Ryan Castellucci (they/them) Apr 23, 2025
Coworker: ...and the IP address are compared with a string match.
Me: grinning manically
Coworker: Why are you looking at me like that?
Me: Open up a terminal and type ping 4.2.514 and hit enter.
Coworker: ...what's the fourth number?
Me: grin widens Just hit enter.
Coworker: WTF!?
Show threadThe Manchurian IdiotApr 23, 2025

@ryanc

`ping 8.8.2056`

WTF how am just finding out about this today?

Show threadAllen but one of the good onesApr 23, 2025
@pikesley @ryanc what. How?!
Show threadThe Manchurian IdiotApr 23, 2025

@uastronomer @ryanc

I mean... 2056 is 8*256 + 8, the maths makes sense, but WTFFFFFF?

Show threadAllen but one of the good onesApr 23, 2025

@pikesley @ryanc Oh.... oh okay, I see!

WOW!

'cos a standard format IPv4 address is technically a 4 digit base256 number, so this is all just base conversions gone screwy 🤣🤣🤣

Show threadAllen but one of the good onesApr 23, 2025
@pikesley @ryanc Still geeking out about this hour later!
Show threadThe Manchurian Idiot

@uastronomer @ryanc

```
>>> IP="185.53.178.54"
>>> sum(int(n) * pow(256, index) for index, n in enumerate(reversed(IP.split("."))))
3107303990
```

Thought about this all over lunchtime

Apr 23, 2025 at 1:24pmWeb