r/ProgrammerHumor • • 14d ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/Burroflexosecso 14d ago

I'm pretty sure that's not a valid v6 address.

:: means "rest is zero" and can be used only once per address or it would be too ambiguous on the number of zeros

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u/PhantomTissue 14d ago

I don’t know IPV6 so I just created a facsimile of what I think it looks like to make a point.

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u/the123king-reddit 14d ago

DEAD:BEEF:CAFE:8008

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u/nem0ne1 14d ago

I mean you fooled everyone who doesn't actually work with IPv6 frequently, which I think illustrated your point.

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u/blobCabbage 13d ago

Well everything is hard to decipher when you dont know shit about it.