I suggest breaking it down into sub questions based on expertise of the audience and nature of the information: technical, narrative, cultural, emotional, etc.
This is too broad. It's like asking "what's the best wrench to tighten nuts and bolts?" For some applications that's a torque wrench, some it's a box end, some it's a socket wrench, some it's a crescent wrench, sometimes it's a pair of vice grips and a hammer. Anything that could properly be called a mode of communication has use cases where it's clearer than others.
The OBD code that's unintelligible to the lay person is the clearest way to communicate a discrete engine problem to a mechanic. A graph that plots a particular change over time might perfectly communicate the raw data, while being incapable of communicating narrative context. A meme image or referential quote might perfectly communicate a specific emotional concept to a broad group that gets the reference, while being totally opaque to those who don't.
There are a lot of ways to interpret this question, it really depends on the information and the people.
Between experts trained in the method of communication? Between experts and a general audience? One expert and one non-expert? Is it technical data? Nuanced opinion? Simple message?
And complementary to Chesterton's Fence is a principle I've heard called Grandma's Ham or the Monkey Ladder Experiment. Sometimes "we've always done it that way" is covering up outdated practices for purposes that no longer exist.
Gosh, I wanna say I saw it at least as far back as 2010, possibly older.
Not immediately no, but I like to at least entertain the most charitable explanation when so little information is given.
Well, if she attacked him first it would be self-defense
I just got the 9 Fold and I really like it so far. The fold screen has a weirdly square aspect ratio, but it's excellent for reading.
Bet you read that in a textbook
I was in my university's Society of Physics Students, and some of the members got to have dinner with NDT after a talk he gave at the school. Reports confirm he is a self-centered, arrogant douchebag
Looks innocuous enough at first glance right? Let's zoom in on the problem:
These don't go together. If the semicircle on the left is correct, then this is showing moon phases, and the symbol on the right should be of a gibbous moon:
If the cookie-with-a-bite-taken-out in the right is correct, then this is showing an eclipse, and the symbol on the left should be of a 50% partial eclipse:
It drives me crazy every time I look at it.
And he gets to keep the flute after!