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Diversity is variance, and Friday linkfests are built to minimize variance

This week: RIP Wendell Berry, correlation = causation (?), which data repository should you use, forget the h-index here's the S-index, replicating fake studies, the nature of improvisation, songs about Kalamazoo (or the lack thereof), cybernetics vs.

Diversity is variance, and Friday linkfests are built to minimize variance
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