Base 10 is better than Base 12 or Base 16

Question

Transcript:

82 28 a8 8a a8 8a 87 78 a8 8a
20 03 20 36 1a a8 7a bb a7 bb
20 a3 62 31 6a 81 a7 bb bb 7a
02 60 32 13 a6 8a 97 79 97 bb
02 56 26 63 16 58 7a a9 bb a7
50 63 63 5a 56 18 57 9a a4 74
50 06 a0 51 a6 1a 75 49 bb 7a
5a 6a bb a5 16 bb 95 9a 49 bb
a5 bb bb 5a bb bb a5 bb bb a4
5a bb bb a5 bb bb 5a a4 4a bb

Hint:

There will never be a visual tag in this post.

Title is a hint as well.

Additional hint:

No number appears twice in the same box.

Ignore as and bs, and look at each digit individually.

Partial solutions and ideas are welcome in either the comment section or the answer section.

Answer 1

The answer is

SNY SMARTIE, your username!

Hint says there will never be a visual tag for the puzzle, so the colors are probably irrelevant. The title says "base 10 is better than base 12 or base 16", hinting that we should only look at the numbers used in base 10.

The right idea is to

Look at each number individually on the grid. Each group of cells that have a specific number form a shape that look like a letter!

See this grid:

1s are connected in orange and gives S
2s are connected in yellow and gives N
3s are connected in green and gives Y
4s are connected in cyan and gives S
5s are connected in light blue and gives M
6s are connected in purple and gives A
7s are connected in dark blue and gives R
8s are connected in dark gray and gives T
9s are connected in light gray and gives I
0s are connected in red and gives E

Putting the letters in 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-0 order gives the answer: SNY SMARTIE!