• @assassin_aragorn
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    157 months ago

    I think they mean napkin math. Like you’re in a meeting and they ask for a general idea if something will work or not

    • @maniclucky
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      17 months ago

      I suppose. I’m still internally outraged and haven’t run into such a situation before, but I accept this.

      • @assassin_aragorn
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        27 months ago

        To be fair most of the situations where I’ve run into this have never involved pi, and sometimes it’s just qualitative.

        • @maniclucky
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          37 months ago

          That makes sense. I feel like if you’re at the point where pi is meaningfully involved, you should probably do your math.

          • @assassin_aragorn
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            27 months ago

            Yeah I agree. It isn’t that hard to set up things in Excel to get a decent answer.

      • @assassin_aragorn
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        27 months ago

        Depends on the level of precision you need. If I want the volume in a 500 foot long, 3 inch pipe to roughly estimate how much supply I need to order, I wouldn’t need a calculator. It would very roughly be 90-95 ft3. (Divide 500 by 4 two times and multiple by 3)

        Then I would spend 5 minutes double checking myself haha.