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What's happening is more obvious when you consider that you can equivalently write it as simply 167772673. Try `ping 167772673`!

• lucb1e 3y ago
  No need to ping if all you want is the conversion :) Just type it into the address bar: https://snipboard.io/kbLTso.jpg https://snipboard.io/kbLTso.jpg (previously posted that screenshot in 2021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29050936 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29050936)
  • sigjuice 3y ago
    The address bar is also a bit excessive for doing conversions. $ getent hosts 127.1 127.0.0.1 127.1
    • lucb1e 3y ago
      I would agree that a whole browser engine is overkill for any simple conversion of four simple bytes ...but you realize we're conversing via a website, right? :D Most people will already be in a browser!
      • enedil 3y ago
        And the ping utility.
• rnk 3y ago
  How about 134744072, that hits my favorite am-I-connected site. I never knew you could put an int representing the 4 bytes together until today, this is really fun. Even hex works, but doesn't hit a site that responds: (ping 0xcafebeef).
• peoplearepeople 3y ago
  I enjoy using "ping 0x1010101"