The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 24 days agoThis is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square316fedilinkarrow-up1648arrow-down19
arrow-up1639arrow-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 · 24 days agomessage-square316fedilink
minus-squareHonytawklinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·24 days agoGround floor is 0. It is depicted like that in the elevators. First floor above is 1, first floor below is -1. Doesn’t American go from -1 directly to 1? Skipping 0 entirely?
minus-squarerand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·24 days agoThere’s not usually a 0 (at least in Canada). Ground floor is 1 or G. The floor above that is 2. Basement is B, or if there’s multiple basements, B1 then B2, B3, etc.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·24 days agoAnd you don’t start counting at 0, so anything being counted as 0 makes no sense. 0 literally means 0, does not exist. Basements are usually B1, B2, B3, etc.
Ground floor is 0.
It is depicted like that in the elevators. First floor above is 1, first floor below is -1.
Doesn’t American go from -1 directly to 1? Skipping 0 entirely?
There’s not usually a 0 (at least in Canada). Ground floor is 1 or G. The floor above that is 2. Basement is B, or if there’s multiple basements, B1 then B2, B3, etc.
And you don’t start counting at 0, so anything being counted as 0 makes no sense. 0 literally means 0, does not exist.
Basements are usually B1, B2, B3, etc.