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turns out, figtext is a pyplot method so no way to intervene on the axes. This seems to work fine though, fig, ax = plt.subplots(1,1) ax.plot(np.linspace(0,1,100),np.linspace(0,1,100)) ax.set_title('caption text here',y=-.15,loc='left')

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really? I tried seaborn and gave up... in the end it's hard to keep track of all innovation

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for some reason, when I define the chart with fig, ax = plt.subplots(1,1,figsize=(3,4)) neither ax.figtext(...) nor fig.figtext(...) work... only plt.figtext... this is above my paygrade

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you're right that they make it hard to find :-)

the row at the top of the chart is using axes.set_title, the note below is the code above

Found it, finally use plt.figtext(0,.01,"put a note here", ha="left", fontsize=8)

Andrea M0r0 @andreamoro.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

btw have you tried plt.title('note text', y=-0.01)

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Andrea M0r0 @andreamoro.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

... obviously, graphing includes typing inside the graph, and python does that well. Typing outside the chart is also possible but difficult and best handled by your typesetting software for many reasons.

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Andrea M0r0 @andreamoro.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

I see your point, in principle one should be able to do anything, and in fact it's possible. But you are a bit caricaturizing the "python users" response. Lots of people want to do that in fact but graphing software should do graphs first...

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Andrea M0r0 @andreamoro.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

Hah sorry I thought you meant legend. Captions... why would you use graphic software for captions? There's LaTeX for that. Use the subfigure package if needed.

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Andrea M0r0 @andreamoro.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

Reading this passage from Chapter 32 of Pride and Prejudice it occurred to me: is Darcy on the spectrum? Taciturn, steadfast gaze, social awkwardness, truthful when most inconvenient (think of the first proposal). It makes an entirely different reading of the novel (this is my 3d time)

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Andrea M0r0 @andreamoro.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

I am not sure there is an alternative. The default does a pretty good job at putting captions in the emptiest area, once you deviate how can it not be manual?

Andrea M0r0 @andreamoro.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

and btw isn't the L crossed with the slanted dash essentially pronounced as a U?

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Andrea M0r0 @andreamoro.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

who would have thought you had more vowels than the rest of the world?

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4) A bit like when asking to compute numerical equilibria in introductory micro is a question about algebra, not economics. And I hate those questions. In the end, a decent exam preparation tool for "mini-essay" style questions

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3) Sometimes, when asked a sequence of subquestions on the same topic, the answers are not mutually consistent. Asking students to comment is more an exercise in logic than a test of economics. 4/

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2) Anything with a little nuance ChatGPT answers like a student who never paid attention in class. Some semi-coherent dribble that does not reflect any knowledge I was trying to convey in class. 3/

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1) It is a good tool to test which questions are too easy or phrased in a way that suggests the correct answer. ChatGPT is good at answering them 2/

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