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by yread 3000 days ago
Another important part are the flashy graphics. People always trust you more with flashy graphics against a list of coordinates
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As a professional curmudgeon, I have the same reaction to shiny graphics that I do to salesman I’m fancy suits: I’m not buying.

Charting data accurately is really really hard. On one team we had a guy who said charts are for asking questions, not making decisions, and I’ve found that to be a pretty safe default.

..and buggy software.