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Cake day: 2023年9月5日

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  • The ordering of the character chances in each row and it bothers me. In makes it hard to connect the struggles to the effects they have on their job choices and political stance. See for example the one with medical bills. I’d expect to be able to read a single column top to bottom. And for one of the two characters that doesn’t change their place from first row to second row, it makes no sense the young person with large student debt would work for no money. Swapping the first and second characters in the second row would make more sense.

    This is just my pedantry. The point made in the graphic is very valid, I just found it a bit difficult to read.






  • The dataset is a great find. I do suppose it’s enough for a simple start. I like the idea of comparing different features so for example show 5 forks of different prong lengths, show 5 forks with different ornaments, and so on. However, I suppose preferences for different fork qualities are not independent. Say, someone might prefer a fork with longer prongs if the handle is thicker, but shorter ones if the handle is also thinner. Depending on to which degree that is true, trying to determine preferences for individual features while ignoring the bigger picture might be futile.