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What Is a Nomogram and Why Would It Interest Me?

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On Hacker News today: a guide to nomograms and the PyNomo Python library. Nomograms are graphical calculation tools from the pre-digital era—straight edges and alignment charts that let you solve equations visually. PyNomo lets you generate them programmatically. More curiosity than news, but worth a glance if you're into tools, history, or visual computing.

Source: https://lefakkomies.github.io/pynomo-doc/introduction/int...

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