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[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

So asking it for the complete square root of pi is probably off the table?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

'The square root of pi is approximately 1.77245385091. If you have any more questions or if there's anything else I can help you with, feel free to ask!'

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

How can that be when a pi isn't square

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

sqrt pi feels like it should be even more irrational though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I just remember they asked the ships computer on Star Trek (TOS) to calculate the sqrt of pi to keep it busy.