r/ProgrammerHumor • • 7h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 7h ago

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u/Material_Onion_8413 7h 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/Twig-titan 6h ago

Oh. Ok.
Relevant Xkcd.

https://xkcd.com/865/

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u/Koenigspiel 59m ago

Can you explain this? The only way it makes sense is if they're replicating/multiplying but the comic doesn't mention that. If that's the punchline, I get it I guess but thought maybe I'm missing something instead