Pi Day 2024 | Horrifying Math: Estimating Pi by Casting Bones

Happy Pi Day! As we celebrate this most mathematical of all holidays, I calculate pi by casting bones in a variation of a famous experiment called Buffon's needle.
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End screen music is "Drake Spectre" written and performed by Keith Lewis. Used with permission.
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[@sheryllewis4119]

You are very creative. I enjoyed the video--and the pie!

[@zachreads]

What's full of Bones and shakes at the bottom of the ocean?
... a nervous wreck
Happy Pi Day!
Just reread Hitchhiker's Guide as my 42nd of the year, don't forget to bring a towel.

[@Phobophile]

I always know where my towel is!

[@nicoleleboeuf-little1048]

Enjoying the heck out of this. Thanks for the chat at DV8 the other night!

[@Phobophile]

Glad you found your way over to my little corner of the nuthouse!