It's a fundamental principle of math and computer science : the greater the number of symbols in a given set, the more compact are the representations that set can produce. Hexadecimal notation is widely used in a (no pun intended) number of areas of computing; for instance, colors in web pages almost always are defined in hex, with the code C1CDCD representing a pale azure blue. More germane to this discussion, though, is the fact that what we would write, in the decimal; notation we're used to, as 14, hex would render as E.
Team Trump, quarterbacked again today by Alan Dershowitz, chose an even less flexible set of symbols than decimal. They pushed Mr. Dershowitz's self-important I used to think abuse of power was impeachable, but I'm smarter now and I even did more research. AKA they adopted the political analog to octal.
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