Data Is Beautiful

What to do, if you need to visualize a large network graph but all tools you try can only draw a hairball or eat all your RAM and hang…

Just wanted to share this article that I came across (tho it's from 2019).

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/science-isnt-broken/

Another study with the same goal of comparing the results from different research teams found similar disparities, though the graphs aren't quite as pretty.

Source

As you reduce the amount of carbon emissions (the y axis) the methods to keep reducing carbon cost more (the x axis.)

This great graph came to my attention from this video from vlogbrothers. It also has some good explanations of what it means.

Note that carbon capture doesn't really make sense till you've exhausted all the other emission minimizing methods.

Source: https://www.edf.org/revamped-cost-curve-reaching-net-zero-emissions

At the end of 2023, we ran a census on lemmy.ca. Analyzing the data took a little longer than I thought it would, but the results are now available!

To see the post, you can do one of:

• Use this link: https://lemmy.ca/post/15125231
  • On mobile, your app should open it in your home instance
  • On desktop, you can use the InstanceAssistant extension to redirect the post
• Open [email protected] and see the pinned posts

I didn't do a regular crosspost in case there is an error in the results. This way I only need to fix one post instead of many.

Hope you enjoy :)

Apologies. This might not be the perfect community for the post.

Answering the age old question...

Created by Adrian Barnett: https://twitter.com/aidybarnett/status/1572006426167619585

New York Times managed this with eloquence.

Total energy production sources and consumption by state
https://www.eia.gov/beta/states/overview
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What's the value of statistical life (VSL)?

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LabPlot ❤️ Data

➡️ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_of_life

#DataAnalysis #DataScience #Data #DataViz #Visualization #Plotting #Statistics #Life #Risk #Safety #Security
#USA #USDA #FOSS #OpenSource #FLOSS #VSL

Using Zipf's Law to detect outliers in median age of European Countries in #LabPlot (2023 est.)

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LabPlot ❤️ Data

➡️ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipf%27s_law

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Source:

• English: Kyoto Penguins Relationship Chart 2024｜Kyoto Aquarium
• Japanese: Sumida Aquarium -「すみだペンギン相関図2024」公開中！｜すみだ水族館

Another chart from Kyoto Aquarium

Source:

• English: Kyoto Penguins Relationship Chart 2024｜Kyoto Aquarium
• Japanese: Kyoto Aquarium -「京都ペンギン相関図2024」公開中！｜京都水族館

Seen on: Spoon & Tamago

Penguins, the way they waddle around and protect their eggs, are often thought of as cute, cuddly and romantic. But those who observe them for extended periods know they have a dark side. Two aquariums in Japan, Kyoto Aquarium and Sumida Aquarium, keep obsessive tabs on their penguins and maintain an updated flowchart that visualizes all their penguin drama.

Penguins are highly social species. They like being with others and, like humans, this can often lead to polyamorous and sometimes scandalous situations. Penguin drama can include serious crushes and heartbreaks but also adultery and egg-stealing. Penguins may even develop crushes on their caretakers. And these Japanese aquariums have it all charted in a flowchart that can be studied for hours.

EDIT: Thanks to @[email protected] for pointing out the english versions.

source: https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/17788/how-much-of-earths-biomass-is-affected-by-humans/