From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 5ess.inri.net ([107.161.31.183]) by ewsd; Thu Mar 15 21:25:17 EDT 2018 Message-ID: <05E0C704FED603CF2B54FDE5C369CAC9@5ess.inri.net> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 21:25:17 -0400 From: sl@stanleylieber.com To: 9front@9front.org Subject: Re: [9front] Argument lists in Plan 9 man pages In-Reply-To: 4ed50240-6447-c3db-a0a8-43429ac35e91@sdf.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-ID: <9front.9front.org> List-Help: X-Glyph: ➈ X-Bullshit: virtual virtual deep-learning-aware full-stack control > Furthermore, it appears Tufte is speaking specifically about > quantitative materials. > I'm not confident flags are quantitative. The Tufte stuff is about not accidentally lying with pictures. A substantial portion of the book I quoted is devoted to recommending text tables where graphics are commonly employed. I think his perspective can be applied generally to all forms of communication. > Having said this, I agree with sl Let's draft a time series. sl