So far we’ve seen when you will die and how other people tend to die. Now let’s put the two together to see how and when you will die, given your sex, race, and age.
Nathan Yau
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How You Will Die
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Nerdy Powerball FAQ
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Punctuation only in literary works
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Data on people who went to ER for wall-punching
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How to Customize Axes in R
For presentation purposes, it can be useful to adjust the style of your axes and reference lines for readability. It’s all about the details.
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Visual breakdown of additives in food
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Colors from images in R →
A how-to to break down images into just their colors.
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Analysis of Love Actually
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An uncertain spreadsheet for estimates
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geomnet →
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2015
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Shakespeare tragedies as network graphs
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Atlas of United States history
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Police violence incident data
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