What I saw on the web on 2020.12.2

[reblogarythm]

1. A Small Meditation on Picking and Choosing in Religion
   by James Ford
   https://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2020/12/a-small-meditation-on-picking-and-choosing-in-religion.html
   how to keep "spiritual but not religious" from turning into Sheilaism?
   via rss
   
   
2. Shameless Self-Promotion
   by David R. MacIver
   https://drmaciver.substack.com/p/shameless-self-promotion
   a book and consulting on how to be smarter
   via rss
   
   
3. Addition and Subtraction of Complex Numbers - Complex Analysis #2
   by The Mathemagicians' Guild
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nT3WYFxvPLk
   some nice 3d animations of complex functions
   via reddit
   
   
4. Gunhild Carling plays three trumpets at the same time
   by Gunhild Carling
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfucLkcs5gM
   that's three more trumpets than I can play at once
   via boing
   
   
5. Do people mispronounce your name? Students hope new audio tool will end the name game
   by Sofia Rodriguez
   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/diverse-names-namecoach-1.5814360
   clever idea! (still won't help people who don't understand how to make unfamiliar sounds with their mouths, but absolutely a useful thing!)
   via rss
   
   
6. 5 Iron Maiden Riffs on Hurdy Gurdy
   by Michalina Malisz
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbzvX6Mb_2k
   in case you're pining for hurdy gurdy metal. Steve Harris would approve?
   via FB
   
   
7. Interactive Burning Wheel Dice Probability Webpage
   by telnoratti
   https://burningwheel-dice.herokuapp.com/
   in case you want to know whether it's worth spending Artha on that roll
   via reddit