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This is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] Homescool@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Can you imagine if we skipped 13 in our code and said screw it let's go 1-based, too ?
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