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A quick Python script/hack to plot data

J3L2404 16y ago
Or you could just use Webnumbr http://webnumbr.com/ http://webnumbr.com/
- vibragiel 16y ago
  Or Pycha: http://bitbucket.org/lgs/pycha/wiki/Home http://bitbucket.org/lgs/pycha/wiki/Home
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
  That's pretty cool, provided you use it from the start, and only want to track a single number. But it's cool - thanks. I'll probably be able to use that for something later. Problem is, I don't want to log in to it with any of the options. I don't want to hand over my credentials. Shame I can't create my own login specifically for that page. I guess I could create, say, a fake twitter account and use that, but it seems odd. Hmm. Something to think about.
  - JeanPierre 16y ago
    You don't have to log in, going to your page and click on the karma-number should be enough: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=RiderOfGiraffes http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=RiderOfGiraffes Edit: Ah, you meant log in as in making an account for the website. If you're only going to look for karma, then there's no need to make an account from what I see.
    - RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
      I've done that, and I've created it. http://webnumbr.com/hacker-news-karma-for-riderofgiraffes http://webnumbr.com/hacker-news-karma-for-riderofgiraffes It said, however, that if I want to edit the details then I'd need to login. Or so it would appear. But I find it very confusing. It's not clear what, if anything, is private, or what, if anything, can be edited. There's lots I want to know, but can neither figure out nor figure out how to find out. It also constantly and consistently hangs my machine with my browser repeatedly warning me that a script is taking too long, and do I want to abort it, or let it continue. And when I say continually, at last attempt I got 23 warnings, and it took 2 minutes to load a page. Somewhat frustrating. Brilliant idea, no doubt brilliantly executed, but causing me, personally, huge frustration in its usage.
deutronium 16y ago
I've found matplotlib to generate really nice graphs with Python. http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ I've used it to graph things like IRC usage per nick before.
askedrelic 16y ago
Another option is Google's Chart API and pygooglechhart. http://asktherelic.com/2010/09/05/large-graphs-with-google-chart-api/ http://asktherelic.com/2010/09/05/large-graphs-with-google-c...
runjake 16y ago
I'm not going to offer yet another "You should've used..." comment. Instead, I offer a thanks. A nice little script, I used it to adapt a little IP address map (ala http://xkcd.com/195/ http://xkcd.com/195/ but with dots) for a firewall attack log. I'll update this comment with a GitHub link when it's not embarrassingly bad and hacky.

Or you could just use Webnumbr http://webnumbr.com/ http://webnumbr.com/

vibragiel 16y ago
Or Pycha: http://bitbucket.org/lgs/pycha/wiki/Home http://bitbucket.org/lgs/pycha/wiki/Home
RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
That's pretty cool, provided you use it from the start, and only want to track a single number. But it's cool - thanks. I'll probably be able to use that for something later. Problem is, I don't want to log in to it with any of the options. I don't want to hand over my credentials. Shame I can't create my own login specifically for that page. I guess I could create, say, a fake twitter account and use that, but it seems odd. Hmm. Something to think about.
- JeanPierre 16y ago
  You don't have to log in, going to your page and click on the karma-number should be enough: http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=RiderOfGiraffes http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=RiderOfGiraffes Edit: Ah, you meant log in as in making an account for the website. If you're only going to look for karma, then there's no need to make an account from what I see.
  - RiderOfGiraffes 16y ago
    I've done that, and I've created it. http://webnumbr.com/hacker-news-karma-for-riderofgiraffes http://webnumbr.com/hacker-news-karma-for-riderofgiraffes It said, however, that if I want to edit the details then I'd need to login. Or so it would appear. But I find it very confusing. It's not clear what, if anything, is private, or what, if anything, can be edited. There's lots I want to know, but can neither figure out nor figure out how to find out. It also constantly and consistently hangs my machine with my browser repeatedly warning me that a script is taking too long, and do I want to abort it, or let it continue. And when I say continually, at last attempt I got 23 warnings, and it took 2 minutes to load a page. Somewhat frustrating. Brilliant idea, no doubt brilliantly executed, but causing me, personally, huge frustration in its usage.

I've found matplotlib to generate really nice graphs with Python. http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ I've used it to graph things like IRC usage per nick before.

askedrelic 16y ago

Another option is Google's Chart API and pygooglechhart. http://asktherelic.com/2010/09/05/large-graphs-with-google-chart-api/ http://asktherelic.com/2010/09/05/large-graphs-with-google-c...

runjake 16y ago

I'm not going to offer yet another "You should've used..." comment. Instead, I offer a thanks. A nice little script, I used it to adapt a little IP address map (ala http://xkcd.com/195/ http://xkcd.com/195/ but with dots) for a firewall attack log. I'll update this comment with a GitHub link when it's not embarrassingly bad and hacky.