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Title: xkcd 2170
Post by: Jim on July 02, 2019, 07:53:42 pm

https://xkcd.com/2170/

Title: Re: xkcd 2170
Post by: Jim on July 02, 2019, 08:02:00 pm

I'm sure I'm not the only one who figured out where that is when they read it.  The middle of the rocket garden at Kennedy Space Center's main visitor center.

Title: Re: xkcd 2170
Post by: yakra on July 02, 2019, 10:29:13 pm

17 significant digits. Raw floating point sounds legit.

Title: Re: xkcd 2170
Post by: jpinyan on July 06, 2019, 10:47:58 pm

The digits after the fifth one for each coordinate are decimal places for e (after the 2.) and pi (after 3.1), respectively.