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Kawhi_Leonard_ t1_j42u2sz wrote

Reply to comment by symmy546 in South American Forests [OC] by symmy546

I don't think that's helpful or even looks good. If the point is so people can see where there are and aren't forests, now you can't because the shoreline just melts into nothingness. It's really bad practice to use a color that will fade into your background.

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chicagotim1 t1_j42qlvz wrote

Unless you also put a major Stock index into the graph this is extremely misleading. Yes investing in gold will outpace inflation, but there are so many other investment options that have done much much better

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TheDarkSideGamer t1_j42pyws wrote

The representatives in the house have to elect a speaker. To do that, one person has to obtain a simple majority of the votes from the representatives. In all of the rounds leading up to the last one, the votes were split so that no one candidate has the majority.

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jmon3 t1_j42n69y wrote

Graph should start at 1944. Starting in 1971, when the gold standard was removed after 27 years of being fixed to the dollar, shows a massive adjustment for the price to catch up to the previous years of inflation that occurred.

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