Picking and Sticking with a Username

[Pifanjr]

And I thought that your jr. is an integral part of the whole nickname and that you read it continuously.

I get that a lot. I initially wrote it as Pifan.jr, but I dropped the period pretty quickly.

Reading it continuously does sound a bit Viking as well.

 

[Brian Boru]

Pifan.jr

Yeah, I assumed you were the son of a mathematician—and got the habit from hir to spend your free time reciting 3.14159… to 1,000 places

 

[Pifanjr]

Yeah, I assumed you were the son of a mathematician—and got the habit from hir to spend your free time reciting 3.14159… to 1,000 places

Actually, it was my brother who was the original Pifan and he "only" got to like 105 places. I think I got to 50 at some point, but I only remember 18 of them reliably.

 

[Hitobat]

I didn't even come up with my own username, I just stuck jr. at the end of someone else's.

And I thought that your jr. is an integral part of the whole nickname and that you read it continuously.

That just blew my mind. I thought maybe it was some nordic word, and now I'm reading your nick completely differently!

 

[WoodenSaucer]

Yeah, I assumed you were the son of a mathematician—and got the habit from hir to spend your free time reciting 3.14159… to 1,000 places

My oldest son can do up to 100 I think. I can do 5.

 

[Pifanjr]

My oldest son can do up to 100 I think. I can do 5.

You only need 40 to calculate the circumference of the observable universe to within the diameter of a hydrogen atom. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory only uses 15 for their interplanetary calculations.

 

[Brian Boru]

You only need 40 to calculate the circumference of the observable universe to within the diameter of a hydrogen atom

Sad news: by the time you input the 40 digits, the universe will have expanded by a light year or two.

 

[WoodenSaucer]

You only need 40 to calculate the circumference of the observable universe to within the diameter of a hydrogen atom. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory only uses 15 for their interplanetary calculations.

That's some interesting info there.

 

[Pifanjr]

Sad news: by the time you input the 40 digits, the universe will have expanded by a light year or two.

So this made me look up how fast the observable universe expands and I think it's only about half a light year per minute, but I'm not entirely sure.