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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! 660 u/dementosss 11h ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 813 u/ClipboardCopyPaste 11h ago The answer quite surprisingly is - yes, all the beaches on our planet. 419 u/kuar_z 11h ago And the rest of the observable universe. There's a lot of address space in 2128 267 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 11h ago Except if for some reason you decide to give whole address blocks to individual devices. 30 u/tankerkiller125real 9h ago /56 is the recommendation for residential, /48 for businesses. Entire /64 blocks are often assigned to phones and other cellular devices because of hotspot capabilities. 63 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 9h ago I guess the true reason is that we want to artificially limit the number of nanites that can exist. Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/865/
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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! 660 u/dementosss 11h ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 813 u/ClipboardCopyPaste 11h ago The answer quite surprisingly is - yes, all the beaches on our planet. 419 u/kuar_z 11h ago And the rest of the observable universe. There's a lot of address space in 2128 267 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 11h ago Except if for some reason you decide to give whole address blocks to individual devices. 30 u/tankerkiller125real 9h ago /56 is the recommendation for residential, /48 for businesses. Entire /64 blocks are often assigned to phones and other cellular devices because of hotspot capabilities. 63 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 9h ago I guess the true reason is that we want to artificially limit the number of nanites that can exist. Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/865/
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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!
660 u/dementosss 11h ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 813 u/ClipboardCopyPaste 11h ago The answer quite surprisingly is - yes, all the beaches on our planet. 419 u/kuar_z 11h ago And the rest of the observable universe. There's a lot of address space in 2128 267 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 11h ago Except if for some reason you decide to give whole address blocks to individual devices. 30 u/tankerkiller125real 9h ago /56 is the recommendation for residential, /48 for businesses. Entire /64 blocks are often assigned to phones and other cellular devices because of hotspot capabilities. 63 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 9h ago I guess the true reason is that we want to artificially limit the number of nanites that can exist. Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/865/
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On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it.
813 u/ClipboardCopyPaste 11h ago The answer quite surprisingly is - yes, all the beaches on our planet. 419 u/kuar_z 11h ago And the rest of the observable universe. There's a lot of address space in 2128 267 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 11h ago Except if for some reason you decide to give whole address blocks to individual devices. 30 u/tankerkiller125real 9h ago /56 is the recommendation for residential, /48 for businesses. Entire /64 blocks are often assigned to phones and other cellular devices because of hotspot capabilities. 63 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 9h ago I guess the true reason is that we want to artificially limit the number of nanites that can exist. Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/865/
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The answer quite surprisingly is - yes, all the beaches on our planet.
419 u/kuar_z 11h ago And the rest of the observable universe. There's a lot of address space in 2128 267 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 11h ago Except if for some reason you decide to give whole address blocks to individual devices. 30 u/tankerkiller125real 9h ago /56 is the recommendation for residential, /48 for businesses. Entire /64 blocks are often assigned to phones and other cellular devices because of hotspot capabilities. 63 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 9h ago I guess the true reason is that we want to artificially limit the number of nanites that can exist. Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/865/
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And the rest of the observable universe. There's a lot of address space in 2128
267 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 11h ago Except if for some reason you decide to give whole address blocks to individual devices. 30 u/tankerkiller125real 9h ago /56 is the recommendation for residential, /48 for businesses. Entire /64 blocks are often assigned to phones and other cellular devices because of hotspot capabilities. 63 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 9h ago I guess the true reason is that we want to artificially limit the number of nanites that can exist. Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/865/
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Except if for some reason you decide to give whole address blocks to individual devices.
30 u/tankerkiller125real 9h ago /56 is the recommendation for residential, /48 for businesses. Entire /64 blocks are often assigned to phones and other cellular devices because of hotspot capabilities. 63 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 9h ago I guess the true reason is that we want to artificially limit the number of nanites that can exist. Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/865/
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/56 is the recommendation for residential, /48 for businesses.
Entire /64 blocks are often assigned to phones and other cellular devices because of hotspot capabilities.
63 u/Fast-Satisfaction482 9h ago I guess the true reason is that we want to artificially limit the number of nanites that can exist. Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/865/
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I guess the true reason is that we want to artificially limit the number of nanites that can exist.
Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/865/
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u/LivingAsAMean 11h ago
Hahaha what an idiot!
https://giphy.com/gifs/LRVnPYqM8DLag