The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 9 days agoThis is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square317fedilinkarrow-up1646arrow-down111
arrow-up1635arrow-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 · 9 days agomessage-square317fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-28 days agoAs 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-up8·8 days agoCan 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