Happy Pi Day! π₯³
March 14th (3/14) is the day we celebrate everyone's favorite never-ending number: Ο. To celebrate, I made a Pi-ano. You're probably wondering what that is. Well, let's see! πΉ
Introducing the Pi-ano πΆ
The Pi-ano does exactly what it sounds like β it calculates digits of pi and plays a note for each one; it's a piano controlled by pi! Each digit (0-9) is mapped to a different note, so as Pi unfolds, it creates a completely unique melody.
How It Works
- The program continuously computes digits of Pi.
- Each digit corresponds to a note, and the note is played on your speaker.
- It's basically a never-ending, math-powered concert.
Here's a quick demo. Don't get your hopes up, the song isn't that great:
Try It Yourself!
Want to hear Pi sing? You can check out the code and play around with it here:
https://github.com/The-Best-Codes/bestcodes-react-site/tree/main/app/math/pi-ano
More Pi Day Fun
Of course, Pi Day isn't just about weird musical experiments. It's a great excuse to eat pie. π₯§
What's your favorite kind of pie? (I don't have a favorite, I like all of them!)
How are you celebrating Pi Day? Let me know in the comments!
Top comments (47)
Fun post! Don't eat too much pie, though, or you'll end up with a big circumference. π«
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What are you all doing for Pi day?
Working on a Raspberry Pi quantified-self project. Building electronics has been a lot of fun and eye-opening.
Yep, I've got a Raspberry Pi too! Do you have a Pi 5? I've heard they're awesome!
Happy Ο day!
I do have a RPi 5, which is a true computing powerhouse. It processes updates and Python instructions like a champ.
Happy Ο day do you as well!
Wow, do you have the 16 GB RAM one? I was just looking on the website and they seem to have improved a lot since the Pi 3
I have the 8 GB model, and rarely use more than 10% of the available RAM. The advertised use case for the 16 GB model is as a tool among top power users. It would be interesting to see the types of applications which require that much RAM on the RPi 5. I would think those users would primarily be business and industrial customers?
And indeed, these little computers have been transformed since the Raspberry Pi 3 model was released. Model 5 includes hyper-optimization and a bunch of new hardware features.
I can see where 16 GB would be good for running AI models locally and stuff. It would be nice to have a local mini-AI server. I wonder if the Pi 5 has a GPU...
I could see that as well. The requirements for running an AI model on one's computer are dropping fast. Right alongside a growth in computing power and capacity.
I know from having recently updated my RPi 5, there is NVIDIA code running on the computer. So my guess would be yes, the Raspberry Pi 5 has a GPU of some sort.
Even on the Pi 3, I can already run Gemma 3 with Ollama. I bet it's really fast on the Pi 5.
Also, I did some research, and it looks like there is a GPU on the Pi 5, but I don't think it's a dedicated one. Apparently you can connect an external one somehow?
Now I want a Pi 5 π
You can indeed connect an external GPU to the RPi 5. Such as in this YouTube video from Jeff Geerling. It is difficult to imagine what will be possible with the Raspberry Pi 6!
Wow, thanks for sharing! You should make a DEV post about Pis, you know so much about them haha. I would read it for sure π
eating pi
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Guess this makes you a pi-grammer
I hope not, pi is irrational
To be, fair the song is pi-rational π
Ins-pi-rational π
God dammit I didn't think anybody would get it π
You really went off on a tangent there.
(I hope you know something about pi, circles, and tangents, or you won't get it)
I hate algebra π
Aren't tangents trigonometry though π§
Fun fact: They apply to both trigonometry AND algebra! π€
I think it's most relevant in trig, but okay π€
I actually learned about pi in pre-algebra!
I was talking about tangents, not pi. I don't remember when I learned pi, probably before algebra
Ahhh yes tangents. I talked about those in geometry
We really went full circumference there! (I know I know I am terrible π)
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I have one thing to say:
o
Let me show you my reasoning:
pi = 3.141592
Leviticus = 3rd book
So look in Leviticus 14:15. Find the 9th word in the verse and get its 2nd letter.
and you get o, so thats what i have to say.
just kidding, great post as always :P
You had me confused for a second π€£
Glad you enjoyed it!
lol
Thx for a music experiment of Ο!
My music about PI is based on a small sci-fi theory: Based on a series of 42 marker distances in Ο lead a groundbreaking theoretical exploration.
There is a song about this theory:
Interesting.
Happy late Ο day! π
the pi-ano is cool haha :)
Glad you liked it π€
Broooooo the title of the posttttttttttt π
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Thanks for reading
This is cool, buddy. Love it. π₯
Thank you! Happy Ο day β€οΈ
Awesome! I love this!
Thank you for reading, glad you enjoyed it! π
best website for my math teacher XD i think its her fav XD but good tho i love it as a beginner
Thanks for reading, glad you liked it π
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