Editing Talk:2918: Tick Marks

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The ticks on the y axis conceal the area of the graph between them. Why didn't Randall just build his graph so that the x axis did similar? Then he could keep up a continuous level of activity equal to the size of the ticks, rather than just doing short bursts to coincide with them.[[Special:Contributions/172.70.91.146|172.70.91.146]] 09:28, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
:Don't really know. But look, I was waiting all day yesterday for the Wednesday comic, so I'll take any comic at this point T_T [[User:Z1mp0st0rz|Z1mp0st0rz]] ([[User talk:Z1mp0st0rz|talk]]) 14:54, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
::It was at least half an hour before end-of-day-Midnight, for Randall's expected TZ. I know you're a new username, so perhaps you weren't aware that he often publishes (as best as we can pick up) ''quite late'' in the respective day (currently UTC+6). And it's also really not so much unknown to be (fairly) early in the following day (yet still officially on the relevent M/W/F).
::That doesn't mean we aren't often frustratingly gripped by antici.................pation, but we are very rarely stymied for more than a whole day (developmental delays to rolling out 'special comics', aside), and I think we are lucky to have such a conscientious creator as we do. It must be a hard schedule to keep up with. (And also that even if "not every one is a winner", ''most'' still are, for ''most'' people. Could be worse!) [[Special:Contributions/172.71.178.110|172.71.178.110]] 15:12, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Should [[688: Self-Description]] also be linked as an example of "actual data is part of the graphical framing device"? [[Special:Contributions/172.70.39.12|172.70.39.12]] 21:01, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
:It already is linked, in the prior paragraph, and ''isn't'' quite so relevent to the flag-based variation (which is a kind of cousin to this tricky graph thing). But do rewrite it if you think it can be expounded better. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.173|172.70.90.173]] 22:13, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
::Thanks, I must have missed it on my first read. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.114.146|172.70.114.146]] 23:20, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

This doesn't seem like a useful method of hiding activity, simply as the area hidden under the ticks is too little to be of significance.[[Special:Contributions/172.69.134.16|172.69.134.16]] 04:09, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

What exactly is this graph meant to refer to? Obviously it's not important for the joke, but I don't really understand the premise. Is there a real-world context where "activity" of some sort is commonly reported in a line graph like this? [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.68|162.158.158.68]] 05:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
: Some sort of code repository comes to mind. [[User:Elektrizikekswerk|Elektrizikekswerk]] ([[User talk:Elektrizikekswerk|talk]]) 09:17, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
: For certain financial events, you may not be allowed to do deals within a certain time leading up to a scheduled relevent corporate disclosure. Sneaking a few microtransactions in after that time could be ''significantly'' profitable. And actionable.. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.194.165|172.69.194.165]] 10:27, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
:It reminded me of a burnup chart, though those are intended to be cumulative, rather than distributive.[[Special:Contributions/172.71.242.188|172.71.242.188]] 08:57, 15 April 2024 (UTC)