cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27348044
Hexadecimal, not hexidecimal
this post was submitted on 25 Mar 2025
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One of my favorite bits teaching Hex Ed was writing it on the board and saying it out loud:
0 - Zero
1 - One
2 - Two
3 - Three
4 - Four
5 - Five
6 - Six
7 - Seven
8 - Eight
9 - Nine
A - Ten
B - Eleven
C - Twelve
D - Thirteen
E - Fourteen
F - Fifteen
It is so hard writing the letter and saying the number.
A - Aen
B - Bleven
C - Cwelve
D - Dhirteen
E - Eourteen
F - This one is good
I felt that way about binary.
C and assembly programmers: first time?
#0C6 love that color.
good taste
I used to love the old riddle
if only you and dead people could read hex, how many people can read hex?
I married the first person that answered it correctly... well married in an MMORPG.
57006?
correct. deae is also acceptable of an answer.
bring back calling sysadmins "webmasters" sounds way more mystical and ethereal
I will never get over C's string references being in fucking octal.
What!?