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numlock86 on Dec 6, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Some Latency Measurement Pitfalls

> What are heatmaps?

I would prefer color or some other dimension representing density instead of altering data just for the sake of it. At least that's my opinion.

neuromod42 on Dec 6, 2021 [–]

A typical way to address this is the violin plot [1].

[1] https://chartio.com/learn/charts/violin-plot-complete-guide/

numlock86 on Dec 6, 2021 | [–]

Yeah, or that. Whatever really, as long as you don't alter your data.

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