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Re:Introducing DBRX: A New State-of-the-Art Open LLM by Data... by d-z-m on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @11:05PM (#39847334)
If you chart the temperature of the ocean are you measuring it in Kelvin?
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Re:Introducing DBRX: A New State-of-the-Art Open LLM by Data... by panarky on Thursday March 28, 2024 @03:26PM (#39856266)
Apparently, if you want to avoid "chart crime" when you chart temperatures, then it's deceptive if you don't start at absolute zero.
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Re:Introducing DBRX: A New State-of-the-Art Open LLM by Data... by evrial on Thursday March 28, 2024 @07:40PM (#39858810)
When was the temperature on Earth at absolute zero?
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Re:Introducing DBRX: A New State-of-the-Art Open LLM by Data... by panarky on Friday March 29, 2024 @01:53PM (#39866994)
My point exactly.

In a chart of world gross domestic product for the last 12 months, when was it at zero?

In a chart of ocean salinity, when was it at absolute zero?

Is it inherently deceptive to use a y-axis that doesn't begin at zero?

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