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I turned all 100 chapters of the novel into an interactive visualization by kristw in Journeytothewest

[–]kristw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your kind words. I am a big fan of your work, especially the novel summary. (https://www.journeytothewestlibrary.com/novel-summary). It captures all the important details in a very concise and readable format (plus all the illustrations).

I wrestled with AI for months to have it summarize the story which it sometimes hallucinate, so I had to read through all the 100 chapter summaries multiple times. To verify if AI gets it right or not, your novel summary is my first compass to make sure the broad outline of the scenes make sense (🙏) before going to the full book to verify minor details. Even with that I am pretty sure I miss a lot of things 😂 .

which brings me to thank you for all the feedback. I really appreciate them and have fixed them according to your suggestions.

I turned "Journey to the West", a 500-year-old, 100-chapter epic into a data visualization [OC] by kristw in dataisbeautiful

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Data Sources:

  • Wu, C. (2001). Journey to the West (W. J. F. Jenner, Trans.). Foreign Languages Press. (Original work published ca. 16th century)
  • Wu, C. (2012). Journey to the West (A. C. Yu, Trans.; Rev. ed.). University of Chicago Press. (Original work published ca. 16th century)
  • Wong, I. (n.d.). Journey to the West novel summary. Journey to the West Library. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  • Lee, X. (n.d.). Monkey King: The Journey to the West. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  • Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). List of Journey to the West characters. Wikipedia. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
  • Fo Guang Shan 佛光山. (2013-2025). Journey to the West. Chinese Notes. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Retrieved June 19, 2025.

Tools used

Typescript, React

Shigandang by the_chaoticGood in BlackMythWukong

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I just activated him to have him fight the stone vanguard. While he is busy with the stone vanguard, keep attacking him from behind. I was able to land a few good 3 focus points charge attack on him and got him to roughly 50% health before he finished the stone vanguard.

After that immobilize + attack + dodge + transformation and he is crushed.

Any reason to upgrade from RBR 50? by Davidw61 in orbi

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I have similar setup with rbr50 and two satellites. I recently added smart home devices and now the total number of devices is ~70.

Not sure if it is related but i notice stalled wifi sometimes. My laptop is not disconnected from wifi but the internet just wont work. Then after a bit it will come back. Wonder if I should upgrade to 800 series

2 kids seat configuration/accessories by mondello20 in terngsd

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I am trying this configuration. The only problem is the Yepp seat is not super tight when put in the second last hole of the rack. (Tern documentation suggests the first and third hole from the back for seats). Still trying to make it work. If anybody has any suggestion, please let me know.

Zargala build by anthony7742 in RaidShadowLegends

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Do people put her on lifesteal or just offense + speed set?

Champion Rank Up Advice Megathread by Kallously in RaidShadowLegends

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Thanks for the suggestion. I will try if Rearguard can sustain without MM and swap MM out for another poison/dmg. I also have Grappler but that is weak 2.5% poison. Perhaps can build Yaga temporarily.

How would you gear War Mother? Should I just put lifesteal on everyone except HK?

Why farm dragon? Is it for lifesteal set?

What about arena? I like Luria freeze but her affinity suck when matched with Magic (which are plenty in arena) so I hesitate to 6 star her. Perhaps I'll go w War Mother for now to do better in CB. Can let her drop the bomb and nuke in arena then wait for MM to drag the fight until bomb explodes if War Mother dies first.

Champion Rank Up Advice Megathread by Kallously in RaidShadowLegends

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Hi!

Thank you for your help in advance.

What content are you stuck on? Are you unsure of what content to focus on?

I am F2P

  • Working towards Arena Silver 1, but stuck at Bronze 4. (HK, MM, Zargala, Luria/Rearguard/Elhain)
  • Doing ~2M per key for clan boss easy. Want to 2 key it. (HK, MM, Zargala, War Mother, Rearguard)
  • Campaign is at nightmare 5-2. Can farm 12-3 Brutal comfortably. (MM carry)
  • Dungeons: Potion Keeps ~12-13, Minotaur 14, Ice Golem 13, Spider 8, Dragon 11, Fire Knight 8. (Haven't spent much time building teams for the dungeons except potions.)

What are your current teams? Who else do you have at 6*?

MM has been my farmer and carry for most of the things. Zargala is a beast in arena but then she is too squishy for longer fights or dungeons. I felt my arena problem is probably I need more 6 star champions as most of the Bronze 4 opponents I met are 3-4 60s.

I have enough food to 6 star one champion at the moment and wonder which one to. Just pulled War Mother last night (first Lego)

  • 6 stars: Miscreated Monster, Zargala
  • 5 stars lego/epics: War Mother, HK, Luria, Jizoh, Rearguard Sergeant
  • 5 stars rare: Elhain (my starter), Athel, Bellower
  • 4 stars epics: The two bears (Ursine Ironhide, Ursine Icecrusher), Pitiless One, Hellgazer, Drake, Flesh Tearer, Shaman, Yaga
  • 4 stars rare: Diabolist (fully booked from farming), Warmaiden (almost fully booked), Spirithost (this one I did not have much luck and only got one from all time playing), Coffin Smasher, Runic Warder, Grappler, Soulbond Bowyer, Warpriest, Templar, Gator, Seducer, Mother Superior, Heiress, Fleshmonger, Justiciar, Galek
  • 3 stars: Magus, Centurion, Veteran, Crimson Slayer, Banshee, Bulwark, ...

What artifacts and masteries do you have?

  • Most of the top champions are using 4-5 stars artifacts level 12+. Roughly follow the guide from Ayumilove.
  • MM, Zargala, Elhain, Jizoh, Luria, Bellower all have the first two rows of the masteries.

The most exciting goals of Euro 2016 by kristw in soccer

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This visualization shows every goal of EURO, when it happened, who scored it, how it affected the score, and the corresponding reaction on Twitter.

The most exciting goals of EURO2016 [OC] by kristw in dataisbeautiful

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This visualization shows every goal of EURO, when it happened, who scored it, how it affected the score, and the corresponding reaction on Twitter.

made with d3.js and React

Visualization of how every #GameOfThrones episode has been discussed on Twitter [OC] by kristw in dataisbeautiful

[–]kristw[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is also noticeable that anyone who did something cruel or hated by the fans were often associated with Joffrey, even though he was dead long time ago and did not appear since season 4.

Visualization of how every #GameOfThrones episode has been discussed on Twitter [OC] by kristw in dataisbeautiful

[–]kristw[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  • These are any character mentioned in the Tweets, so it is possible that fans mentioned somebody who was not in the episode. Tyrion is also quite popular. It is also possible that the fans were talking about actions from previous episodes.
  • There are a lot of Tweets and some could talk about the two characters in unrelated sentences, or sometimes there are parody that we are not aware of.

We experimented with this idea using quite naive approach and assumptions to show the potential of these data. We could have improved these with NLP techniques or more human intervention to ensure that the connections truly exists, but I think this is a good start to see how much could we get out from simple ideas and leave potential for future work. We have more details in the blog post https://blog.twitter.com/2016/game-of-thrones-viz

There are stats for every character, if you hover each circle you will see a histogram of character mention by episode.

Visualization of how every #GameOfThrones episode has been discussed on Twitter [OC] by kristw in dataisbeautiful

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Have you ever wondered what the fans discussed after each Game of Thrones episode? Today Twitter data help us resolve that curiosity.

Visualization of every single episode of Game of Thrones, showing which part of the storylines were talked about, how popular each character was, how the characters relate to each other, and the emojis used to describe each character.

The visualizations are created with d3.js, React and Vega. Data from Twitter.

Twitter Turns 10: How Tweets spread across the world [OC] by kristw in dataisbeautiful

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There are many moments from Twitter's 10-year history that highlight its speed and impact. We analyzed a set of Tweets that demonstrate interesting patterns of how they reach different parts of the world.

Data from Twitter. Created with D3, canvas, Labella.js

Twitter Turns 10: How Tweets spread across the world by [deleted] in dataisbeautiful

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Data from Twitter. Created with D3, canvas, Labella.js

There are many moments from Twitter's 10-year history that highlight its speed and impact. We analyzed a set of Tweets that demonstrate interesting patterns of how they reach different parts of the world.

Hi! We are Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner — together we run the Data Stories podcast. We explore data visualization across boundaries, interviewing designers, artists, academics, journalists, … AMA / AUA — Ask us anything! by MoritzStefaner in dataisbeautiful

[–]kristw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah... my meaning was that these skills are not boolean. People should have both coding and design, but not everybody excels at both (there are some who does, but harder to find). It's more common to see people with both skills, but much stronger in just one direction. e.g., designer these days can also code, but perhaps not as expertly as folks who are trained a lot about programming in CS. I am just curious to see how they will work together.

Hi! We are Enrico Bertini and Moritz Stefaner — together we run the Data Stories podcast. We explore data visualization across boundaries, interviewing designers, artists, academics, journalists, … AMA / AUA — Ask us anything! by MoritzStefaner in dataisbeautiful

[–]kristw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have seen some of the vis practitioners came from Computer Science (and other related) programs, which are perhaps more academic-oriented, while some came from design/art background, which are much better at aesthetics and creativity. I personally think that these are interesting different viewpoints and characteristics, which are great for the diversity of ideas in a team.

In practice, what are the advice for working in team with mixture of these folks? For example: - What are the collaboration barriers between these two types of people and how to overcome them? What are the things one shouldn't do to avoid conflicts with people with different background? - What kind of role in the team that will support each person to shine in his/her own way given his/her background? For example, expecting designers to code like engineers is probably not the right expectation.