query: In "The Martian" why would he use hex over base 10 values for the alphabet?
positive_passages.docid: 17089
positive_passages.text: Why does Mark use Hexadecimal to communicate?
negative_passages.docid: 16785
negative_passages.text: hexdump vs actual file contents
negative_passages.docid: 54672
negative_passages.text: If 32-bit machines can only handle numbers up to 2^32, why can I write 1000000000000 (trillion) without my machine crashing?
negative_passages.docid: 39420
negative_passages.text: binary numbers?
negative_passages.docid: 21903
negative_passages.text: What is the difference between [0-9]+ and [0-9]++?
negative_passages.docid: 51171
negative_passages.text: Why is Euler's number an uppercase "E" and not a lowercase "e"?
negative_passages.docid: 650
negative_passages.text: Modulus operation with negatives values - weird thing?
negative_passages.docid: 5160
negative_passages.text: Why is this character in a bubble?
negative_passages.docid: 129151
negative_passages.text: Why do computers only use 0 and 1?
negative_passages.docid: 40920
negative_passages.text: Why are my exercise and answer references reading 10 (ten) too many?
negative_passages.docid: 137780
negative_passages.text: Change the base of the numeration
negative_passages.docid: 3917
negative_passages.text: How do you type Unicode characters using hexadecimal codes?
negative_passages.docid: 13333
negative_passages.text: Why do English writers avoid explicit numerals?
negative_passages.docid: 11718
negative_passages.text: parseInt("010", 10); vs. parseInt(010, 10);
negative_passages.docid: 48879
negative_passages.text: Why do mathematicians use single-letter variables?
negative_passages.docid: 120690
negative_passages.text: Converting binary to hexadecimal?
negative_passages.docid: 67369
negative_passages.text: Why can't decimal numbers be represented exactly in binary?