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[-] Hismama@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Nothing beats the original delivery

Movie Clip

[-] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago

Here's the original for higher quality

[-] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 69 points 2 days ago

Relevant xkcd about these xkcd's:

image

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day 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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[-] SteveTech@programming.dev 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Title text too:

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

https://xkcd.com/670/

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 85 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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

[-] Iron_Lynx@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days 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@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

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

[-] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago

Yours is one louder

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 69 points 2 days 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 94 points 2 days ago

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

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago

dammit.

missed an opportunity...

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

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

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 25 points 2 days ago

so they stop at 11

you mean 10, most amps stop at 10.

[-] xenoclast@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

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

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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.

[-] myrrh@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

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

[-] keepthepace@slrpnk.net 16 points 2 days ago
[-] synapse1278@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 30 points 2 days ago

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

[-] Zip2@feddit.uk 17 points 2 days ago
[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Self employed and beyond comfortable, financially.

[-] Nurgus@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

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

[-] Zip2@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago

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

[-] GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 days ago

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

[-] Fuzzypyro@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

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

[-] Dicska@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

6227020800 is definitely higher than 11.

[-] MissGutsy@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago
[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 days ago

No 11 is much less than 3,628,800

[-] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

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

[-] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day 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.

[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 34 points 2 days ago

The difference between engineering and sales engineering

[-] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days 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)

[-] Fox@pawb.social 13 points 2 days ago

Some Peavey amps do go to 12

[-] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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

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[-] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

40 years ago someone made a joke

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