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... and someone even got so annoyed that they decided to setup a dedicated website for checking this: https://isgithubipv6.live/

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[-] Turbo@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Because I can remember an IPv4 address and not a V6 address!

At least they could have added an extra octet to v4 instead of making it garbyremoved looking

[-] technom@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

You are not expected to remember a v6 address - or even v4 for that matter. They are designed for machines. DNS is designed for humans.

[-] Turbo@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

This is a good (and fair) point.

However they still look ugly and scary and intimidating :)

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