Jacob Pratt
Explaining to someone else that outside of the US and Canada (and others, probably), ground floor and first floor are not the same thing was not something I expected to do today…
May 27 at 9:18pmWeb
Show threadCyborusMay 27
@jhpratt oh i've had this argument with friends before, this is one of the few points I will defend the US on
Show threadJacob PrattMay 27
@Cyborus I never understood the discrepancy until last year at EuroRust when I saw a floor numbered -1. Like okay, there *is* a slight benefit.
Show threadNiklas KorzMay 27
@jhpratt @Cyborus I mean as a computer scientist I'm the last to question that floors are zero indexed
Show threadJacob PrattMay 27
@Cyborus I am quite fond of what one of the universities I attended did though. American-style numbering, but A-level for first underground floor, with B-level for the one obscure place on campus that was two floors down.
Show threadCyborusMay 27
@jhpratt Yeah, the zero-indexed-ground-floor argument would be more compelling if basements further than one level underground were more common IMO. Otherwise I'm fine with the basement being floor 0 and the ground floor being floor 1
Show threadXavMay 28
@Cyborus @jhpratt When I see that even computer geeks defend 1-based indexing just because they're American, I realize the US is fucked up about more than just its unit system.
Show threadJacob Pratt6d ago
@xav @Cyborus I honestly couldn't care less either way. It's more something that I have to mindful of and explaining it to another person was interesting…
Show threadCyborus6d ago
@xav @jhpratt I mean... yeah.. it is? But.. for much more serious reasons
Show threadStéphan KochenMay 28
@Cyborus @jhpratt Wait. The basement is 0? That's just weird. I've seen labelling B1, B2, etc, that makes a bit more sense. Like skipping the 0 and just going straight to -1.