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-square314fedilinkarrow-up1649arrow-down110
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 · 2 months agomessage-square314fedilink
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-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-squarerand_alpha19@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months 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-squaresomeguy3@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?
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.