tessthismess

tessthismess t1_jeb8em7 wrote

dataisdepressing, but I do appreciate an information-dense infographic.

I'll always share this site. If you take the time to go through it all it's depressing but very informative.

For people interested in a long video. He doesn't get into the modern for-profit-prison system really BUT this does get into how long this has been going on. How, post-civil war, prisons were used to keep black people in shackles (based on charges like "not having a job") and it never really stopped.

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tessthismess t1_jc6x2gz wrote

I know in the grand scheme of digits of pi it's not that interesting. But that 999999 near the middle is very satisfying, especially since it stands out with this coloring.

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tessthismess t1_ja8wq62 wrote

Yeah I'd agree. There's like 4 reasonable ways to sort this (female expectancy, male expectancy, difference, or alphabetical) and difference seems like the most obvious given the reason these were separated out. Even if it's a bit uglier.

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