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Clock but the PM quit and was replaced halfway through the project. Handover instructions: "Make the clock hands show the current time" (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by Agent641@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i'm not convinced that's true though.

Ok, well the people I linked to have done actual usability studies to back up their claims. But, you have a feeling?

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

i read them and am not refuting them. the conversation is about bad and good situations for pie charts. we're talking about a scenario in which what is being compared is two proportions. a scenario in which the articles you linked said a pie chart is a reasonable visualization

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Reasonable, but not as good as a simple bar chart.