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[–] psud@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago

Current propagates at the speed of light in the conductor. It really doesn't matter which side the switch is on at human timescales

The convention puts them on the positive side; people who understand the convention is [mostly] wrong put it on the negative side, but it doesn't matter