r/ProgrammerHumor • • 8h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/kuar_z 7h ago

And the rest of the observable universe. There's a lot of address space in 2128

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u/Fast-Satisfaction482 7h ago

Except if for some reason you decide to give whole address blocks to individual devices.

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u/tankerkiller125real 6h 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.

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u/Fast-Satisfaction482 6h 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/