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article complains about a ruby gem(Charty) calling a python library(matplotlib) yet author is running Ruby in Java so they can access some Java library!
Wow, the first chart on that web page is really, really ugly. It has these weird 3-d effects that look like from 2001. All it's missing are reflections...
I read your comment first and was like it can’t be that bad. I then opened the page, scrolled frantically down and boy oh boy were you right.
> Everyone loves pie! Oh gosh, no! Count me among those who greatly dislike pie charts in almost every context. "Almost never use a pie chart for data" https://theconversation.com/heres-why-you-should-almost-neve... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38912534
"Hey, how do you draw a 3d pie chart?"
"What?" I asked. "Why?"
"Well, Excel can do them. And somebody saw one. Now they want our software to draw them."
"Are you serious?"
"Yes, I need it like now. I'm supposed to demo it later today."
So I get out a sheet of paper, draw some triangles, and work out that projection math. He walks away with the paper. Half an hour later, he calls me over.
"Hey, it's a 3d pie chart!"
And there it was: On a screen I was all too familiar with, where the 2d pie chart used to be, was a squat 3d pie chart, looking like it was a fat inch thick. Of course, there was too much margin above and below, because of the flatter aspect ratio, but hey, it was 3d and it was good enough for a demo.
I think that was the first day I realized that programming can be used for evil.
Wow, the first chart on that web page is really, really ugly. It has these weird 3-d effects that look like from 2001. All it's missing are reflections...
article complains about a ruby gem(Charty) calling a python library(matplotlib) yet author is running Ruby in Java so they can access some Java library!
> Everyone loves pie! Oh gosh, no! Count me among those who greatly dislike pie charts in almost every context. "Almost never use a pie chart for data" https://theconversation.com/heres-why-you-should-almost-neve... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38912534
It's 3d pie charts, dot charts, pie charts, and any chart that has the origin set to greater than 0 in descending order of evilness.
We need a ## anniversary edition of Lying with Statistics.