• cmac@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    3 months ago

    Since they’re rendered to look like spheres are the numbers proportional to the area of the circle, or the volume of the sphere?

    • lemming934@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      7·
      3 months ago

      I’ve received the advice that you should always make your charts so that you numbers are proportional to a length, since people aren’t good at comparing areas (or volumes).

      So the numbers here probably ought to be proportional to diameters

    • SuckMyWang@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      Really? Are you serious? It’s used for all sorts of things. None of which I can think of right now.

    • Abnorc@lemm.eeEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      It has its uses, but it’s not exactly something you run into while knowing IMO. I’ve heard of molybdenum disulfide, a type of dry lubricant.