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.
bring back calling sysadmins "webmasters" sounds way more mystical and ethereal
What!?
I will never get over C's string references being in fucking octal.