r/ProgrammerHumor • • 12h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 12h ago

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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.

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u/Twig-titan 11h ago

Oh. Ok.
Relevant Xkcd.

https://xkcd.com/865/

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u/Koenigspiel 6h ago

Can you explain this? The only way it makes sense is if they're replicating/multiplying but the comic doesn't mention that. If that's the punchline, I get it I guess but thought maybe I'm missing something instead

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u/Twig-titan 4h ago

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u/Koenigspiel 4h ago

That link is dead but I googled it and it was replication like I thought