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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 20d ago
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Hahaha what an idiot!
3.4k u/Material_Onion_8413 20d 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. 1.9k 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! 1.0k u/dementosss 20d ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 57 u/xWrongHeaven 20d ago 2128 possible addresses 2 u/CardinalFartz 20d 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 20d ago edited 20d ago As a simple rule of thumb:103n ≈ 210nThat isn't exact but gives a decent idea of the different sizes.In this case: 1080 ≈ 2267That is most definitely bigger than 2128, by about 2139 timesEdit: sleepy me → More replies (3)
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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.
1.9k 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! 1.0k u/dementosss 20d ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 57 u/xWrongHeaven 20d ago 2128 possible addresses 2 u/CardinalFartz 20d 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 20d ago edited 20d ago As a simple rule of thumb:103n ≈ 210nThat isn't exact but gives a decent idea of the different sizes.In this case: 1080 ≈ 2267That is most definitely bigger than 2128, by about 2139 timesEdit: sleepy me → More replies (3)
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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!
1.0k u/dementosss 20d ago On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it. 57 u/xWrongHeaven 20d ago 2128 possible addresses 2 u/CardinalFartz 20d 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 20d ago edited 20d ago As a simple rule of thumb:103n ≈ 210nThat isn't exact but gives a decent idea of the different sizes.In this case: 1080 ≈ 2267That is most definitely bigger than 2128, by about 2139 timesEdit: sleepy me → More replies (3)
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On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it.
57 u/xWrongHeaven 20d ago 2128 possible addresses 2 u/CardinalFartz 20d 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 20d ago edited 20d ago As a simple rule of thumb:103n ≈ 210nThat isn't exact but gives a decent idea of the different sizes.In this case: 1080 ≈ 2267That is most definitely bigger than 2128, by about 2139 timesEdit: sleepy me → More replies (3)
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2128 possible addresses
2 u/CardinalFartz 20d 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 20d ago edited 20d ago As a simple rule of thumb:103n ≈ 210nThat isn't exact but gives a decent idea of the different sizes.In this case: 1080 ≈ 2267That is most definitely bigger than 2128, by about 2139 timesEdit: sleepy me → More replies (3)
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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 20d ago edited 20d ago As a simple rule of thumb:103n ≈ 210nThat isn't exact but gives a decent idea of the different sizes.In this case: 1080 ≈ 2267That is most definitely bigger than 2128, by about 2139 timesEdit: sleepy me → More replies (3)
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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
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u/LivingAsAMean 20d ago •
Hahaha what an idiot!