The temp setting in a kitchen refrigerator is a knob with numbers 1 -10

[aerror@hub.volse.no]

@myrmepropagandist On my fridge highest setting is the coldest.

[silvermoon82@wandering.shop]

@futurebird
It makes me feel sad and arsoney.

[llewelly@sauropods.win]

@futurebird *for ancient UI design nerds, yes, this is a reference to a refrigerator knob issue described in Normans _The Design of Everyday Things_ , in which it turned out the refrigerator temp control knob was dependent on the setting of the freezer knob control in the attached freezer, which Norman presented as a design which seemed reasonable to an engineer, but produced dreadfully confusing behavior.

[wakame@tech.lgbt]

@silvermoon82 @futurebird

"Let's maximize the temperature minimization."

[django@social.coop]

@futurebird cursed, reminds me of @scottjenson toaster settings illustration problem

[owlyph@cosocial.ca]

@futurebird Interesting example of how people interpret stuff... I feel like they should have left the words off, the numbers were clear until the words unnecessarily complicated it.

[dewines@toot.wales]

@futurebird I have no idea, so would try setting it to 5 and hoping for the best.

[martinvermeer@fediscience.org]

@futurebird The proper temperature setting of a refrigerator is 5 degrees C. "Temperature Control" clearly determines how precisely this value is kept, the stiffness of the thermostat. The long-term mean temperature is not affected by the knob, just how much it wiggles around it.

I'll let myself out

[catmisgivings@stranger.social]

@futurebird I am uncommonly bad at this sort of thing. Is "turn the thermostat up" hotter or colder? And that's a situation where you just have to dial in how many degrees you want it to be

[gustavinobevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org]

@evan @futurebird

It's like the "Define hot" meme.

Just yesterday I was complaining because the wire speed knob of my MIG welder doesn't express meters/second (but even versts/lunar month would be fine, I'm not so picky!) but just my password (how they know it? 1-2-3-4-5!).

[cwdolunt@dice.camp]

@futurebird

My current fridge shows the target temp. My old fridge had a label on the temp control that read "5" is coldest.

[attie@hachyderm.io]

@futurebird My rationale: it's a machine that produces cold... if you want more cold, you have to make the machine work harder, therefore you turn it "up". i.e: 10 is colder than 1.

It's a bit dumb, and certainly open to misinterpretation. I posit that a dial with temperatures would be more sensible, and has probably been within our technical grasp for a while (pretty sure it's on more expensive fridges!).

[verbedr@mastodon.sdf.org]

@futurebird it's the speed of the compressor. The higher the faster it cools and thus the colder it gets.

[badrihippo@fosstodon.org]

@attie @futurebird my rationale (and conclusion) too

[badsamurai@infosec.exchange]

@futurebird my Subaru and Toyota’s wiper indicators are opposite. One is higher speed, one is larger duration. What a silly thing to never standardize.

[stephaniemoore@mastodon.online]

@futurebird does the manual say anything?

[gleick@mas.to]

@futurebird This is possibly the best use of Mastodon poll I’ve ever seen. I voted, but with little confidence. And I own a refrigerator, too. I hope you’ll post the "correct" answer afterward.

[leorjorge@mastodon.social]

@futurebird That's a big pet peeve of mine!

[glitzersachen@hachyderm.io]

@catmisgivings @futurebird

On the heating => hotter. On the fridge => colder. Both have thermostats.

(At least this is what I think ...)

[com@mastodon.social]

@Dewines @futurebird This is the only correct answer and the reason every fridge I’ve ever seen has been at “5”.