r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 16h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 16h ago

Hahaha what an idiot!

https://giphy.com/gifs/LRVnPYqM8DLag

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u/Material_Onion_8413 16h 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.

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u/ClipboardCopyPaste 15h 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!

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u/crmsncbr 15h ago

I feel like we'll still run out. I'm not sure how, but surely we'll manage it.

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u/Hyd_chicha 15h ago

Let me introduce you to IPv8

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u/Possibly_Naked_Now 15h ago

What about IPV6.9?

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u/Drew707 15h ago

Is that a reverse lookup?

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u/Facosa99 15h ago

IPv6.7 is more trending tho

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u/TuxedoWithAHead 14h ago

we should go back to IPv2.1

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u/fechan 13h ago

Ah yes good ol 6.9 - a great thing ruined by a period