Re: How to lie with data graphics

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

 > From: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 > Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 19:50:38 -0800
 >
 > Moral: Don't use graphics in which the visible area isn't proportional 
 > to whatever you're measuring.

It's so weird that I have to convert your emails into text these days
before I can reply to them.

 > I hate the 21st century.  (This is one of the lesser 
 > reasons, but they all add up.)

FWIW, I use the https://kinesis-ergo.com/shop/freestyle-pro/ at work.  (I
also have a back-up at home, but it's in storage for now.)  It's flat,
which is better, but I sympathize with your position.

 > So what about Amazon?

We recently watched https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/amazon-empire/
and were talking about buying things on Amazon (because we were discussing
how Frys Electronics is empty these days and we're being forced to buy
things online).

 > So, continuing on the subject of disasters, remember that webcomic /Kiwi 
 > Blitz/ that I told you to read?

There was an interesting show on Forum about this:

 https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101875920/linguistics-scholar-dennis-baron-looks-at-history-of-pronoun-use-beyond-he-and-she

The pronoun thing is complicated because speech is so fast.  More
complicated than, for example, dietary choices, where you have time to
keep asking questions before you serve something to your friend.