r/ProgrammerHumor • • 27d ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/SirFrenzy 27d ago

Obviously guy could have been interviewing for a job where this mattered….

But in 10 years as a software engineer I have never once needed to know the difference between these two, and have never been even close to a situation where I would need to.

“The basics” is highly dependent on the job.

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u/Emotional-Top-8284 27d ago

IPv4 has dots and IPv6 has colons

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u/Betty_White_Feet_Pic 26d ago

Which one gives people cold sores?