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xkcd #2864: Compact Graphs (imgs.xkcd.com)
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People may complain about readability, but even with jpeg compression, extracting the data points is usually computationally feasible if there aren't too many of them.

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[–] JohnDClay 7 points 11 months ago

Saying 'what kind of an idiot doesn't know about the Yellowstone supervolcano' is so much more boring than telling someone about the Yellowstone supervolcano for the first time.