donuts confusion would be more concerning, as typical hard drives take more than one byte to properly digest. The article did take a top down approach, instead of a bottom [platter] up approach.

eru 4y ago

Colloquial English doesn't make as strict of a distinction as mathematical usage does. It doesn't introduce any ambiguity here.

sorokod 4y ago
Given the subject matter colloquial English is not appropriate here.
- eru 4y ago
  The article isn't even using π, but 'pi'. I don't think they strove for rigour and formality.
  - sargstuff 4y ago
    So, if the article was serving up on a raspberry pi instead of sprinkles on frosting, that would make things more rigourous/formal? aka rasberry pi has been put through some rigorous/formal testing methods. Or per ' I don't think they strove for rigour and formality.', what was done to rule out the article being baked & served using a qem rasberry pi?[0] [0] emulating a rasberry pi with qem : https://gist.github.com/plembo/c4920016312f058209f5765cb9a3a25eu https://gist.github.com/plembo/c4920016312f058209f5765cb9a3a...
    - eru 4y ago
      Huh? Sorry, I'm a bit dumbfounded. What does the Raspberry Pi have to do with anything here?
      - sargstuff 4y ago
        Semiotic breakdown: Ok, jumping into the deep end of the pool, potential semiotic [0] interpretations: bug screen (Poisson) & computing grid (Fourier). Permits one to crunch the numbers without eating the sprinkles. aka gets around the 'You can't have your cake and eat it'[1] issues. symbolically supports the no formalism approach: a) Pi is irrational number. b)Raspberry is stand in for Bronx cheer [2][3]. Perhaps not being able to eat the cake & complete the project is a good idea (less sugar high & more realistic interpretations/results). [0] : https://www.uvm.edu/~tstreete/semiotics_and_ads/terminology.html https://www.uvm.edu/~tstreete/semiotics_and_ads/terminology.... [1] : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_can%27t_have_your_cake_and_eat_it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_can%27t_have_your_cake_and... [2] : https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/bronx-cheer https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/bron... [3] : https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bronx%20Cheer https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bronx%20Chee...
- smcl 4y ago
  Well the subject matter is someone baking a cake for “pi day” - I think colloquial English is probably fine in this context :)

nh23423fefe 4y ago

No, you refused to infer the plain meaning. Author uses words like on, outside, inside and you pretend they don't apply.

sargstuff 4y ago
Plain logical references would imply no sprinkles on the frosting & one very uninteresting/plain frosted topic.

sargstuff 4y ago

Platters and donuts confusion would be more concerning, as typical hard drives take more than one byte to properly digest. The article did take a top down approach, instead of a bottom [platter] up approach.