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[–] [email protected] 120 points 2 months ago (24 children)

She is right, using 0 index for physical stuff is stupid.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (14 children)

Your rulers start at 1? That sounds annoying.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Your job is to move apples from one bin to another. You pick up the first one and set it in the other bin, and say "zero."?

[–] spikespaz 9 points 2 months ago

There's another way to think about it which I actually use. Look in the empty bin and say "zero", then move an apple and say "one".

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