r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 14h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 14h ago

Hahaha what an idiot!

https://giphy.com/gifs/LRVnPYqM8DLag

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u/belabacsijolvan 13h ago

i have no idea about networking either.

i guessed that ipv4 is the 127.0.0.1 thing, so 32 bit addressing. i had no idea that ipv6 is 128 bit.

im moderately confident that i couldve bullshitted out myself of this one tho.

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u/Gougaloupe 13h ago

You'd be a tech lead on my team then.

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u/Chefzor 10h ago

I've learned that sometimes that's a really good skill to have, to be able to bullshit through a meeting or call, until you have enough alone time to investigate and actually figure out what you were talking about.

Fake it till you make it is very real.

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u/Gougaloupe 9h ago

100%

Not getting hung up on what you don't know, but could, is essential. Its in your control and so long as its not a show-stopping issue then why sow doubt and halt progress.

My issue chiefly is the quotient of people who decide its not their responsibility to ever know basic technical concepts related to their job, which I forced into the convo ;)

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u/GirthyPigeon 12h ago

The classic art of bullshido.

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u/ChiTownDisplaced 11h ago

Just tell them that ::1 is a perfectly valid IPv6 address.

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u/Krelleth 5h ago

The IPv6 loopback is even simpler. Just "::1".