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Re:Fun with IP address parsing by octoberfranklin on Saturday December 26, 2020 @11:31PM (#25548845)
How about the PGP word list? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGP_word_list

    $ ping stairway scavenger tracker upcoming

    PING 209.216.230.240 (209.216.230.240) 56(84) bytes of data.
    64 bytes from 209.216.230.240: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=68.2 ms
    64 bytes from 209.216.230.240: icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=69.5 ms
    64 bytes from 209.216.230.240: icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=67.2 ms
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Re:Fun with IP address parsing by ECBicalho on Monday December 28, 2020 @12:10AM (#25556872)
Interesting article. If I understand correctly, the equivalent for the decimal 216 (hexadecimal D8) must be "stormy" or "stupendous".

And in this case "209.216.230.240" translates to "stairway stupendous tracker upcoming".

Thanks for sharing.

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Re:Fun with IP address parsing by friend-monoid on Sunday December 27, 2020 @05:04AM (#25550054)
This is neat but Im so disappointed by the chosen word list
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