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minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·3 days agoAn error margin of less than 5% (even better, biased in a known direction) is more than good enough for plenty of use cases. An error margin of more than 25% on the other hand, is seldom acceptable.
minus-squareConsole_Modder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20·3 days agoNah, it’s fine. Trust me I use pi=4 in every calculation I do that uses pi and I haven’t ever run into any issues at all (I’m not that type of engineer, I never do anything with pi)
minus-squareI'm Hiding 🇦🇺@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoOne is an error margin, the other a factor of safety!
An error margin of less than 5% (even better, biased in a known direction) is more than good enough for plenty of use cases.
An error margin of more than 25% on the other hand, is seldom acceptable.
Nah, it’s fine. Trust me I use pi=4 in every calculation I do that uses pi and I haven’t ever run into any issues at all
(I’m not that type of engineer, I never do anything with pi)
One is an error margin, the other a factor of safety!
It’s called safety factor