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yummypainttoday at 5:02 PM3 repliesview on HN

The x-axis being log scale by default visually exadurates the effect if you are thinking about it in terms of area under the curve. This confused me also.


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throwawayk7htoday at 6:03 PM

They should have scaled the probability curve by the derivative of log(time).

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magneticnorthtoday at 5:19 PM

This is a good point, it's not as far off as it seems from a quick glance.

logicalleetoday at 7:25 PM

>exadurates

this word is usually spelled exaggerate (yes, with two g's.)

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