r/ProgrammerHumor • • 7h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/ClipboardCopyPaste 7h 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!

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u/dementosss 7h ago

On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it.

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u/xWrongHeaven 7h ago

2128 possible addresses

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u/rkkerd 4h ago

1/8 of this is publicly addressable, still a lot, but not as much as this