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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderEver year, Matt Parker calculates pi, and this year it was the largest manual effort to calculate pi in a very long time[1] . I took part this year, though I didn't end up in the video sadly. It was lots of fun though, and a nice trip to london [1] https://youtu.be/LIg-6glbLkU
Either you celebrate Pi Day or support ISO 8601 - you can't have it both ways !
DO seems to have some fun today as well :) https://twitter.com/digitalocean/status/576739557854425088
MIT regular admission decisions are coming out on 3/14 1:59:26 PM Eastern Time.
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- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 377
- Total comments
- 188
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-03-14 | Happy Pi Day | wayne | 30 | 11 |
| 2012-03-14 | Happy Pi Day | sirwitti | 3 | 0 |
| 2013-03-14 | Pi DayFirst breakout | jdstraughan | 118 | 49 |
| 2015-03-14 | Pi Day | brudgers | 67 | 30 |
| 2018-03-14 | Pi Day | tu7001 | 10 | 4 |
| 2021-03-14 | Pi Day | throw0101a | 3 | 0 |
| 2023-03-14 | Pi Day | ushakov | 1 | 0 |
| 2024-03-14 | Pi DayBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | throw0101b | 143 | 94 |
| 2026-03-14 | Pi Day | beardyw | 2 | 0 |