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Re:AWS to Begin Charging for Public IPv4 Addresses by dheera on Friday August 04, 2023 @03:09AM (#36996475)
> If it is the use of colons instead of dots

Colons are inherently more frightening than dots, especially double colons, which seems like some badly written C++ class escaped from gaol. Dots feel friendly and cute, I would pet an IPv4 address.

> then I'm not sure you can be helped

Sure, and the rest of the planet hasn't adopted IPv6 either. It's a horrible UX.

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Re:AWS to Begin Charging for Public IPv4 Addresses by red_trumpet on Friday August 04, 2023 @03:57AM (#36996850)
If I'm allowed to argue using unrelated topics and feelings, here you go ;)

> Colons are inherently more frightening than dots

I highly disagree. In traditional text usage, dots end a sentence. They are terminal. A symbol of stasis. Like death. Contrary to that, a colon always refers to something that comes after: it transcends itself, and wakes my curiosity. It is a symbol of growth and learning.

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Re:AWS to Begin Charging for Public IPv4 Addresses by kmbfjr on Friday August 04, 2023 @08:02AM (#36998765)
Lemme introduce you to XML then…

The rest of the world has adopted IPv6 because they never had the vast IPv4 space.

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