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by lifthrasiir 828 days ago
You also have 22nd July the pi approximation day, which is also mentioned in Wikipedia and much more accurate.
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And November 10th (November 9th, this year), as the 314th day of the year.

You can find quite a few excuses to eat pie.

I generally do not need an excuse to eat pie.

Your mileage may vary.

Much more? Or slightly more.

If the number of digits in x/y and number in a decimal version are the same, the accuracy is approximately equal

You are correct. In hindsight I was quite tired back then and probably thinking of 355/113 or an average between 3.14 and 22/7 (~= 3.14143) instead...
6 digits vs 6 digits, works again