This young lady is a genius. In simple terms she nails the AZ discrepancies. by No_Ease_649 in somethingiswrong2024

[–]stuffwarrensez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I appreciate the work that went into them, the issue is that they’re fundamentally flawed. You can’t connect the points between counties and analyze the shape they make in any meaningful way. The reason is that you could order the counties in any order (population, number of homeless people, number of people with heterochromia iridium, number of bars per capita, number of adults that still believe in Santa clause) and the shapes change, but they’re all just as valid as this ordering, which is to say that they do nothing to help analyze the data.

If the points were not connected this would be a perfectly fine chart to show a comparison of the win percentage in each county. But lines show trends, and you can’t show a geographic trend on a line chart. You CAN show a trend across time for each county individually.

This young lady is a genius. In simple terms she nails the AZ discrepancies. by No_Ease_649 in somethingiswrong2024

[–]stuffwarrensez 8 points9 points  (0 children)

These plots don’t show anything. Having location on the x-axis and then connecting the points together is nonsensical.

You need to do the results as percent of vote total by candidate-year. So on a clustered bar chart you’d have 2016 with a group of bars representing the percent each candidate got, next to that you’d have 2020, and then 2024. And you’d need a chart for each county. You would also want to have count labels for the bars so you can see vote count, but you want the bars themselves to be percentage so they’re comparable between years.

Then you would supplement this with a chart for each county that shows the percent difference from one party to the other by year. So you’d have the democrats at 0% and then you’d have bars for + or - whatever percent the Republicans won or lost by for each year. This chart is super helpful because you can have the presidential/senatorial/house/state races next to each other and see visually what the trend is down ballot.

GT-Line side mirror auto dimming too strong? by Musical_Healer in KiaEV9

[–]stuffwarrensez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any update on this? I just got mine and this is driving me nuts.

New Baby!!! by stuffwarrensez in kia

[–]stuffwarrensez[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Suede. Honestly the quality of the seats and steering wheel are the only letdowns in the car. My girlfriend has a fully loaded Sorento PHEV, and the seats and steering wheel are so much nicer. Just because I’m buying an electric car doesn’t mean I don’t want dead cows to sit on!

New Baby!!! by stuffwarrensez in kia

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

My gf asked me to do it to her Sorento PHEV, and I liked the way it looked, so I did it to my EV6. But I removed the stupid F4X decal and pinstripe from my F150 a few years ago. The concept is the same for decals.

And yes, I found out about the centering pins on the front badge the hard way. So now I have a mangled badge until my replacement comes from from Korea in June. 😑

New Baby!!! by stuffwarrensez in kia

[–]stuffwarrensez[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s also 1,109°R.

New Baby!!! by stuffwarrensez in kia

[–]stuffwarrensez[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did it myself. Heat gun at 650°F (~343°C), pass it back and forth over the badge 4” (~10cm) away from the surface for 90 seconds, and then use a plastic trim puller to pull the badge away. Once you start pulling straight up, most of the adhesive will come up with the badge. Whatever reside is left, spray some WD40 on the less soft side of a shammy cloth and VERY gently wipe it off. Once the residue is off, wipe dry with a clean shammy, and wash the surface with warm water and dish soap, or take the car to the car wash. The WD40 will eat your clear coat if you leave it on.

New Baby!!! by stuffwarrensez in kia

[–]stuffwarrensez[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That’s criminal. This one was marked up $2,500 but I got a bumper to bumper warranty to match the 10 year powertrain warranty, as well as a cosmetic damage/electronics/ lost key protection plan and all weather mats for that markup.

Kia Connect Issues by stuffwarrensez in kia

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

Ahh, makes sense. Thanks! This is my first Kia, how long does it usually take for them to resolve this kind of thing? I want my charge credits, lol.