Comment by mzelling
2 hours ago
Looked at the repo but it says NOTHING about what value this project offers.
I mean, I get that it's "fun" to store information within the digits of pi. But is this just amusement, or is there a value prop for production use here?
(Speaking as a math major, by the way. I'm sympathetic to the cause.)
It's a(n IMO weak) argument raised when discussing illegal files/numbers.
This project makes clear the counter-argument: the input that gets you the file out of π is a badly compressed version of the file.
I think it's pretty clearly for amusement. And it would kind of spoil the amusement if it were to explicitly mention that it's a joke...
It's a joke.