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"Breaking news: #Words #have #meanings! 🎉 Dive into the thrilling world of 'Agent #vs. Model' with our self-appointed linguist! 🤓 Who knew a #diagram could solve all of life's little misunderstandings? 🌈💡"
https://code.joejag.com/2026/your-agent-is-not-the-model.html #Agent #Model #Linguistics #Understanding #HackerNews #ngated

Discussed Venn diagrams with a couple of friends this morning, especially in the context of illustrating the utility of including all 3 or 4 of a specific set of design principles when creating certain kinds of things, and learned about the difference between Venn diagrams and Euler diagrams.

In short:
* a Venn diagram shows ALL possible relationships between different sets
* an Euler diagram shows only some relationships between different sets, typically focused on conveying relevant or the more important relationships

If you want to dive into their history and why these differences matter, bookmark (or open new tab) this Scientific American article to rabbithole later:
* https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/venn-diagrams-history-and-popularity-outside-of-math-explained/

In pop culture and media, nearly any diagram of overlapping circles with labeled regions is (errantly) referred to as a “Venn diagram”.

This is imprecise at best, outright incorrect in many cases, especially diagrams of four circles.

A classic example is the “Ikigai” diagram:


Many (examples below) call this a Venn diagram. It is not a Venn diagram. It is an Euler diagram.

The Ikigai diagram fails to express two specific relationships between different sets, the two that contain opposing side circles but neither of the other two. The missing Ikigai sets relationships in particular:
1. only “you are good at” AND “the world needs” (with neither of the other two)
2. only “you love” AND “you can be paid for” (again with neither of the other two)

If you Google web search for "examples of four circle venn diagrams", Gemini gets this wrong:


And so do the majority of articles that Google shows in top results (which I’m not helping by linking here, but hey it’s Google’s job to fix its search quality, not mine. I was able to use Internet Archive links for two of them at least.)
* https://web.archive.org/web/20260823204717/https://boardmix.com/knowledge/4-circle-venn-diagrams/
* https://miro.com/templates/4-circle-venn-diagram/ (Miro’s own top template there is wrong, though others have contributed proper 4 set Venn diagrams)
* https://web.archive.org/web/20260823205434/https://www.istockphoto.com/illustrations/venn-4-circles-diagram
* https://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/EW_venndiagram_4

This has interesting implications for expertise and trust.

Clearly by this one example search result, we cannot trust the expertise of "design tool" websites (boardmix, miro), nor stock photo websites.

Nor can we trust educationworld as a place to be educated.

Nor can we trust Google Search (or Google Gemini) to surface expertise above popular misconceptions.

Perhaps a good example of when to use Wikipedia search instead of Google (or other generic) web search.

Personally I generalize this example to “all proper nouns”, that is:

* Wikipedia search proper nouns instead Google or other general web searching.

You can make this more convenient by setting up “w” as a search shortcut for Wikipedia: https://tantek.com/2024/287/t2/setup-search-shortcuts-firefox

For reference / more reading on Venn diagrams and Euler diagrams:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venn_diagram
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler_diagram

#Venn #diagram #diagrams #VennDiagram #VennDiagrams #EulerDiagram #setTheory #relationships #Ikigai #fourCircles #fourCirclesVenn #fourCirclesVennDiagram #misconception #popMisconception #Google #GoogleSearch #GoogleWebSearch #webSearch #search #Gemini #GoogleGemini #GeminiWrong #expertise #trust #webTrust #Wikipedia
#Blaugust #Blaugust2026

Line9: Because what the world desperately needed was a #diagram #editor that doubles as a mermaid's #diary 📉🐟. Dive deep into this ocean of confusion where #flowcharts meet fairy tales—because why not turn your delivery process into a #mythical saga? 🧜‍♀️📦
https://line9.ai/diagram #Line9 #Mermaid #Saga #HackerNews #ngated

Line9 – A Mermaid rendering engine with its own layout

https://line9.ai/diagram

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49196657

#HackerNews #Line9 #Mermaid #Rendering #Engine #Layout #Technology #Diagram

Following my instructions, ChatGPT generated a diagram that illustrates my current workflow in the context of an LLM in a relatively easy-to-understand way. 😁

Constructive criticism and questions are welcome. 😉

#ChatGPT #Diagram #LLM #AI #Collaboration #Comic #Simple

𝗗𝗿𝗮𝘄.𝗶𝗼:

#Diagram #Flowchart

https://thewhale.cc/posts/drawio

Draw.io is free online diagram software. You can use it as a flowchart maker, network diagram software, to create UML online, as an ER diagram tool, to design database schema, to build BPMN online, as a circuit diagram maker, and more. draw.io can import .vsdx, Gliffy™ and Lucidchart™ files .

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Try the radio stream for more laughs!
#meme #diagram #overthinking #lol

ADHD vs PHD vs DND

#adhs #phd #dnd #humor #vienn #diagram

#AskFedi

PS: Thanks for lots of helpful hints and tips. I'll continue playing around with some of the tools, but I think I'll just do it analoge in the end.

Whats that kind of diagram called where you visualize items and their connections? Looks like a mindmap but the stronger the connection the closer the elements are together.

So if you'd have 5 different elements representing 5 evenly different colors you'd get the Fediverse logo. :fediverse:

Bonus if someone can recommend a free, simple, AI-free (web)tool.

#FollowerPower #chart #relationships #diagram

Un très bon article sur des erreurs que font les gens quand ils dessinent des diagrammes d'architecture. https://www.ilograph.com/blog/posts/more-common-diagram-mistakes/ #architecture #diagram #pratique #erreur

here's a random paperpost, from 21 March 2017:

Graphis Diagrams - 1974 data visualisation
https://www.paperposts.me/graphis-diagrams-1974-data-visualisation

#datavisualisation #1970s #diagram #graphis #paperpost

Lessons in Seahawk anatomy

https://piefed.social/c/noncredibledefense/p/2086226/lessons-in-seahawk-anatomy

choose your own adventure :) #daoism #yijing #wuxing #yinyang #taijitu #diagram #wip

https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Scranton-OrnamentalDesign-VolI/pages/123-coucy-castle-with-labels/

The Coucy Castle drawing with the letters showing the parts; i posted the version without letters some time ago.

Is it better to edit posts & add images, or to make more posts? Well, it’s a fun drawing anyway 🙂 despite wonly perspective!

#vintageEngraving #fobo #castle #Coucy #medievalArchitecture #diagram #drawing

Zindex – Diagram Infrastructure for Agents

https://zindex.ai/

#HackerNews #Zindex #Diagram #Infrastructure #Agents #AI #Tech #Innovation

O laboratório está aberto! Apresento o The Little Mermaid Editor! (#mermaid #mermaidjs #diagram #web #pwa)
https://raccoon.ninja/pt/post/general/lab-app-mermaid-editor/

The Lab is open! Here's The Little Mermaid Editor! (#mermaid #mermaidjs #diagram #web #pwa)
https://raccoon.ninja/post/general/lab-app-mermaid-editor/

Squares in Squares: Pictures of optimal square packing going up as many as 2000 squares
https://kingbird.myphotos.cc/packing/squares_in_squares.html
#squarepacking #algorithmic #geometry #diagram #+

A #Voronoi #Diagram partitions a plane into regions based on distance to a specific set of points, where every location in a cell is closer to its "seed" than to any other.

It is a fundamental tool used in fields ranging from city planning and robotics to modeling the cellular structure of organic tissues.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/kbits/6667d9b46c5002135faafb4c

Mining town of Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia (Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli, 1726 AD)

https://piefed.social/c/traditional_art/p/1855436/mining-town-of-banska-stiavnica-slovakia-luigi-ferdinando-marsigli-1726-ad

Etruscan city of Veii, Italy, ~400 BCE

https://piefed.social/c/historyart/p/1846172/etruscan-city-of-veii-italy-400-bce

Just read an interesting article [1] and watched a talk [2] about making digital drawings/sketches/visualizations dynamic and reactive, more or less by directly interacting with them on the virtual canvas rather than writing code.

I am a bit amazed and especially impressed by the software presented in the talk [3]. It lets one procedurally build (probably) any imaginable vector visualization by drawing shapes and hooking them and their properties up to input data or other shapes.

[1] Ink&Switch – Inkbase - Programmable Ink (2022): https://www.inkandswitch.com/inkbase/
[2] Bret Victor – Drawing Dynamic Visualizations (2013): https://vimeo.com/66085662
[3] Bret Victor – Additional Notes on "Drawing Dynamic Visualizations" (2013): https://worrydream.com/DrawingDynamicVisualizationsTalkAddendum/

#inkandswitch #BretVictor #visualization #diagram #proceduralgraphics

L'article est intéressant, aussi bien par le concept de l'outil (qui titille en moi une envie de changer Structurizr) que dans sa forme (le style visuel de l'article est dingue) https://www.chiply.dev/post-cn-diagrams #architecture #documentation #diagram #alternatives #yaml #idée

FYI: Architect's Guide: Modern API Design and Databases #shorts: An architect explains how legacy APIs and databases flow through a facade and adapter. The adapter determines if data translation is needed before sending it to a translator. #architecture #API #database #legacy #diagram https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cgukH3r77M0

Soon at http://civa.brussels
"In an attempt to grasp and reckon with the historical moment that he was living in, #CharlesJencks, the legendary father of #postmodernism, developed Evolutionary Tree drawings. These #drawings, which are somewhere between a #diagram and a #map, laid out six ideologies that allowed him to categorize all the “-isms” of present, past, and future architectural culture.
"The exhibition #Chronograms of #Architecture showcases Jencks’ key diagrams, spanning from 1920 to 2000, along with eight newly commissioned diagrams by 8 teams of contemporary architects, researchers and graphic designers, reflecting on the historical moment that we live in today."
#CIVA #ArchitecturalAssociation #MariaFedorchenko #Rotor #LionelDevlieger #PierVittorioAureli #MarioCarpo #LievenDeCauter #GideonBoie #IsabelleDoucet #BorisHamzeian #MichaelJakob #BeatriceLampariello #Meow #LorenzoPezzani #WouterVanAcker #ChristopheVanGerrewey #MarkWigley #BenjaminZurstrassen #MarsonKorbi #MarioCarpo #MarkGarcia #CharlesLDavisII #CurryJHackett #MichaëlGhyoot #AdamPrzywara #KarenSteukers #ArneVandeCapelle #LouiseVanhee #YelizAbdurahman #UrtziGrau #FrancescaHughes #MOULD #BryonyRoberts #AbriannahAiken

In short, we provide a beefed up definition of #DisCoCat where the meaning of words is given not by a #diagram but by a diagram-valued function.

As a concrete example, we take #CharlesSandersPeirce 's existential graphs to go from the #Lambek calculus to logic, i.e. #Montague grammar with diagrams!