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have that be the invisible bottom layer. come up with a list of 256 common words, one per byte, and have that be the human visible IP address. mentally reading

by zem 6mo ago

have that be the invisible bottom layer. come up with a list of 256 common words, one per byte, and have that be the human visible IP address. mentally reading a string of words, however nonsensical, is way easier than a soup of undifferentiated hex digits.

hnlmorg 6mo ago
Easier if you’re a native English speaker. Harder if you’re not. My only gripe with IPv6 addresses is they look too similar to MAC addresses. But as a representation, I think they’re absolutely fine.
- zem 6mo ago
  fair point about native english speakers, but there's also no reason this scheme can't be localised
  - hnlmorg 6mo ago
    That would cause worse confusion when working with teams from different localisations. Not to mention the complexity of now adding localisations to the address parser.