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import matplotlib
matplotlib.pyplot.xkcd()
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import seaborn as sns
# sns.set_style('white')
import numpy as np
%matplotlib inline


    

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fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(10*1.618, 10))
N = 50
x = np.array(range(-N, N))
y = np.array(range(-N, N))
y[:N] = y[:N] * 0
# y[3] = 0.5
y[N:] = 1.
plt.setp(ax.lines, linewidth=500)
plt.setp(ax.get_xticklabels(), visible=False)
plt.setp(ax.get_yticklabels(), visible=False)
ax.plot(x, y, lw=4)
ax.spines['right'].set_visible(False)
ax.spines['top'].set_visible(False)
ax.spines['bottom'].set_linewidth(4)
ax.spines['left'].set_linewidth(4)
ax.xaxis.set_ticks_position('none') 
ax.yaxis.set_ticks_position('none')
ax.set_ylim([-1, 1.5])
ax.set_xlim([-float(N)/3, float(N)/3])
plt.savefig('thoughts.pdf', bbox_inches='tight')


    

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