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Ask HN: You have one shot to redesign the Internet – what do you change?

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Re: Ask HN: You have one shot to redesign the Internet – what do you change?

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So a user couldn't just change their timezone? What if they moved? Also who is this to protect? The user? What if they work midnights or their days are backwards?

There are cases where the business shouldn't promote the use of its website at odd hours (child protection, gambling addiction and other similar things).

Exactly

Re: Ask HN: You have one shot to redesign the Internet – what do you change?

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> 48-bit static IP addresses. 70 trillion should be enough. 128 bits was overkill. What if humanity becomes a Kardashev type-2 or an interstellar civilization? In that case the population of humans, much less computers, could easily succeed 70 trillion.

It is unlikely that we will be able to use IP as a way to create a single network between Earth and Mars much less outside the solar system.

not unlikely that we will have ip-islands connected by some DTN/sneakernet thou.
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