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eru
on July 14, 2011
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Poll: How much do you make as a programmer?
You could argue for uniformity in the logarithmic domain just as well.
fhars
on July 14, 2011
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But the buckets in the poll are even more ubequal on a logarithmic scale than on a linear scale.
eru
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Yes. Logarithmic was just an example.
jules
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Mathematically you're right that every choice of buckets is arbitrary. But with same size buckets it is easier for
humans
to see what's going on.
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