Why do mathematicians care so much about pi? http://nyr.kr/19hoTQX
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@TrivialGravitas Value of changing over is vanishingly small. Cost of changing over is astronomical. People want to use it, they can. -
@St_Rev@TrivialGravitas I’m not sure I’d agree with that. The value of using it is small, but the cost of changing is also small. … -
@St_Rev@TrivialGravitas … Plus the value is over time. If we use the new system for long enough switching is worth it for even tiny values. -
@daniel_houck@TrivialGravitas Cost of changing is less small than the cost of going standard -> Dvorak. -
@daniel_houck@TrivialGravitas inasmuch as keyboards are one specific piece of muscle memory, while pi is scattered through... -
@daniel_houck@TrivialGravitas ...thousands of formulas, and millions of books and papers. -
@daniel_houck@TrivialGravitas On the other side of the scale, changing is--seriously--worthless. There are as many pi/2s as 2pis out there. - 1 more reply
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