I would imagine we would all be better chartists if we had learned to draw them by hand. I learned mechanical drafting by hand and some people now a days don't even know what a protractor and compass are. When the computer does all the work for you you are not nearly as intimate with drawings or charts imo.
My next question about log scale off is: If it makes certain patterns unreliable on one or the other log scale settings? For instance, a cup and handle might not really be a cup and handle with log scale on.
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