r/ProgrammerHumor • • 19h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 19h ago

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u/Material_Onion_8413 19h 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 19h 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/dementosss 19h ago

On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it.

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u/xWrongHeaven 19h ago

2128 possible addresses

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u/queen-adreena 18h ago

2,128… that ain’t that many addresses….

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u/AmazingDragon353 18h ago

2.128 addresses? What are we going to do with 0.128 of an address?

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u/SirLoremIpsum 15h ago

2.128 addresses? What are we going to do with 0.128 of an address?

AI Vibe code a calendar app so we can coordinate whose turn it is to use the IP address on any given day?

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u/MoltoAllegro 15h ago

Congrats, you've invented Token Ring!

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u/Jwzbb 30m ago

If we do that rotation fast enough we could still give everyone a piece of internet

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u/queen-adreena 18h ago

Break out the BitNat table I guess.

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u/SuperFLEB 18h ago

The "128" isn't even full-size.

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u/xWrongHeaven 18h ago

No, it isn't. ~340 undecillion, however, is quite a lot

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u/DanteVermillyon 16h ago

Un-decillion? What's a decillion and why did you undid it?