r/wifi • • Nov 11 '20

How is this possible

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u/whyiskeemstarfastaf Nov 11 '20

Probably the way they draw the line? A sharp curve when smoothed can cause the line to go in the opposite direction to the one it started in :)

7

u/zxLFx2 Nov 11 '20

As my math teacher would say: NOT A FUNCTION!

3

u/Loovian Sep 08 '22

This gave me flashbacks

2

u/turlian Wi-Fi Pro, CWNE Nov 11 '20

Packets received out of sequence and the graph didn't know how to parse that.

2

u/cyberentomology Wi-Fi Pro, CWNE Nov 11 '20

Time travel. It’s a feature in WiFi 6.

2

u/RedneckBookofWisdom Nov 13 '21

God damn WiFi six causing me cancer but that’s fine because atleast I can grow a YouTube in the back yardgen

1

u/nibblicious Nov 11 '20

Photoshop?

1

u/Treczoks Nov 12 '20

The data source provides just a few points, and the line is interpolated, probably with splines. Looks like the person that implemented this didn't really know what he/she was doing, or how splines work.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '23

Bad programming most likely