1488: Flowcharts - Revision history

42.book.addict: rephrasing, please clean up further

2025-11-05T19:21:18Z

rephrasing, please clean up further

1234231587678 at 20:29, 1 September 2025

2025-09-01T20:29:44Z

172.70.58.129: Either was an internal-link typo, or a mixed up version of what should have been an external link. Making it at least a valid link right now, whatever the real fix should have been.

2025-06-01T21:21:50Z

Either was an internal-link typo, or a mixed up version of what should have been an external link. Making it at least a valid link right now, whatever the real fix should have been.

162.158.126.202 at 16:09, 1 June 2025

2025-06-01T16:09:11Z

162.158.127.42 at 16:08, 1 June 2025

2025-06-01T16:08:45Z

Bb777: /* List of Items in Flowchart */

2025-04-28T00:09:17Z

‎List of Items in Flowchart

FaviFake: /* Trivia */

2025-04-04T17:23:45Z

‎Trivia

Bb777: /* Explanation */

2025-04-04T15:54:59Z

‎Explanation

FaviFake at 12:44, 8 March 2025

2025-03-08T12:44:41Z

FaviFake: /* Trivia */

2025-03-07T18:03:07Z

‎Trivia

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 |-
 | Do you like line graphs?
-| It asks if you like {{w|line graph|line graphs}}
+| Asking if the reader likes {{w|line graph|line graphs}}.
 | <span style="color:red">Line</span> or axis? [The one after yes to line graphs], Scatter plots?
 | Do you like flowcharts?
 |-
 | <span style="color:red">Line</span> or axis? [The one after yes to line graphs]
-| It is asking if you wish to be the <span style="color:red">Line</span> or the axis. If you choose the line, the flow chart line turns into a line graph with a positive curve. The same question will be asked later if you say no to line graphs and yes to scatter plots.
+| Asking if the reader wishes to be the <span style="color:red">Line</span> or the axis. If the line is chosen, the flow chart line turns into a line graph with a positive curve. The same question will be asked later if the reader say no to line graphs and yes to scatter plots.
 | [A line in a line graph], Time or your happiness?
 | Do you like line graphs?
 |-
 | Time or your happiness?
-| If you choose ''time'' the flow chart line becomes the x-axis of time and if you choose ''your happiness'' it becomes the y-axis in the line graph with the line from before indicating that your happiness increases over time (maybe because you like line graphs and are now becoming part of one?)
+| If the reader chose ''time'' the flow chart line becomes the x-axis of time and if the reader chose ''your happiness'' it becomes the y-axis in the line graph with the line from before indicating that your happiness increases over time (maybe because the raeader like line graphs and are now becoming part of one?)
 | [Time axis], [Your Happiness axis]
 | Data or axis? [The one after yes to line graphs]
 |-
 | Scatter plots?
-| If you don't like line graphs then maybe you like {{w|scatterplot|scatter plots}}?
+| If the reader doesn't like line graphs, the flowchart checks if they like {{w|scatterplot|scatter plots}}.
 | Data or axis? [The one after yes to scatter plots], Help charge a battery?
 | Do you like line graphs?
 |-
 | Data or axis? [The one after yes to scatter plots]
-| It is asking if you wish to be the data or the axis. If you choose the data, the flow chart line turns into a scatter plot that is also a flowchart where each of the 10 flow chart boxes is black with two white arrow, one pointing up and the other to the right. They are all connected with multiple connections. The same question was asked earlier if you said yes to line graphs.
+| Asking if the reader wishes to be the data or the axis. If data is chosen, the flow chart line turns into a scatter plot that is also a flowchart where each of the 10 flow chart boxes is black with two white arrow, one pointing up and the other to the right. They are all connected with multiple connections. The same question was asked earlier if the reader said yes to liking line graphs.
 | [A flow chart that looks like points in a scatter plot], X or Y?
 | Scatter plots?
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 | X or Y? (show as (^>))
 | Which axis do you prefer? The line you chooses turns in to this axis in the scatter plot.
-| Another selection like this or nothing
+| The lines formed create a coordinate plane.
 | Data or axis? [The one after yes to scatter plots]
 |-
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 |-
 | Are you A/C or D/C?,
-| Asks whether you are an {{w|AC current}} or a {{w|DC current}}.
+| Asks whether the reader is an {{w|AC current}} or a {{w|DC current}}.
 | Positive or negative phase?, positive or negative DC terminal?
 | Help charging a battery?
@@ Line 101: / Line 101: @@
 |-
 | Take the path of least resistance?
-| This one is a pun.  If resistance is seen as electrical resistance, then the bottom one labeled ''yes'' is the one with least resistance. The other labeled "Never" sends you through ''more'' resistance, and a 'protective' diode. But in either case you are lead to the same decision box. Also the resistors could look like spirals - making this detour for those who dislike these even more painful.
+| This question is a pun.  If resistance is seen as electrical resistance, then the bottom one labeled ''yes'' is the one with least resistance. The other labeled "Never" sends the reader through ''more'' resistance, and a 'protective' diode. In either case, the reader is led to the same decision box. Additionally,  the resistors could look like spirals - making this detour for those who dislike these even more painful.
 | Do you like when people find the golden spiral in random images?
 | Like spirals?
 |-
 | Do you like when people find the golden spiral in random images?
-| Here is a question regarding if you like the idea that some people can find and superimpose a {{w|golden spiral}} on a random image. No matter which options you choose you are forced to admit that it is totally BS ({{w|bullshit}}). But maybe you like it anyway? If you choose the ''Yes, even though it's total BS'' option the flow chart continues to the side of the chart, then starts to spiral up only to fades out to a very faint golden spiral aligned to the other items in the flow chart. It is almost impossible to see it before you follow this line. The other option is of course ''No, it's total BS''. If you do like it, then click on the [https://www.xkcd.com/1488/ comic on xkcd].
+| Asking the reader if they like the idea that some people can find and superimpose a {{w|golden spiral}} on a random image. No matter which options they choose, the reader is forced to admit that it is totally {{w|bullshit|BS}}. If the reader chooses the ''Yes, even though it's total BS'' option the flow chart continues to the side of the chart, then starts to spiral up only to fades out to a very faint golden spiral aligned to the other items in the flow chart. It is almost impossible to see it before following this line.
 | Tired of flowcharts yet?, [A very faint golden spiral]
 | Like spirals?, Take the path of least resistance?
 |-
 | Tired of flowcharts yet?
-| Have you had enough of flow chart? If not, then you are returned to the ''start'' box at the top of the chart. Maybe you have not tried all options yet, although you have already answered that you are tired of flow charts if you get this far. If you have had enough and answers ''Yes, I want to look at something else'' this option leads to the random comic button below the comic (only on xkcd). This decision ''literally'' breaks the fourth wall in traveling through the image's nominal boundary to point at a specific button to look at some other comic.
+| Has the reader had enough of flow charts yet? If not, then they are returned to the ''start'' box at the top of the chart. Maybe they haven't tried all options yet, although they have already answered that they are tired of flow charts once they get that far. If they have had enough and answers ''Yes, I want to look at something else'' this option leads to the random comic button below the comic (only on xkcd). This decision ''literally'' breaks the fourth wall in traveling through the image's nominal boundary to point at a specific button to look at some other comic.
 | Start, [The xkcd [https://c.xkcd.com/random/comic/ Random] comic button]
 | Do you like when people find the golden spiral in random images?

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 Whether they choose "Yes" or "No", they arrive at "Do you like when people find the golden spiral in random images?" If they choose "yes" the line fades into a drawing of a golden spiral, and we see that the flowchart is structured around it. If they choose "no" they are asked if they are tired of flowcharts. If not, they are taken to the beginning to start over again. If they are tired, the line points to the "random" button on the xkcd website.
-The title text and the faint image of a {{w|golden spiral}} parody the fact that the golden spiral is superimposed on nearly ''everything''. The golden spiral is a spiral that has the growth rate of the golden ratio, a number that has inspired both artists and mathematicians alike. However, people try to find the golden ratio in seemingly random objects, and they fall to confirmation bias when drawing a golden spiral on top that seemingly fits. The comic links to [https://xkcd.com/spiral/], where one can see exactly that- golden spirals Randall "found" in random photographs. This may be a spoof of the viral video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPCkcKNUVoo Illuminati Confirmed]. The limit of the ratio of two consecutive terms of the Fibonacci sequence is equal to the golden ratio, so a Fibonacci spiral match up almost perfectly for a good reason, unlike the coincidental matchings of the pictures in the mobile site link.
+The title text and the faint image of a {{w|golden spiral}} parody the fact that the golden spiral is superimposed on nearly ''everything''. The golden spiral is a spiral that has the growth rate of the golden ratio, a number that has inspired both artists and mathematicians alike. However, people try to find the golden ratio in seemingly random objects, and they fall to confirmation bias when drawing a golden spiral on top that seemingly fits. The comic links to [https://xkcd.com/spiral/], where one can see exactly that- golden spirals Randall "found" in random photographs. This may be a spoof of the viral video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPCkcKNUVoo Illuminati Confirmed]. The limit of the ratio of two consecutive terms of the Fibonacci sequence is equal to the golden ratio, so a Fibonacci spiral matches up almost perfectly for a good reason, unlike the coincidental matchings of the pictures in the mobile site link.
 This comic bears reminiscence of [[730: Circuit Diagram]], although it is not exactly the same idea. Putting a golden spiral over other things was again used in [[2322: ISO Paper Size Golden Spiral]], like the [https://xkcd.com/spiral/ spiral] page on xkcd which this comic is a link to.

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 | titletext = Whoa, and if you overlay a Fibonacci spiral on a golden spiral it matches up almost perfectly!
 }}
-*The comic is a link to [[spiral|https://xkcd.com/spiral/]].
+*The comic is a link to [https://xkcd.com/spiral/ spiral].
 *The arrow at the bottom of this comic points to the "Random" button at the bottom of the xkcd page.

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 | titletext = Whoa, and if you overlay a Fibonacci spiral on a golden spiral it matches up almost perfectly!
 }}
-*The comic is a link to [[spiral https://xkcd.com/spiral/]].
+*The comic is a link to [[spiral|https://xkcd.com/spiral/]].
 *The arrow at the bottom of this comic points to the "Random" button at the bottom of the xkcd page.

@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 | titletext = Whoa, and if you overlay a Fibonacci spiral on a golden spiral it matches up almost perfectly!
 }}
-*The comic is a link to https://xkcd.com/spiral/.
+*The comic is a link to [[spiral https://xkcd.com/spiral/]].
 *The arrow at the bottom of this comic points to the "Random" button at the bottom of the xkcd page.

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 ==Trivia==
-*It appears that an [[Media:OriginalFlowcharts.png|unfinished version of the comic]] was uploaded, with several of the lines and labels missing, and the bridge circuit incorrectly drawn. A corrected version of the comic was uploaded later on the same day. This is the second time in February 2015 this has occurred; previously with [[1482: NowPlaying]]. The errors were:
+*In the [[Media:OriginalFlowcharts.png|original version of the comic]], several of the lines and labels were missing and the bridge circuit was drawn incorrectly. The correct version of the comic was uploaded later on the same day. This is the second time in February 2015 this has occurred; previously with [[1482: NowPlaying]]. The errors were:
 **Missing yes/no at the line graph options.
 **The diamond that points to the line in the line graph originally says "Data or axis?"
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 {{comic discussion}}
 [[Category:Comics sharing name|Flowcharts03]]

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 This comic is a {{w|flowchart}} style, like many [[Category:Flowcharts|other comics]]. Interestingly, the first option, ''Do you like flowcharts?'' loops back to itself if you say ''Yes''. As the yes lines of other options point to the type of graph they describe (for example, the yes line of ''Do you like line graphs?'' points to a line graph), this may be interpreted as a recursive reference to the flowchart itself, although it points to the option itself rather than the ''START'' node. Also, this may cause the reader who actually likes flow charts to go into an endless loop of choosing ''Yes'', until they are so annoyed by flowcharts that they do not like them anymore and can progress by saying ''No''.
-After asking about flowcharts, the reader is asked whether they like {{w|line graph|line graphs}}. If they follow the yes line, it becomes a line graph where "Time" is the x-axis and "Your Happiness" is the y-axis, and shows that your happiness increases with time. If you don't like line graphs, they are asked the same question about {{w|scatter plots}} where again the lines turn into the points and the axis of such a plot.
+After asking about flowcharts, the reader is asked whether they like {{w|line graph|line graphs}}. If they follow the yes line, it becomes a line graph where "Time" is the x-axis and "Your Happiness" is the y-axis, and shows that your happiness increases with time. If you don't like line graphs, they are asked the same question about {{w|scatter plots}} where again the lines turn into the points and the axis of such a plot except for now the dots connect and you are given the choice to go up or to the side, shown by the arrows.
 Taking yet another line, the reader is asked "Charge a battery?" If they follow the line marked yes they are asked whether they are {{w|Alternating current|A/C}} or {{w|Direct current|D/C}} current and are led to a portion of the flowchart which resembles a {{w|circuit diagram}} of a {{w|rectifier bridge}} with a battery connected to it.