• Snazz@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Think of it like a 0-indexed array: [a, b, c, d]

    a is at position 0, b is at position 1…

    This array has 4 elements despite the last element only being at index position 3.

    A ‘2-story’ home would be a house with 2 different elevations:

    [elevation a, elevation b]

    If you want to refer to a specific floor, you need to use the index, which is 0/ground for elevation a, and 1/first floor for elevation b.

    • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
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      2 months ago

      Seems needlessly obtuse. A 2 story house has 2 stories, so I go upstairs to the second story. Not a hill I’m going to die on, nor a thing that I’ve ever an iota of trouble with when traveling. I’ve never really understood why people get so twisted about what another country uses. Difference is one of the big things that makes travel fun, or at least interesting.