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[–] [email protected] 85 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

I prefer my dials in base 16, my amp goes to F.

[–] Iron_Lynx 14 points 2 weeks ago

Wonder what that'd look like to a layman. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9... Awesome? Beastly? Crushing? Deafening? Ear-shattering? Fuck that's loud?

[–] Nurgus 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mineis also base 16 and goes to 10. Which one is louder?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yours is one louder

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Programmer detected

[–] FuglyDuck 73 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Just for the record... it has to do with practicality.

the notches are spaced similar to a clock, but with the deadzone most potentiometers have, it doesn't go a full 360 around, so they stop at 11. This makes for an intuitive scale with familiar spacing on the notches- even if it is entirely arbitrary.

[–] Astronauticaldb 96 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Based off of my peripheral I really thought that deadzone was Saddam for a second

[–] FuglyDuck 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

dammit.

missed an opportunity...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

With the power of editing and bribery, we can all pretend you did it right the first go around.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

so they stop at 11

you mean 10, most amps stop at 10.

[–] xenoclast 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

At the 11 o'clock position, I think they mean. That's a bit arbitrary tho

[–] helpImTrappedOnline 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Even the 11 clock position makes no sense, most amps will go from 8 to 4.

Edit, I see what they did. In the picture they used 7 to 5 o'clock as min/max, (which is essentially the same as my 8-4). For some reason they adapted the o'clock numbers to the dial number which is not helpful.

The o'clock numbers are meant to be a static reference point with 12 always at the top most position. You don't bend the clock scale to match the knob min/max.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

...IGN goes from 6.5 to 9.5...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Holy shit ... even your name is surrounded by ellipses.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago
[–] synapse1278 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is not at all the case.

Most potentiometers have a full rotation or 270°, sometimes up to 300°. By convention the mid-travel is at 12 o'clock. That would make the 0 around 7:30 and the 10 around 4:30.

[–] gofsckyourself 56 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Here's the original for higher quality

[–] Iron_Lynx 73 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Relevant xkcd about these xkcd's:

image

[–] marcos 14 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I believe it's mandatory to add jpeg when linking to that comic.

[–] samus12345 11 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

If I can't find a well used vintage I'll weather it myself in the deep fryer. I don't do too much, but just a little touch goes a long way.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Title text too:

Wow, that's less than $200 per ... uh ... that's a good deal!

https://xkcd.com/670/

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 36 points 3 weeks ago

The difference between engineering and sales engineering

[–] Anticorp 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like the last one is a marketer, not a smart engineer.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Nurgus 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sales executive. Paid more than engineers, is substantially dumber.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah but it’s where the real magic happens and the company would fall about without them because they’re irreplaceable.

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[–] MissGutsy 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago

No 11 is much less than 3,628,800

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My peavey modeling amp was very proud that it went up to 13! :}

[–] Dicska 5 points 2 weeks ago

6227020800 is definitely higher than 11.

[–] Fuzzypyro 2 points 2 weeks ago

Ahhh. The vypyr.. I love everything about that stupid amp series.

[–] ByteJunk 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

For $2000? Is this comic from the 50s?

[–] ilinamorato 1 points 2 weeks ago

The smart engineer then buys a stock amp for $1000, 3D prints a dial that goes to 12, installs it, delivers it to Spïnäl Täp (I can never remember where the umlaut goes), and pockets his well-earned profit.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

Some Peavey amps do go to 12

[–] Hismama 9 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing beats the original delivery

Movie Clip

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yup anyone who as umlaut to an n will buy anything for "cool factor"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This comment is like a New York Times daily game "which word is the typo?"

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Eh my amps scale is from 0 to 32 bit intiger limit. (it's just as loud as the ones that go from 0 to 11)

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