• SpacePanda@mander.xyz
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    6 days ago

    Who is zero centimeters tall though? Why would you start at zero when the data doesnt start at zero.

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      6 days ago

      Stop making sense!

      Good news everyone, this graph should start at zero as we are comparing humans to tardigrades.

      • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip
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        6 days ago

        this graph doesn’t compare heights, it compares speed of change and it is heavily distorted in this representation. you think you are delivering some sick burn, but you are just making fool of yourself.

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          5 days ago

          It’s not speed, it’s the height over time. The derivative of this is the speed, and then the axis in this case should not start at 0, it should start at negative because there are periods where the speed is negative.

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            4 days ago

            It’s not speed, it’s the height over time

            yeah, it is not speed, it is unit over time, so, wait for it… speed.

            The derivative of this is the speed

            and its visual perception is distorted due to the truncated axis.

            it should start at negative because there are periods where the speed is negative.

            “where the speed is negative”? wait, what, i thought this is not speed - as per your first sentence. also, the axis should start at zero, because… at some point the height of the person was negative?

            well thank you for your input 😂

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              4 days ago

              Height as a function of time results in… Height. Delta height divided by Delta time is average speed. This is basic math.

              If this was speed, there would be points of negative speed, when height is lower at a greater time.

              I’m going to assume you’re just a troll, nobody can be so dumb.

              Edit: just as an observation, if you want to look at the speed, the truncated axis is irrelevant, because the intersection value is derived to 0. You really don’t know this?

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                4 days ago

                If this was speed, there would be points of negative speed, when height is lower at a greater time.

                there is no need for the height axis to start below zero just because there is negative speed at some point. i am going to assume you are just dumb, because i do believe people can be that dumb.

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                  4 days ago

                  If you don’t mind not seeing the data, I guess you don’t need to show 0, but that would be really stupid. I’m character, almost

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      6 days ago

      because doing it otherwise misleads the viewer into thinking that the change is much larger than it really is.