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A graph explorer of the Epstein emails

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jrochkind1 ◴[] No.45957714[source]
Why are they all moving, what does the time axis represent?
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1. piyh ◴[] No.45958069[source]
>A force-directed graph is a technique for visualizing networks where nodes are treated like physical objects with forces acting between them to create a stable arrangement. Attractive forces (like springs) pull connected nodes together, while repulsive forces (like electric charges) push all nodes apart, resulting in a layout where connected nodes are closer and unconnected nodes are more separated

https://observablehq.com/@d3/force-directed-graph/2

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2. oskarkk ◴[] No.45961596[source]
I think it would be better and faster if the website calculated the positions of the nodes in the background (with a good enough limit of iterations), and then showed the result. Animating 4k nodes and 25k edges (15k by default) is a waste of CPU and is laggy even on my high-end CPU. But maybe the author was limited by the tools used.