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Re:Google has added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for... by OldFatCactus on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @03:19PM (#19382531)
In China the number 8 means wealth or fortune. It's not a coincidence that Brooklyn Chinatown is on 8th Ave. Their 'numerology' is interesting
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Re:Google has added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for... by stcredzero on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @04:49PM (#19383598)
My company just skipped the number 13 in a software version number.
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Re:Google has added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for... by FabHK on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @05:58PM (#19384315)
In Hong Kong, "Chinese" buildings skip floor 4, 14, ..., while "Western" buildings skip floor 13. More recent culturally inclusive buildings skip floors 4, 13, 14, ... The most prestigious floors are 8 and 88.

To add a complication, Chinese tends to use the US convention (with the ground floor being floor 1), while the English convention is the British one (with the ground floor being floor 0).

By happy coincidence, then, the 13th floor is also 十四樓, ie the 14th floor, so you only need to skip one floor, rather than two. That explains why HK skyscrapers are so high.

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Re:Google has added DuckDuckGo as a search engine option for... by philliphaydon on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @09:38PM (#19385800)
8 sounds like
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