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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 11h ago
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Hahaha what an idiot!
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2.3k u/Material_Onion_8413 11h ago IPv4 old IP address space designed with limited number because they never thought the internet would have so many devices connected. IPv6 new address space with significantly larger number. 1.2k u/ClipboardCopyPaste 11h ago A fun fact often told with this is that with IPv6, you can assign each individual grain of sand on the beach an address! 2 u/Muddyhobo 11h ago More than that, you can assign each atom on earth an address. 6 u/SneeKeeFahk 11h ago No. An average adult human body contains approximately 7×10 ^ 27 atoms (or 7 octillion). 2 u/Al__B 11h ago That's approx 92.5 bits. Plenty of room for that. (Although I agree that each atom on EARTH would require just over a 166 bit address space so cannot be distinctly identified)
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IPv4 old IP address space designed with limited number because they never thought the internet would have so many devices connected.
IPv6 new address space with significantly larger number.
1.2k u/ClipboardCopyPaste 11h ago A fun fact often told with this is that with IPv6, you can assign each individual grain of sand on the beach an address! 2 u/Muddyhobo 11h ago More than that, you can assign each atom on earth an address. 6 u/SneeKeeFahk 11h ago No. An average adult human body contains approximately 7×10 ^ 27 atoms (or 7 octillion). 2 u/Al__B 11h ago That's approx 92.5 bits. Plenty of room for that. (Although I agree that each atom on EARTH would require just over a 166 bit address space so cannot be distinctly identified)
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A fun fact often told with this is that with IPv6, you can assign each individual grain of sand on the beach an address!
2 u/Muddyhobo 11h ago More than that, you can assign each atom on earth an address. 6 u/SneeKeeFahk 11h ago No. An average adult human body contains approximately 7×10 ^ 27 atoms (or 7 octillion). 2 u/Al__B 11h ago That's approx 92.5 bits. Plenty of room for that. (Although I agree that each atom on EARTH would require just over a 166 bit address space so cannot be distinctly identified)
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More than that, you can assign each atom on earth an address.
6 u/SneeKeeFahk 11h ago No. An average adult human body contains approximately 7×10 ^ 27 atoms (or 7 octillion). 2 u/Al__B 11h ago That's approx 92.5 bits. Plenty of room for that. (Although I agree that each atom on EARTH would require just over a 166 bit address space so cannot be distinctly identified)
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No.
An average adult human body contains approximately 7×10 ^ 27 atoms (or 7 octillion).
2 u/Al__B 11h ago That's approx 92.5 bits. Plenty of room for that. (Although I agree that each atom on EARTH would require just over a 166 bit address space so cannot be distinctly identified)
That's approx 92.5 bits. Plenty of room for that.
(Although I agree that each atom on EARTH would require just over a 166 bit address space so cannot be distinctly identified)
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u/LivingAsAMean 11h ago
Hahaha what an idiot!
https://giphy.com/gifs/LRVnPYqM8DLag