class_docstr: To rewrire, this one now won't work
code: def _how_many_to_skip(self, log_length, skip_first):
      if log_length < skip_first:
          return 0
      elif log_length < 2 * skip_first:
          return log_length - skip_first
      else:
          return skip_first
  
imports: import matplotlib.pyplot
  import numpy
  from matplotlib.colors import ListedColormap
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling the LossSubplot obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj._how_many_to_skip(log_length, skip_first) and returns: int, unknown, skip_first