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		jedberg on March 14, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pi Day Even NASA only uses 15 digits because anything beyond that is unnecessary even at Universal scales. Also if you want to be really picky, you can celebrate at 1:59 and 29 seconds.

pinkorchid on March 14, 2024 [–]

27 seconds! :)

madcaptenor on March 14, 2024 | [–]

I'd thought 26, but I wasn't rounding properly. I've heard it as "thirty-four seconds before two o'clock", to obscure what time it actually refers to.

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