Also known as “Pi Playfulness.” Having fun and toying around with the number π mentally, artfully, philosophically, poetically, or spiritually.
Pifulness isn’t so much about coming up with a new pi theorem or an elegant proof—unless that’s your thing—but it’s also about exploring and expanding the use of pi beyond mathematics or science.
by Fasters July 03, 2023
When blips or bleeps received on Earth seems to follow the digital pattern of the decimal number π, which makes astronomers (or even astrologers) get pretty excited, as this celestial signal could prove that extraterrestrials were trying to make contact with earthlings.
Since the detection of pi radiation that hints to the high probability that there is life on other planets, mathematicians-agnostics haven’t uttered a word to the existence of an Almighty God, who is behind the scenes controlling the motion of the planets and galaxies.
by Fasters December 26, 2021
When the US and the West find it hard to swallow the fact that a non-Western company or country has an unfair technological advantage over their local firms, which are often or mostly run by foreign talents, be it in terms of algorithmic supremacy, hacking superiority, or advanced security—one knee-jerk reaction is to ban their product on the pretext of mental health, privacy, and national security, or to force the foreign entity to sell its product to a local player.
Whether you’re in a developed or developing country, if you can’t compete with a foreign competitor, get your politicians to pass laws to limit or stop them from benefiting the population, by pointing out the negatives or potential risks of their products or services—let the TikTok factor be part of your strategy to neutralize the competition or the enemy.
by Fasters March 25, 2023
Not the faith described in the Bible, which doesn’t depend on the storms and successes of life, but rather is based on the unshakable (certain, secure, and sure) promises found in the Word of God—faith is the substance (or assurance) of things hoped for, the evidence (or conviction) of things not seen, as revealed in Hebrews 11:1.
If “faith is a feeling.”—which is dictated by emotions resulting from the ebb and flow of life—it’s no surprise that this kind of fleeting or worldly faith doesn’t resonate with those who demand proof before belief.
by Fasters November 28, 2022
A flowery term for “home jail”—when people are only allowed to go out to buy food or to obtain “essential services,” such as buying guns, getting tattooed, and dog grooming, in the fastest possible time, while interacting with the least number of people to avoid infecting them with the virus.
A lockdown comes in different shapes and sizes, which is based on the country’s infection rate and death toll (and whether its head of state, governor, or mayor is running for a reelection before year end).
by Fasters April 29, 2020
Used books on or about the number π; dismantled exhibits on the beauty, ubiquity, and utility of π held on Pi Day by students in school or at shopping malls; or discarded pi-related projects or artworks by artists or math educators in a museum.
by Fasters December 13, 2021
When the trip of the complex number π + iπ to the Argand plane was a disappointment, as it failed to secure an exact position on it—both real and imaginary axes couldn’t accurately accommodate the irrational π on them.
Complex pi has come to terms that it can only be located approximately when students try to plot it on the Argand or complex plane.
by Fasters December 26, 2021