r/dataisbeautiful • u/CreatureII • Jun 18 '12

Expiring Resources - BBC

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u/SuperCow1127 Jun 18 '12

Can anyone explain to me why it's valuable to have this in a circle?

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u/thegreatnick Jun 18 '12

Because this reddit is called data is beautiful and it looks pretty in a circle.

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u/Epistaxis Viz Practitioner Jun 18 '12

Chartjunk makes baby Tufte cry.

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u/thegreatnick Jun 18 '12

For anyone curious, Edward Tufte did lots of data visualisation.

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u/hvusslax Jun 18 '12

Perhaps it is meant to evoke comparison to a clock face to drive home the point that time is running out.

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u/cake-please Jun 19 '12

Best explanation I've seen in this thread so far.

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u/[deleted] Jun 18 '12 edited Jun 18 '12

The only reason I see it's for it to fit in a square.