MrMitchWeaver

MrMitchWeaver t1_ja1peac wrote

Reply to comment by Hattix in TIL that despite having brains the size of poppy seeds, bees are able to recognize and remember human faces. In a study, researchers paired images of human faces with sugar-laced water, and bees were able to recognize and remember the faces even when the reward was no longer present. by MaleficentTop6074

I'm wondering if the pictures were similar enough that the only way to tell them apart was by recognizing the face.

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MrMitchWeaver t1_j6khkdc wrote

Reply to comment by jeruizlassiter in College rugby was cool in 1974 by jeruizlassiter

> Women's rugby is actually the fastest growing sport in colleges today.

Unexpected!

In Argentina it's usually a men's sport and mostly upper class.

I'm actually surprised it isn't more popular in the US, IMHO it's a much better alternative to American Football. Similar but grittier and more fluid.

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MrMitchWeaver t1_iziwq8f wrote

Reply to comment by Stannic50 in [OC] How to spot misleading charts? I would like to hear your opinion on the subject, also any tips design-wise? by dark_o3

If the unit is the same but the magnitude is very different it does not make sense to use the same axis.

Take housing growth YoY, unemployment, loan delinquency, labor force participation rate, yield curve.

These are all expressed in percentage points but they have wildly different ranges and magnitudes. It would make no sense to use one single axis for two or more of those.

As I said in my first comment. If the series justify the double axis chart it makes sense to use it.

Creator needs to be honest and consumer needs to be vigilant. Same as it ever was.

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MrMitchWeaver t1_izim1f2 wrote

Reply to comment by spiral8888 in [OC] How to spot misleading charts? I would like to hear your opinion on the subject, also any tips design-wise? by dark_o3

First, that's because of the stymulus payments. It's an anomaly. We're not here to talk about the data itself though.

Second, if you actually look at the y axis it's not even a little bit misleading. This is the default setting for all Fred graphs. If you're showing a value starts at 15.000.000.000 you are not going to start the Y axis at zero...

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