Michael Stoner
James WallisA reminder to non-Americans: assigning Pi Day to 22nd July is not only more accurate than 3.14 (22/7 is 3.14285), it's also more likely to annoy Americans.
Ryan J. Yoder@jameswallis could you celebrate it on the 3rd of February the following year?
Jarjan (He/Him)@ryanjyoder @jameswallis But, but, is it then this year's Pi day, or last year's Pi day?
Trojan Duck@jameswallis There are still a few of us left who know how to do fractions
Weekend Editor@jameswallis -- As an American, I can say both of those are laudable goals.
AndreUhKennedy@weekend_editor @jameswallis lies! You used the word "laudable." You're clearly Canadian.
Would you believe I'm the sort of American who regards it as a compliment to be mistaken for a Canadian?
Especially if I wear my Tilley hat?
Neil Carpenter 
@jameswallis I'm onboard with having both an Imperial and a Metric Pi Day.
eyajpng@neilcar @jameswallis And then all your circles change diameter every time you cross the border? No thank you!
@jepyang @jameswallis If things are calibrated just right, your wheels automatically transition from mph to kph at the border.
Fals Fiction 💜🏳️🌈I doubt anyone would be upset with multiple Pi Days.
Iron Curtain (Chiptunes)@jameswallis Not that I'm annoyed (I'm not), but the US isn't the only place in the world that puts the month before the day (we are the only place in the world where we have MM/DD/YYYY though, and I prefer ISO 8601 date format, which is YYYY-MM-DD and used in countries like Japan).
Simon 🪗@IronCurtain @jameswallis iso 8601 allows immediate alphanumeric sorting by date, which all the others fail at. I'm with you on this
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Statmonkey 🙊@IronCurtain @jameswallis I'm complaining
L4UREN
Rodger Kibble@L4UREN @jameswallis More accurate because it's closer to pi than 3.14 is
Ron Chrisley@rodgerkibble @L4UREN @jameswallis …unless we are talking about pi day in the year 159, in which case she has a point. But… we’re not :-)
@rodgerkibble @jameswallis As an American, it’s my right to look at your undeniably good argument and remain unconvinced.
ed(1) conference@jameswallis In the name of international harmony, and as a lover of pie, I propose we celebrate Pi Day on both dates. 
Carorolyn@ed1conf @jameswallis I concur. It's the only truly inclusive way to celebrate this/these important day/s. I had pie yesterday and I'll have pie in July.
EaterOfSnacks
LostInLibrary
Chilly Dee Williams@jameswallis As a resident of the United States I must say that you underestimate my desire to eat desserts.
BillSaysThis
Peter Butler@BillSaysThis @jameswallis 2π or not 2π. That is the question.
@jameswallis This will be an unpopular opinion but 3/14 is better for Pi Day because 22/7 gives the impression that Pi is a rational number. Sorry.
always tired (moved to chaos)@peterbutler @jameswallis So a rational approach would be to celebrate on March 14, while it would be irrational to celebrate on a day that would make it look like it's rational? ;)
Christian Huitema@project1enigma @peterbutler @jameswallis
You may only celebrate Pi on 3/14 in an infinitely short interval between 3:55:35 and 3:55:36pm.
Shawn Wildermuth (🇺🇦++)@jameswallis But how can we change the date of that stupid "May the fourth"
Cat C-B@jameswallis While, as an American, I cannot help but respect your goal of annoying more Americans (as virtually all the people I, like most Americans, annoy in daily life belong to that group) it is also true that July 22 is likely to be stinking hot around here.
As opposed to bleak and cold and practically crying out for pie.
And with that in mind, I’m gonna go bake me a nice hot mince pie.
Sorry, my dude.
Orc@jameswallis π isn't a rational number; why promote the hideously incorrect 22/7 approximation just to piss off countries that use m/d/y format?
Benjamin Hollon 🇺🇸🇲🇾🇮🇳🇦🇫Ah, but with 3.14 you can also use the time to add more specificity. ;)
Paul Wilde 
:dontpanic_nobg:@benjaminhollon yeah, everything thinks #PiDay is cool *now*
just wait til July 21st 2069 at 00:37:33... things are going to get craaaazzzyynuts
(Unix time 3141592653)
just wait til July 21st 2069 at 00:37:33... things are going to get craaaazzzyynuts
(Unix time 3141592653)
@paul
Heh, I remember March 14, 2015 at 09:26:53. ;)
Heh, I remember March 14, 2015 at 09:26:53. ;)
@benjaminhollon better not miss the one in 2069 too, the one after is 900 years later
unless, like me, you prefer Tau in which case then next celebration is in 2169
unless, like me, you prefer Tau in which case then next celebration is in 2169
@paul
Heh, or I could just keep my system and celebrate in 2115? ;)
But yeah, I'll definitely keep an eye out for the 2069 date.
@benjaminhollon yeah, I agree you can miss the 3 off, I think that's fair 😁
(it also means I can celebrate Tau epoch in 2059, 10 years before "true" Pi epoch)
(it also means I can celebrate Tau epoch in 2059, 10 years before "true" Pi epoch)
@paul
I added it to my calendar. ;)
I added it to my calendar. ;)
@benjaminhollon I _might_ still be alive in 2069, so that's definitely something to look forward to anyway 🤣
@paul
And I *might* still be alive in 2115, but it's a stretch. ;)
Unless life expectancy goes drastically up, I guess. It's possible.
Blitzen 🇺🇦@jameswallis if Canada and the US can have different Thanksgivings, we can have a US and European pi day. But I won’t concede dd/mm is better than mm/dd, because both are inferior to #ISO8601.
Kit Bashir@jameswallis @cstross in our house 22/7 is Approximate Pi Day, when we feast on Quiches, Tarts and other pie-approximating foods.
Ada
uymai@Unixbigot @jameswallis @cstross we call it casual pi day here and eat more casual versions of pies, like apple crisp
@aurynn A better pi day for you :)
Σ(i³) = (Σi)²@Unixbigot @jameswallis @cstross
Amateurs! Every day can be pi approximation day if you're willing to go with a bad enough approximation. 3/1 could be a pancake. 7/12 maybe a waffle.
Amateurs! Every day can be pi approximation day if you're willing to go with a bad enough approximation. 3/1 could be a pancake. 7/12 maybe a waffle.
Dave@jameswallis
Re: 22/7 versus 3.14
One might even suggest that a numerical date format that has the least significant portion in the middle is even more irrational than the number that "pi day" approximates to. 😜
Sam H (he/him)@jameswallis As a European, I only celebrate pi Day on the 31st of April
ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘I see what you did there. 😉
brooklyn11211@jameswallis @anamariecox American here - anything to do with math annoys a lot of Americans.
Koochulainn@jameswallis Not if you measure from 1 minute before 2AM on 3.14
forresto@jameswallis Don't make me tap the ISO 8601 xkcd https://xkcd.com/1179/
Ellie@jameswallis Today is 2023-03-14 = 2006, according to a north american outside the US.
Jorge
Mike Dickison@jameswallis @ojala And I always miss American pi day.
Anders Borch@jameswallis I’m keeping this bookmarked until 22/7 of this year.
Ima Nota Cat 👀@jameswallis you had me at annoy Americans
Dr. Kamella Tate@jameswallis March 14 / 3.14 is funner though . . .
Skovheks--2023-03-14
and thus I annoy all... or mildly disrupt their day when the read that and immediately forget.
#ItJustMakesMoreSense
cohomology is FUN!@jameswallis why not both? More days with excuses to eat pie is fine by me 😀🥧