Links - May 7, 2016

• Who Was Ramanujan?
  Stephen Wolfram - Backchannel
  

  Life is strange. One letter (email?) could really change yours. Send it today.

• What Military Jargon Says About Military Service
  Matti Friedman - The Atlantic
  
• Dynamic Typing > Static Typing?
  Greggman
  

  It is weird when you can’t credit an author because their work doesn’t list their name. </br> As a side note, tweeting this got me into a strange twitter fight.

• Stuck in the Middle With You
  Mark Suster - Both Sides of the Table
  

  Good analysis of why the US can’t play the isolation game going forward. Even if you don’t care about politics, and you should, it is worth your time just for the amazing list of books that Suster recommends.

• Eye Doctors Want To Shut Down This Online Vision Exam Startup
  Stephanie M. Lee - BuzzFeed News
  

  While I understand the point of regulation, Opternative delivers exactly what it advertises: refractive eye exams. The incumbents are just using regulation to push their interests and avoid getting pushed out of the market. But, obviously, I am biased. I used to work there.

• I’ve got a few questions for virtual reality filmmakers
  Lucas Matney - TechCrunch
  

  Possibly my favorite opening paragraph in a TechCrunch article, ever.

• Brad DeLong pulpifies a Cochrane graph
  Noah Smith
  

  Economic models can be bent to lie. Usually, not this blatantly, though.

• I tried to make my own tortillas from scratch the Mexican way in the US, and it was a disaster
  Ana Campoy - Quartz
  

  This article is just a curiosity. The fact that Quartz opens with “Leer en español” was very unexpected.