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This is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] Arcity@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago

It depends on the convention whether enumerating starts with the zeroth or first. In programming for example indices commonly start at zero. And the numbering of floors is another example of where starting at zero is quite common.