The L-curve--it's a hate crime!!

Factual Questions
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Over in GD, I was scrolling down the titles and saw this thread followed next in line by this thread.

I scrolled a little too fast and got a joint-title of “The L-Curve–it’s a hate crime!!”

Well, economists and sociologists: What do you think? Is it?

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definitely GD territory

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Whatever it is, it certainly isn’t a General Question.