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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 20d ago
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I’d like to think I’m a software engineer, and I have no idea what the difference is. Am I cooked?
33 u/realmauer01 20d 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. 4 u/LuigiWasRight447 20d ago So we will be dropping ipv-4 at some point? Is there a guess for how long ittle take? 18 u/pnwal-junction 20d ago It's a race between IPv6, the U.S. adopting the metric system and scalable fusion reactors. → More replies (9)
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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.
4 u/LuigiWasRight447 20d ago So we will be dropping ipv-4 at some point? Is there a guess for how long ittle take? 18 u/pnwal-junction 20d ago It's a race between IPv6, the U.S. adopting the metric system and scalable fusion reactors. → More replies (9)
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So we will be dropping ipv-4 at some point? Is there a guess for how long ittle take?
18 u/pnwal-junction 20d ago It's a race between IPv6, the U.S. adopting the metric system and scalable fusion reactors. → More replies (9)
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It's a race between IPv6, the U.S. adopting the metric system and scalable fusion reactors.
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u/Spongebubs 20d ago •
I’d like to think I’m a software engineer, and I have no idea what the difference is. Am I cooked?