The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 1 年前This is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square314linkfedilinkarrow-up1654arrow-down110
arrow-up1644arrow-down1imageThis is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 1 年前message-square314linkfedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-21 年前As someone who does a bit of programming, I think a 256 story tall building should have floors 0-255. But as an American there should be 257 total floors so we can skip floor 13 because it’s bad luck.
minus-squareHomescool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 年前Can you imagine if we skipped 13 in our code and said screw it let’s go 1-based, too ? 257.257.257.0
As someone who does a bit of programming, I think a 256 story tall building should have floors 0-255. But as an American there should be 257 total floors so we can skip floor 13 because it’s bad luck.
Can you imagine if we skipped 13 in our code and said screw it let’s go 1-based, too ?
257.257.257.0