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Originally Posted by jakobnev
So an actual gauge, even without numbers, isn't useless, if you pay attention.
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True, I've done things before like trying different things and seeing when the gauge gets to "that mark"--even if I don't know what "that mark" is it still can be useful for comparing 2 different strategies. Buy my point is why not put the number on? It's not like it saves any money to not put it on. Maybe they just do it so people don't complain, "Hey, the gauge says it's 140 and it's only 120-fix my gauge." I guess if there are no numbers nobody can complain that the gauge isn't accurate.
The "dummy" gauge is what really bugs me. That IS worse than no gauge at all. It's not just witholding information, but potentially giving BAD information. There's a saying in engineering that, "Bad data is worse than no data." Very true.