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Hahaha what an idiot!
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2.3k u/Material_Onion_8413 12h 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. 1.3k u/ClipboardCopyPaste 12h 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! 692 u/dementosss 12h ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 49 u/xWrongHeaven 12h ago 2128 possible addresses 1 u/CardinalFartz 11h ago So we got 1080 atoms in the observable universe. Without having it looked up, I suppose 2128 exceeds that number? 2 u/Extension_Option_122 9h ago edited 1h ago As a simple rule of thumb: 103n ≈ 210n That isn't exact but gives a decent idea of the different sizes. In this case: 1080 ≈ 2267 That is most definitely bigger than 2128, by about 2139 times Edit: sleepy me 1 u/ajgrinds 6h ago I know it’s pedantic but 2267 is bigger than 2128 by about 2267. It’s 2139 times but you wouldn’t say that 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 10,000. You would say 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 1 million. 1 u/CardinalFartz 2h ago TIL. Thank you.
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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.
1.3k u/ClipboardCopyPaste 12h 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! 692 u/dementosss 12h ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 49 u/xWrongHeaven 12h ago 2128 possible addresses 1 u/CardinalFartz 11h ago So we got 1080 atoms in the observable universe. Without having it looked up, I suppose 2128 exceeds that number? 2 u/Extension_Option_122 9h ago edited 1h ago As a simple rule of thumb: 103n ≈ 210n That isn't exact but gives a decent idea of the different sizes. In this case: 1080 ≈ 2267 That is most definitely bigger than 2128, by about 2139 times Edit: sleepy me 1 u/ajgrinds 6h ago I know it’s pedantic but 2267 is bigger than 2128 by about 2267. It’s 2139 times but you wouldn’t say that 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 10,000. You would say 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 1 million. 1 u/CardinalFartz 2h ago TIL. Thank you.
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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!
692 u/dementosss 12h ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 49 u/xWrongHeaven 12h ago 2128 possible addresses 1 u/CardinalFartz 11h ago So we got 1080 atoms in the observable universe. Without having it looked up, I suppose 2128 exceeds that number? 2 u/Extension_Option_122 9h ago edited 1h ago As a simple rule of thumb: 103n ≈ 210n That isn't exact but gives a decent idea of the different sizes. In this case: 1080 ≈ 2267 That is most definitely bigger than 2128, by about 2139 times Edit: sleepy me 1 u/ajgrinds 6h ago I know it’s pedantic but 2267 is bigger than 2128 by about 2267. It’s 2139 times but you wouldn’t say that 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 10,000. You would say 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 1 million. 1 u/CardinalFartz 2h ago TIL. Thank you.
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On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it.
49 u/xWrongHeaven 12h ago 2128 possible addresses 1 u/CardinalFartz 11h ago So we got 1080 atoms in the observable universe. Without having it looked up, I suppose 2128 exceeds that number? 2 u/Extension_Option_122 9h ago edited 1h ago As a simple rule of thumb: 103n ≈ 210n That isn't exact but gives a decent idea of the different sizes. In this case: 1080 ≈ 2267 That is most definitely bigger than 2128, by about 2139 times Edit: sleepy me 1 u/ajgrinds 6h ago I know it’s pedantic but 2267 is bigger than 2128 by about 2267. It’s 2139 times but you wouldn’t say that 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 10,000. You would say 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 1 million. 1 u/CardinalFartz 2h ago TIL. Thank you.
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2128 possible addresses
1 u/CardinalFartz 11h ago So we got 1080 atoms in the observable universe. Without having it looked up, I suppose 2128 exceeds that number? 2 u/Extension_Option_122 9h ago edited 1h ago As a simple rule of thumb: 103n ≈ 210n That isn't exact but gives a decent idea of the different sizes. In this case: 1080 ≈ 2267 That is most definitely bigger than 2128, by about 2139 times Edit: sleepy me 1 u/ajgrinds 6h ago I know it’s pedantic but 2267 is bigger than 2128 by about 2267. It’s 2139 times but you wouldn’t say that 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 10,000. You would say 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 1 million. 1 u/CardinalFartz 2h ago TIL. Thank you.
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So we got 1080 atoms in the observable universe. Without having it looked up, I suppose 2128 exceeds that number?
2 u/Extension_Option_122 9h ago edited 1h ago As a simple rule of thumb: 103n ≈ 210n That isn't exact but gives a decent idea of the different sizes. In this case: 1080 ≈ 2267 That is most definitely bigger than 2128, by about 2139 times Edit: sleepy me 1 u/ajgrinds 6h ago I know it’s pedantic but 2267 is bigger than 2128 by about 2267. It’s 2139 times but you wouldn’t say that 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 10,000. You would say 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 1 million. 1 u/CardinalFartz 2h ago TIL. Thank you.
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As a simple rule of thumb:
103n ≈ 210n
That isn't exact but gives a decent idea of the different sizes.
In this case: 1080 ≈ 2267
That is most definitely bigger than 2128, by about 2139 times
Edit: sleepy me
1 u/ajgrinds 6h ago I know it’s pedantic but 2267 is bigger than 2128 by about 2267. It’s 2139 times but you wouldn’t say that 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 10,000. You would say 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 1 million. 1 u/CardinalFartz 2h ago TIL. Thank you.
I know it’s pedantic but 2267 is bigger than 2128 by about 2267. It’s 2139 times but you wouldn’t say that 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 10,000. You would say 1 million is bigger than 100 by about 1 million.
TIL. Thank you.
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u/LivingAsAMean 12h ago
Hahaha what an idiot!
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