• Miaou@jlai.lu
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    4 days ago

    That doesn’t make much sense though, year 0 does exist. We define our calendar based on Jesus’s supposed birth year, not his birth year+1. Or?

    • cally [he/they]@pawb.social
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      4 days ago

      Year 0 doesn’t exist because it’s either before or after Christ being born. What would year 0 be?

      There’d also be asymmetry if there was a 0 A.D. but no 0 B.C. (as that wouldn’t really make sense)

      • lurklurk@lemmy.world
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        4 days ago

        You mean normal people start at 0 and non-programmers sometimes start at 1?

        How many apples are you holding right now? Is it less than 1? How would you count that?

        • BigAssFan@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          When I write that normal people start at 1 then I mean that normal people start at 1, funny enough. Also, I am currently holding 0 apples. No need to start counting.