The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 3 months agoThis is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square303fedilinkarrow-up1652arrow-down110
arrow-up1642arrow-down1external-linkThis is a bigger culture shock than the metric vs imperial system to me.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square303fedilink
minus-squareOhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoProbably for the same reason we write -1 for the first integer below zero, but 1 instead of +1 for the first one above. It might be more consistent to write more, but we’re lazy and everyone knows what it means.
Probably for the same reason we write -1 for the first integer below zero, but 1 instead of +1 for the first one above.
It might be more consistent to write more, but we’re lazy and everyone knows what it means.