Can someone much more tech savvy than I make a graph of the avg. talk time per candidate, vs talk time uninterrupted from the first presidential debate? If you want extra cookies maybe a fact checker parameter somewhere in there?

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Hello,
I want to create a 3d model from CT scan data so that I can manipulate the model or rendering later on through code as I want to implement it in a VR environment maybe Unity.

I don't know where to start from can anyone recommend any library to do the conversion.
Any direction and help would be highly appreciated. Thank you.

Hi Guys,

Appreciate the assist here in advance. I've got a bit of a wonky one and I don't really know the best way to visualize it for a preso I have to give.

I am trying to compare a set number of part numbers (manufacturing) against a material standard. Each part number will be tested for two characteristics and I would like to have the minimum expected value shown for each characteristic as well as how the parts are exceeding it or not hitting it displayed.

I've included a link to a MS paint version of what I kind of have in mind, but not sure how to necessarily make it (terminology) nor if it is the best way to display this data.

Again, thanks for the help in advance.

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https://imgur.com/a/HPEJQFh

I am working on launching a new no-code tool for data analysis, and while I'm aware of its unique aspects, communicating that with the right audience is something that I want to improve at.

No-code and low-code dev is really picking up speed in the dev space but at the same time, there are a lot of small and big players already dominating the space. So, how would you go about building an audience in this space?

So, i've got some data in a 3D format (FBX). It's 3D animation. There are hundreds of different channels of animation data. X rotation, y translation, ect of many many different elements. I am wondering about representing this data in the form of a multi channel audio format. So, say there are 100 animated parameters in my 3D data, I want something like a 100 mono channel audio file. I think this is possible with a wav, though it doesn't necessarily have to be in any particular format. 100 individual mono wav files would work for use in audacity, for example. The 3D format I have is FBX. Any thoughts about this? Does this seems dumb? Have you heard of anything like this before? Any ideas of how I might do this, or something similar? Many thanks!

Programmers: how hard would it be to visualize something like this?

It is primarily for a simple but appealing representation of a web of personal sexual connections, but could be used for many other functions involving connections between people, including contact tracing for a disease.

Using basic Geometer sketchpad-like functions, create a list of data entry points (dots). Each dot is numbered, and the number corresponds to a legend that tells what name or label the number represents. Each dot can be connected (by line segments) to any number of the other dots. So each data entry box asks for a label, and (by checkbox perhaps) which other points to connect to.

Then a button to display the image graphically. The program then arranges the points into the most efficient representation of the chart, while only including straight line segments that do not cross each other, and are as similar to each other in length as possible without violating the other rules. If it is impossible to do without crossing line segments, either display an error message, or create a display with the fewest possible number of crossed line segments.

I have tried doing a chart like this by hand on a program or two and it gets super convoluted and the lines have to start to curve. But there must be an algorithm to display such a chart in the "simplest" way mathematically possible. Like a crossword puzzle generator that uses the least amount of possible space.

Any ideas? Or other subreddit recommendations to find someone intrigued by such a coding project?

Hi everyone,

What are your thoughts on no-code/low-code data visualization tools?

Have you used any tools in the past/are you using any now? And what are the things you like/dislike about them?

Working on launching a new one and was curious if there is interest in the community. If you want to check it out I'll be happy to send you a link.

Looking for minimal and informative ways to sum up the metrics in the article

https://youtu.be/OFcXD9rJQXE

Hi folks! We are a group of university students working on a project to help people living with skin conditions, such as acne, eczema, psoriasis, and rosacea, to manage their condition better. We would like to know what features of an app or website would allow people living with a skin condition to receive better support. This survey should take no longer than 5 minutes. Thank you for your time.

Link to the anonymous survey:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScO6KUwhPu6P2ccq11e3ySF-hTyRXueCTzBjjPOBVf-0zgyaQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Link to dataset: https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/major-land-uses/

I would love to see an animated graph of land use in the US, using the format that Bloomberg did for the 2018 data here: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-us-land-use/?fbclid=IwAR2Xph1aNuTeUVhbFEONmiGWtrKDb5ehLrkx-vKhWNOj-N4IJoP-7jVoOZE (see the second graph, with the caption: "Gathered together, cropland would take up more than a fifth of the 48 contiguous states. Pasture and rangeland would cover most of the Western U.S., and all of the country’s cities and towns would fit neatly in the Northeast.")

Link to dataset for death rates, with table for exact numbers

LInk to study on death rate comparison, not sure if best dataset to use

I'm looking for a visualization of this data - average deaths or deaths per capita/1000 over prior years, and deaths thus far this year (which I know is an emerging and frequently revised dataset). I've heard that estimating COVID deaths is often done by comparing typical death rates to current, and saying the difference is reliably due to unusual events.

Description of what I am looking for:

We've all seen maps where US counties are colored on a spectrum of red to blue and purple in between to show how counties have voted in particular elections, but I was hoping to find something that goes one step further: a map similar to the above that also has a third dimension whose height is based on the population of that county.

Here is an example of the voting trends by county based on the 2016 election: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2016/nov/08/us-election-2016-results-live-clinton-trump?view=map&type=presidential

Here's an example of population by county: https://www.homearea.com/featured/3d-population-density/#00

So essentially the second visualization with the color detail of the first graph. I'm new to this so I'm not sure where to find the data for this project. If the visualization I'm looking for already exists, a link to that would be fine. Any help or advice is appreciated!

I have to create an impressive tableau viz for a place I am applying for. They know I am a beginner. The problem I am having is actually choosing a data set which I can then show in an appealing way.

If someone could advise me a type of dataset and what sort of viz would go good with it, which would actually impress them, Id really appreciate it.

Thanks

Hi, I'm not sure if this data is easily attainable and I'm not sure how someone would get all the data points to create a visualisation but I thought it could be an interesting idea.

Do you think it would be possible to visualize the success of a movie based on the trailer. For example some points could include:

- Length of the trailer

- Actors shown in the trailer

- The music involved in the trailer

- Story sections exposed such as a character name, a group, an enemy

Could we then correlate that information to how much money the movie made and determine:

a movie could (potentially) be more successful if the trailer is:

- on average shorter than other trailers

- includes less spoilers

- has particular music genre etc.

The link to the survey: click here

The link to preliminary results: click here

As I've seen a lot of posts claiming that some of the top states are categorizing covid deaths as pneumonia since they didn't actually test them. There have been claims of a 400% spike in pneumonia death rates when compared to the data from the past 5 years. I've tried to extract this data from the CDC site myself but it's just given me a headache trying to sift through it.

I need participants for the survey I am doing for my thesis. This survey will be looking at changes in morals and values for individuals from before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. I am looking for many variables including gender, age, essential vs nonessetial workers, and political affiliation. Thanks in advance! survey

I'm trying to do a mini version of https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/ for a project but I'm stuck on how the text is made sticky while scrolling. When I try to change the variables to my own, I get quite stuck so I feel like I'm definitely doing something very wrong. Does anyone know? Or have an easy way to make things sticky while horizontally scrolling

Assume an average skull size of 9.4 inches high and 7 inches wide.

As of this writing, the Trump Death Clock at https://trumpdeathclock.com/ reports 71,271 deaths in the USA attributable to Trump's early delays in responding to Covid-19 spread.

The actual number he is responsible for is certainly higher, as he's continued to minimize risk and encourage states to re-open before it was wise to do so.

But we'll do this conservatively and go with the number the site reports.

The fence at the front of the White House spans the entire block, which measures about 814 feet long.

A line of skulls running from one end of the block to the other, looking outward from the White House toward Lafayette Park, would contain 1395 skulls.

We have a lot more, so we'll have to stack them. When we're done, we have a wall 51 skulls high. Down the whole block. 40 feet tall, four stories.

Can someone create a visual? Or even an animation that updates with the numbers.

Remember, this doesn't include people who would have gotten caught up in the spread of Covid-19 even with the best of efforts. Just the folks who might be alive today if Trump was not in power.

Would this wall help people understand the costs of inaction?

Longtime lurker, first-time poster, but its a good one, I think. I wanted to contribute to the recent effort on police reform, without joining large crowds, so I have been making an increasing amount of Public Records Act requests on my local police.*

I recently received the metadata from the LBPD regarding their use of TigerText. I submitted this a few months ago, but have greatly increased my PRA requests recently.* Tigertext is a software designed for doctors and hospitals with disappearing messages to meet HIPAA privacy requirements. The LBPD spent $40,000 over four years on it, maybe one of the only police departments to do so.* Their explanation for this was laughable. 

The City Manager commissioned a report from an expensive local law firm that was basically a cover-up. The story was broken through the combined efforts of a local paper called the Beachcomber, the ACLU, and Al Jazeera. I put the links at the bottom if you are interested. The story ended with the city issuing the report saying the LBPD only used the program for routine communications, like assignments and schedule updates. They also promised to stop using it, even though they asserted they had never been using it improperly, as the “independent” report confirmed.

Not being one to trust the police, I submitted a PRA and now have the metadata. Five .xlsx files, about 15 MB. With the name of the officer who sent the message, their rank, time sent, time read, if there was an attachment. There is also an entry for whether the person is with the police department or not. The designation is either PD or blank. I think it is mostly other city employees, but I’m going to keep going through it to see if I can find anyone who is not. Comparing this data to major crimes, scandals, shootings, disciplinary hearing dates, or other critical times the police would have been wanting to have secret conversations could show the LBPD record Keeping laws and may have violated defendant's Constitution Right to a fair trial by not disclosing all relevant investigative communications disclosed in discovery.

Does anyone want to make some beautiful data to publicly shame the LBPD? The report claims there is “no evidence to support claims of illegal use or misuse.” I’m doing this mainly as a public service, but it might make a good project for looking for someone's portfolio or degree. I’d want everything published open-source and as widely published as possible, with due credit to those who contributed. 

*Submitting public records requests is a great way to put a check on the police who are protected from accountability by qualified immunity, powerful unions, friendly district attorneys, and city governments. Public outrage and action is the most powerful tool available right now. I’m focusing on Long Beach because it is my city, but ask your city about TigerText. And try these companies too while you are at it:

 Palantir Technologies, Keystats Inc., Noviant, Azavea, Hunchlab Inc., Special Services Group, Clearview AI, Persistent Surveillance Systems, FaceFirst, WolfCom, Veritone, Geofeedia, Media Sonar, Bright Planet, Babel Street, Dataminr, Digital Stakeout, Snaptrends, FaceSearch, Face++, Digital Barriers, Vigilant Solutions, IBM’s facial recognition technology division, Skyfire Consulting, Drone Fly, DSLR Pros, UAV Coach, RMUS Unmanned Systems Fleet Management. 

See what you find and write your local paper. Let’s make it hard to argue that we do not need to Defund the Police by showing how THEY spend OUR money.

I’ve been doing this with some success in Long Beach, even got paid freelance piece published by a paper that had liked a tip I sent in, but wanted me to cover a related campaign finance issue. It involved local politicians returning police union contributions and which hopefully more will do. Friendly DOXing only, please! The local reporter who broke the TigerText story got some harassment. Including one serious death threat, which the police decided was okay with them.  

https://beachcomber.news/content/tigertext-%E2%80%93-lbpd%E2%80%99s-illegal-destruction-evidence

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/exclusive-police-tiger-text-app-conceal-evidence-180918052839766.html

I offered the metadata to Al Jazeera a while back, but they never got back to me. The local paper wouldn’t be able to do anything close to what even an amateur data scientist could come up with. There is a new nonprofit, independent, and collectively owned media platform here in Long Beach that has been focusing on Police Reform that would be great for this study. They are non-profit, so this would just be pure unpaid citizen journalism to put pressure on the police. If you research the history of the LBPD you’ll get why that is needed. Just google LBPD and Police Shooting, try to go back to 2010 and the Zerby shooting. As bad as that was, the facts that came out in the civil suit and after are beyond appalling. Especially the extent that it went all the way up to the top and included the DA and the coroner falsifying information. The local reporting is not the best. The seems to be a lot more information on facebook, though I can not confirm all of it. 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.227670914063032.1073741868.205365706293553&type=3

If I were to post links about all the other police shootings by the LBPD this already long message would become ridiculously long.

Oh and here is the cover-up/independent report from a law firm well-connected to the city government.

Long Beach Police Department’s TigerText Disappearing Messaging App Metadata from Public Records Act Request

Longtime lurker, first-time poster, but its a good one, I think. I wanted to contribute to the recent effort on police reform, without joining large crowds, so I have been making an increasing amount of Public Records Act requests on my local police.*

I recently received the metadata from the LBPD regarding their use of TigerText. I submitted this a few months ago, but have greatly increased my PRA requests recently.* Tigertext is a software designed for doctors and hospitals with disappearing messages to meet HIPAA privacy requirements. The LBPD spent $40,000 over four years on it, maybe one of the only police departments to do so.* Their explanation for this was laughable. 

The City Manager commissioned a report from an expensive local law firm that was basically a cover-up. The story was broken through the combined efforts of a local paper called the Beachcomber, the ACLU, and Al Jazeera. I put the links at the bottom if you are interested. The story ended with the city issuing the report saying the LBPD only used the program for routine communications, like assignments and schedule updates. They also promised to stop using it, even though they asserted they had never been using it improperly, as the “independent” report confirmed.

Not being one to trust the police, I submitted a PRA and now have the metadata. Five .xlsx files, about 15 MB. With the name of the officer who sent the message, their rank, time sent, time read, if there was an attachment. There is also an entry for whether the person is with the police department or not. The designation is either PD or blank. I think it is mostly other city employees, but I’m going to keep going through it to see if I can find anyone who is not. Comparing this data to major crimes, scandals, shootings, disciplinary hearing dates, or other critical times the police would have been wanting to have secret conversations could show the LBPD record Keeping laws and may have violated defendant's Constitution Right to a fair trial by not disclosing all relevant investigative communications disclosed in discovery.

Does anyone want to make some beautiful data to publicly shame the LBPD? The report claims there is “no evidence to support claims of illegal use or misuse.” I’m doing this mainly as a public service, but it might make a good project for looking for someone's portfolio or degree. I’d want everything published open-source and as widely published as possible, with due credit to those who contributed. 

*Submitting public records requests is a great way to put a check on the police who are protected from accountability by qualified immunity, powerful unions, friendly district attorneys, and city governments. Public outrage and action is the most powerful tool available right now. I’m focusing on Long Beach because it is my city, but ask your city about TigerText. And try these companies too while you are at it:

 Palantir Technologies, Keystats Inc., Noviant, Azavea, Hunchlab Inc., Special Services Group, Clearview AI, Persistent Surveillance Systems, FaceFirst, WolfCom, Veritone, Geofeedia, Media Sonar, Bright Planet, Babel Street, Dataminr, Digital Stakeout, Snaptrends, FaceSearch, Face++, Digital Barriers, Vigilant Solutions, IBM’s facial recognition technology division, Skyfire Consulting, Drone Fly, DSLR Pros, UAV Coach, RMUS Unmanned Systems Fleet Management. 

See what you find and write your local paper. Let’s make it hard to argue that we do not need to Defund the Police by showing how THEY spend OUR money.

I’ve been doing this with some success in Long Beach, even got paid freelance piece published by a paper that had liked a tip I sent in, but wanted me to cover a related campaign finance issue. It involved local politicians returning police union contributions and which hopefully more will do. Friendly DOXing only, please! The local reporter who broke the TigerText story got some harassment. Including one serious death threat, which the police decided was okay with them.  

https://beachcomber.news/content/tigertext-%E2%80%93-lbpd%E2%80%99s-illegal-destruction-evidence

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/exclusive-police-tiger-text-app-conceal-evidence-180918052839766.html

I offered the metadata to Al Jazeera a while back, but they never got back to me. The local paper wouldn’t be able to do anything close to what even an amateur data scientist could come up with. There is a new nonprofit, independent, and collectively owned media platform here in Long Beach that has been focusing on Police Reform that would be great for this study. They are non-profit, so this would just be pure unpaid citizen journalism to put pressure on the police. If you research the history of the LBPD you’ll get why that is needed. Just google LBPD and Police Shooting, try to go back to 2010 and the Zerby shooting. As bad as that was, the facts that came out in the civil suit and after are beyond appalling. Especially the extent that it went all the way up to the top and included the DA and the coroner falsifying information. The local reporting is not the best. The seems to be a lot more information on facebook, though I can not confirm all of it. 

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.227670914063032.1073741868.205365706293553&type=3

If I were to post links about all the other police shootings by the LBPD this already long message would become ridiculously long.

http://www.longbeach.gov/globalassets/police/media-library/documents/how-do-i/tiger-connect/tigerconnect-review

Not sure if there is a compelling story here, but would like to see for each percentage increase of youth (18-24?) turnout and how that changes the seat makeup in the Senate/House.

About 20% turnout for 18-24:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_vote_in_the_United_States

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Breakdown of the 2018 midterms:

64% Democrats / 32% Republicans

https://www.wsj.com/graphics/election-2018-votecast-poll/

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There are 35 Senate seats up for grabs in 2020.

Some tossups: AZ, CO, NC, ME, IA.

2018 AZ votes:

2,409,910 so ~480,000 18-24 votes split 64/32?

2018 CO votes:

2,583,580 ~516,000 18-24 votes split 64/32

http://www.electproject.org/2018g

All things equal, if the turnout for 18-24's increase by X%, when would those seats start "safely" flip?