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		gugagore on Sept 26, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Turns are better than radians Because I didn't see it mentioned yet, this is the same feature that makes the small-angle approximation of sin elegant: sin(x) ≈ x .

tsimionescu on Sept 26, 2022 [–]

With a sin designed for turns, that is just sin(x) ~= 2pi * x or tau * x. Slightly uglier, but still quite simple.

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