Collected links

1. Fred: “Of places and patents”. And this.
2. Language Log: “Replicate vs. reproduce”
3. A nice quantile regression use case
4. The Guardian on the Oxford English Dictionary
5. “Geopolitical Hedging as a Service”
6. “How Making Something Better Can Make Everything Worse” which links here
7. Cool NYT figure
8. “stop() / return() Early for Shorter Code”

9. Martin Thoma:

   Example 2: This one is actually confusing. Likely also with context.

   EN: Professors say, students are doing well.
   DE: Professoren sagen, Studenten haben es gut.
   DE: Professoren, sagen Studenten, haben es gut.
   EN: Professors, students say, are doing well.

10. Jason Collins: “Angela Duckworth’s ‘Grit’: The Power of Passion and Perseverance’”