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    related meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/348223/… Commented Feb 5, 2018 at 15:15
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    Even if the proposal were bad, this question deserves an upvote for its complete data, comprehensive analysis and well-written language. And I +1 specifically for the good time to post this. Commented Feb 5, 2018 at 15:51
  • (nitpick) A TCP socket requires a unique (client_ip, client_port, server_ip, server_port). Your calculation is only right if every socket on the Internet is connecting to the same server IP and port. (Also, not all 2^32 IPv4 addresses are unicast, and there are 65536 ports, all but 1025 of them available for use — but these are tiny errors in comparison) Commented Feb 8, 2018 at 22:04
  • I'm guessing not a lot has changed here at SE since Jeff Atwood's 2010 comment in regards to new users who get question-banned after like 1 bad question: "F**k you, we don't care". meta.stackexchange.com/questions/62373/… Commented Feb 28, 2018 at 16:31