Edit: Some other fun tidbits: most of that 2.2 petabytes of storage wasn't actually used to store the 300 trillion digits itself - that number of digits fits in like 170 terabytes (which LTT is thinking of making available as a download, lol) - it's actually used as pseudo-ram during the actual calculation.
I wanted to just post the video, which has a lot more information (though not the kind of info you're looking for), but I didn't know if an LTT video was an "official" enough source for this community.
I suppose this was probably the first time that all of the digits of pi up to 300 trillion were calculated, even if the 300 trillionth specifically was already known.
I'm sure that's never occurred to them before, that a comment like this definitely isn't posted in every single thread they comment in, and that they're incredibly thankful for your input.
That pop "article" is like 300 words long, contains almost no information whatsoever, and every bit of info it does contain is also fully spelled out in the video I linked - that Edison wasn't a single-minded visionary, but rather a ridiculously hard worker who worked collectively with his employees to create inventions scientifically.
The video also goes into detail about how he crafted a public persona to make sure his shop continued to have access to funding to keep up his inventing, and in any case, I'm not quite sure how that's supposed to be the nail in the coffin for his reputation, since it was practically required for him to stay in business, and the inventions they came up with (or, better put, the ingenious, practical solutions to the problems they were trying to solve) were revolutionary.
Nothing in that article impugns Edison's name whatsoever - if anything, it fully supports the picture of Edison put forward by the video I linked.
Also, Today I Found Out has a rating of "High - Least Biased" on Media Bias Fact Check https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/today-i-found-out/, so I think I'm just going to ignore your conspiracy-mongering about them.
This is false. Here's an exhaustively researched 4.5 hour video on the topic if you're interested in what Edison was really like (an incredibly hard worker who was much kinder to his employees than was usual for the time, and who changed inventing from an art into a science), and the by-all-accounts positive nature of his very brief working relationship with Tesla.
Edit: I am absolutely gobsmacked that this comment is getting hammered so hard in a science community of all places.
I guess the misinformation-fueled hate boner for Edison is just too strong for the truth.
Yeah, cuz howling at the moon definitely isn't something regular wolves are known for.