So how did TotesMessenger end up with 3141592 comment and link karma? 3.141592(65358979) is an approximation of pi

https://www.reddit.com/r/TotesMessenger/comments/mrili9/so_how_did_totesmessenger_end_up_with_3141592/

created by SometimesY on 15/04/2021 at 16:42 UTC

22 upvotes, 5 top-level comments (showing 5)

Were the admins shitposting or did TotesMessenger break something?

Comments

Comment by cmd-t at 16/04/2021 at 05:09 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Pretty cool actually

Comment by justcool393 at 17/04/2021 at 04:53 UTC

4 upvotes, 1 direct replies

My guess is that the per-subreddit karma was breaking the site in ways the admins weren't intending so they did that and froze the bot's karma

(karma can be frozen on accounts to prevent them from overloading the site)

Comment by justcool393 at 17/04/2021 at 04:52 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I guess so :)

Comment by Hurtem at 17/04/2021 at 05:06 UTC

2 upvotes, 1 direct replies

wut

Comment by Yaxience at 19/05/2023 at 13:35 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

My guess is it might be related to Lorenz attractor principles (predictable order in chaos). The point I think that may relate it to the Pi phenomenon in the reddit examples is that Lorenz applications are always based on circular phenomenon. The butterfly is generated by pendular motion that by definition only occurs as an arc; the Lorenz equations came from studying convective flow of heat, which relies on the physics of angular motion (curved motion, as opposed to linear); the Lorenz equations are used to make weather cycles more predictable and the playing field of all weather occurs on a single blue sphere, Earth. So, maybe applying Lorenz to any system of chaos will reveal its fundamental circle, or Pi.