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[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 74 points 3 weeks ago

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@lemmy.world 98 points 3 weeks ago

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

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 42 points 3 weeks ago

dammit.

missed an opportunity...

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

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

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