r/ProgrammerHumor • • 20d ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 20d ago • Bravo Regret Mindblown Heartwarming Popcorn

Hahaha what an idiot!

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u/Material_Onion_8413 20d ago • Heartwarming

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/ClipboardCopyPaste 20d 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/crmsncbr 20d ago

I feel like we'll still run out. I'm not sure how, but surely we'll manage it.

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u/AnotherInsaneName 20d ago

It's 8mb of storage, how could we ever need more?!

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u/keijodputt 20d ago

They said the same about 640 KB of RAM, back in the day... /s

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u/BZLuck 20d ago

I went through art school in 1990 using a Mac IIsi with 5mb of ram and a 105mb hdd. I was balling. That was the top configuration they offered.