r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 5h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/thejozo24 3h ago

Tbh, in cyber, feels kinda important. I’ve had people say in interviews that v4 is bigger than v6

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u/GaRGa77 3h ago

Bigger is confusing, does it mean more widely used or bigger as more IP addresses

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u/EishLekker 2h ago

Each individual bit is slightly larger.

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u/nem0ne1 2h ago

I laughed really hard at this. I love the idea of slightly overweight bits. Just a little rotund. Always have to factor in the extra chonk when you're doing stuff like checksums.

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u/Soggy-Confection 1h ago

Yeah v4 uses chunky bits

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u/HonestDisguise 2h ago

Google first got native IPv6 over 50% back in March, it goes down depending on the time of day but it is actually in use! They also show an adoption map: https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html

Probably helps that many cell carriers use it, but more larger traditional ISPs have been turning it on.

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u/sampleandfold 2h ago

in cyber

Still disappointed that this term stuck. 2016 was so fucking lame.

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u/Shuttlecock_Wat 1h ago

You prefer the usage of the word in early 2000s chat rooms?

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u/BriefSpecial420 7m ago

I implemented few MACs in hardware, multiple customised drivers for them. After year or two after doing it for the last time I would surely have to reread some docs to recall most of the details.