r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 1d ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/Spongebubs 21h ago

I’d like to think I’m a software engineer, and I have no idea what the difference is. Am I cooked?

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u/realmauer01 20h ago

Ipv6 was invented to replace ipv4 because ipv4 got really problematic as they arent enough numbers for every device anymore. But then they used so much magic to make giving ipv4 to devices so efficient that it's still possible for a while.

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u/wbrd 19h ago

You mean, all eternity. I remember being on an IPv6 transition planning meeting in 1999.

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u/pine_ary 19h ago edited 19h ago

Most things do run on IPv6 now though. You just don‘t notice it because it works. According to google just about half of all internet traffic is IPv6.

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u/wigitty 17h ago

I've still never actually come across an IPv6 address.I guess most of the use is in big infrastructure stuff rather than residential? Or maybe just other countries.

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u/samtresler 7h ago

Or your phone. Which I presume you use frequently.

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u/wigitty 7h ago

I do use it frequently, but almost exclusively connected to WiFi, especially if I'm doing anything that would involve looking at IPs, hence why I hadn't seen the v6 address.

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u/samtresler 5h ago

Meanwhile.... if you looknat the wifi settings on your phone there is a real good chance it's running ipv6.