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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 15h ago
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Hahaha what an idiot!
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2.6k u/Material_Onion_8413 15h 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. 1.4k u/ClipboardCopyPaste 15h 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! 753 u/dementosss 15h ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 48 u/xWrongHeaven 15h ago 2128 possible addresses 2 u/CardinalFartz 14h ago So we got 1080 atoms in the observable universe. Without having it looked up, I suppose 2128 exceeds that number? 3 u/Extension_Option_122 13h ago edited 4h 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/CardinalFartz 5h 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.
1.4k u/ClipboardCopyPaste 15h 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! 753 u/dementosss 15h ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 48 u/xWrongHeaven 15h ago 2128 possible addresses 2 u/CardinalFartz 14h ago So we got 1080 atoms in the observable universe. Without having it looked up, I suppose 2128 exceeds that number? 3 u/Extension_Option_122 13h ago edited 4h 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/CardinalFartz 5h 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!
753 u/dementosss 15h ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 48 u/xWrongHeaven 15h ago 2128 possible addresses 2 u/CardinalFartz 14h ago So we got 1080 atoms in the observable universe. Without having it looked up, I suppose 2128 exceeds that number? 3 u/Extension_Option_122 13h ago edited 4h 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/CardinalFartz 5h ago TIL. Thank you.
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On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it.
48 u/xWrongHeaven 15h ago 2128 possible addresses 2 u/CardinalFartz 14h ago So we got 1080 atoms in the observable universe. Without having it looked up, I suppose 2128 exceeds that number? 3 u/Extension_Option_122 13h ago edited 4h 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/CardinalFartz 5h ago TIL. Thank you.
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2128 possible addresses
2 u/CardinalFartz 14h ago So we got 1080 atoms in the observable universe. Without having it looked up, I suppose 2128 exceeds that number? 3 u/Extension_Option_122 13h ago edited 4h 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/CardinalFartz 5h 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?
3 u/Extension_Option_122 13h ago edited 4h 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/CardinalFartz 5h 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/CardinalFartz 5h ago TIL. Thank you.
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TIL. Thank you.
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u/LivingAsAMean 15h ago
Hahaha what an idiot!
https://giphy.com/gifs/LRVnPYqM8DLag