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This is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/justpost@lemmy.world

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[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This makes pointer arithmetic much easier, but pointing arithmetic much harder.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago (7 children)

The simple difference between ordinal and cardinal numbering.

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[–] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

For people that start at 1: what do you call the basement floors?

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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In Hungary, we also have a base floor depending on the building, as some are built on a mountain side.

[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

In the US, when a building is built into a hill, or mountain side, like that, all the floors are numbered 1 through whatever, and then there will be labels to where the the floors, with exits, let you out.

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