The Picard Maneuver to Just Post@lemmy.world • 2 months agoThis is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square315fedilinkarrow-up1652arrow-down110
arrow-up1642arrow-down1imageThis is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver to Just Post@lemmy.world • 2 months agomessage-square315fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️linkfedilinkEnglish19•edit-22 months 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-square@Homescool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•2 months 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