What I saw on the web on 2021.10.27

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1. Ask Uncle Colin: Why is this pi by 4?
   by Flying Colours Maths
   https://www.flyingcoloursmaths.co.uk/why-is-this-pi-by-4/
   a fun approach via complex numbers
   via rss
   
   
2. How to make easy decisions
   by David R. MacIver
   https://drmaciver.substack.com/p/how-to-make-easy-decisions
   very short version: just pick something!
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3. Is Adele's latest single microtonal? | Q+A
   by Adam Neely
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njyCxQxR41M
   a bunch of interesting music thoughts here. Neelyji mentions how talking about desrcibing pitches as "high" and "low" is an (extremely ingrained) metaphor
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4. Thesis proposal, Thesis.
   by Daniel Bolnick
   https://twitter.com/DanielBolnick/status/1449351683000111108
   seems accurate to me
   via email