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0 pointsjff11y ago0 comments

And they look fucking awful.

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They're supposed to look hastily-made to reflect the imprecision in the estimates.

https://www.chrisstucchio.com/blog/2014/why_xkcd_style_graph...

I love the general idea of comic-style graphs, but this particular implementation of it does indeed look "fucking awful" in my opinion. The graph itself is fine, but the axis is made of these faux wavy line that eerily repeats itself.

userbinator11y ago

The graph itself is fine, but the axis is made of these faux wavy line that eerily repeats itself.

I see the same things in fonts that are supposed to look "hand-drawn", and CG renders of realistic scenes - it looks "imperfect" but the way the "imperfection" is itself perfect is what stands out. A little randomness goes a long way to avoiding that.

bsder11y ago

Except that there really isn't imprecision in the estimates. The numbers are really quite precise and the confidence interval is actually very good. Far better than an XKCD style should be used for.

I use XKCD stuff for WAG's, not well-supported data.

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