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by cvick 2y ago
Safari on iphone I get this error when I load the page: Could not enable WebMidi: navigator.requestMIDIAccess is not a function. (In 'navigator.requestMIDIAccess({sysex:t.sysex,software:t.software})', 'navigator.requestMIDIAc
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by cvick 10y ago
This book changed the way I think.
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by cvick 10y ago
Yeah, I find that people use "Logical" wrong as well, or, more specifically, "Not Logical" or "Illogical". When asked to explain why something is or isn't logical...blank stares.
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by cvick 10y ago
There is nothing in that method that accounts for the possibility that the test may be flawed in some way. I suppose that the assumption here is that the test is 'perfect' in that each question is worded in such a way that there
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by cvick 10y ago
The art of being wrong isn't about admitting it to others. The 'real' art to being wrong is being able to constantly challenge your own conclusions and not be afraid to ask yourself, "could I be wrong about this?"
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by cvick 11y ago
I first read GEB when I was a teenager (and I've re-read it many many times since). It is one of the few books that made me re-think the way that I think, and it's one of my favorite books of all time. "The Emperor's N
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by cvick 11y ago
This is absolutely true. Critical Thinking does discourage ideas - namely, poorly thought out and stupid ones. There's absolutely nothing wrong with using creativity to solve problems, however, at some point, you have to think crit
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by cvick 11y ago
Near the end of the article, there's this: "Because we elect our prosecutors, there is no chance of apology, and no admission of error." Can anybody help me understand this? Does it really work this way?
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by cvick 11y ago
Technically, you are correct: a single bank cannot do this, but the entire banking system can. With a 10% reserve requirement, a single $100 deposit at one bank becomes $1,000 of credit in the entire banking system. However, the point that
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by cvick 11y ago
Actually, you can't. If I am in possession of 1 BTC and I give it to you, I am not in possession of it anymore -- there is nothing that I can do to get it back unless you give it back to me. There is absolutely no way to do fractiona