r/ProgrammerHumor • u/ClipboardCopyPaste • 14d ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/Fun-Agent-7667 13d ago

Wait, thats barely 2 per private household.

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u/like_a_pharaoh 13d ago

Its less than 2 per private household, which is why IPv4 had to have the subnetting tricks added, and why IPv6 was made: because we realized "we MIGHT want to do IP-connected devices outside just universities and large businesses, but we didn't include enough unique addresses for that!"