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Re:Founding vs. Inheriting by CRConrad on Sunday May 09, 2021 @05:41PM (#27100083)
Heiress = Second generation, not first.
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Re:Founding vs. Inheriting by listenallyall on Sunday May 09, 2021 @05:56PM (#27100210)
Noted. First generation of descendants, I should have specified, especially since the OP doesn't.

Of course, being HN, we start counting at zero by default anyway.

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Re:Founding vs. Inheriting by CRConrad on Sunday May 09, 2021 @07:23PM (#27100833)
> Of course, being HN, we start counting at zero by default anyway.

Yes, but do we call something "the zeroth"? I think not; AFAICS it ends up in "We call the first generation 'Generation Zero'."

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Re:Founding vs. Inheriting by listenallyall on Sunday May 09, 2021 @10:14PM (#27101987)
Buddy, I acknowledged the error/confusion and then made a light-hearted joke. Don't take it so literally that you act like a dick.
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