The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThis is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square315fedilinkarrow-up1651arrow-down19
arrow-up1642arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square315fedilink
minus-squareHonytawklinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·2 months 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-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months 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?
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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.