stackyFACTSBecause computing raw binary is agonizing to look at, hexadecimal was adopted to shorten the pain. It uses a base-16 counting system, meaning once it runs out of digits at nine, it just casually starts using the letters A through F as valid numbers, treating algebra like a casual suggestion.
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