youknow123

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   by youknow123 1y ago

   They needed private IP ranges that wouldn't conflict with the real internet. 192.168 was just sitting there unused, so they grabbed it along with 10.x.x.x and 172.16-31.x.x.
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   by youknow123 1y ago

   Modern apps are way more complex than Quake. Dropbox needs threads for syncing files, watching folders, updating UI, etc. Steam's web helper is basically running a mini-browser. Back in the Quake days, we had single-core CPUs and tiny
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   by youknow123 1y ago

   thank you very much!
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   by youknow123 1y ago

   pretty good!