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23 voters

Number format change

Submitted 1 year ago by Anonymous

Expired
- Academic
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Ideas

All numbers on campus should be displayed in hexadecimal format as well as denary to make it more accessible for students of a particular background to understand. This should include websites, signs and all other locations where numbers are listed as denary is a system that many students struggle with.

Policy

The Guild should start small by impacting the myUoB app and if enough feedback comes from this then other university websites, signs and even lectures should be changed to make it easier for students to understand.

Scrutiny

Why isn't the Guild looking into making the number systems used on campus more inclusive?

Questions

Have you ever experienced Hexadecimal culture and do you understand its importance?

Matthew Widdop: 11:31am on 27 Nov 23 based
Charles Wilson: 11:57am on 27 Nov 23 This seems to ignore the full scope of the issue, I would want all the numbers in binary format as well, for ease of understanding for more electronic minded individuals
Lee Alabaster: 2:12pm on 27 Nov 23 The numbers should also be represented in morse code for to include any individuals from that background
Abigail Pain: 12:23pm on 6 Dec 23 0x7768792064696420796f7520626f74686572206465636f64696e672074686973
Kieran Roper: 12:58pm on 6 Dec 23 49207468696E6B207468652070726F706F736564206566666563746976656E657373206F66207468697320696465612073686F756C64206265207265636F6E736964657265642C20776974682061207065727370656374697665206F6620636F6E7369646572696E672077686574686572206F72206E6F7420746865204775696C642073686F756C64206576656E20636F6E73696465722074686520706F696E7473207261697365642E