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[–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

They probably decided on 10 or below, but it didn't sound as catchy in the marketing

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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

people kept thinking it was binary for 2 during audience testing

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

Binary for three. Two would be 1 0 which would then get confused with 10 which would actually take us full circle.

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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago

That's why the changed it from 10 to 11 during testing, because people kept thinking it meant 2

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