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[–] lemmydripzdotz456@lemmy.world 61 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

Pedantic: You mean Y-axis, right? Technically, neither start at zero but I think you meant Y based on context.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 47 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

No, all time based graphs should start at the big bang.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I actually wish this were true. Sure, they would show the snippet for the time we care about, but they MUST provide the source graph that contains all data back to the Big Bang. Specifically the Plank Era, we don’t want a graph where time doesn’t exist, that would make the graph useless.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago

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[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, of course the Y axis.

I work with charts/vizualizations/data a lot, but for whatever reason I reflexively mistake X/Y a lot. It's not even funny.

[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Y has a vertical part, just like its axis. X is the other one.

[–] Skiluros@sh.itjust.works 0 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

This is like a weird personal thing that I can't even explain. For whatever reason, the Y axis becomes labelled as X in my mind in random situations. And I use charts (and other data visualizations a lot).

The funny thing is when I am thinking of X, I don't have this urge to call it Y. If I am looking at horizontal, X is the first thing that comes to mind. But not with Y.