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Highlight of today's conversation with AT&T

Me: "we currently have an internet service with you, but I'm calling about a different service."

Them: "ok, do you have it with you now?"

Me: "have what?"

Them: "the internet service."

Me: "I have the account number yes."

Them: "No, not the account number, the internet."

Me: "Do I have the internet with me now?"

Them: "yes."

Me: "I don't understand."

Them, frustrated: "Can you physically touch the internet right now?"

Me: "What?"

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in reply to Mike Sheward

9pfs
9pfs
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how *does* one touch the internet?
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Marcos Dione
Marcos Dione
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@9pfs I waa about to say " you finger it", but I don't think people would recognize such an obscure regerence and most probably thing or some sexual reference.
@9pfs
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@Marcos Dione you do realize you are on the fediverse, right? :D

(if there is any place where a significant minority of people are likely to recognize a reference to finger, I expect it to be :D )

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woof on rails :neodog:
woof on rails :neodog:
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I mean this place literally runs partially on a thing called WebFinger, which seems a clear reference even though it's only tangentially related to the old protocol
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Marcos Dione
Marcos Dione
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@darkphoenix @valhalla @9pfs that I didn't know at all. I don't think I'll ever go down the fedi prtocol (whose name I completely forgot :)
@Elena ``of Valhalla'' @9pfs @woof on rails :neodog:
in reply to Marcos Dione

9pfs
9pfs
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@mdione do you connect to ff02::1%eth0 on TCP port 79 then?
@Marcos Dione
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Marcos Dione
Marcos Dione
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@9pfs got tcp port 79, got ::1, but I don't know about ff02 and the weird reference to an eth device :)
@9pfs
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9pfs
9pfs
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@mdione ff02::1 is the IPv6 link-local all nodes multicast address, as designated by RFC2375, and eth0 is the first ethernet adapter detected on a (linux, or maybe other OSes too, idk, spare me) system that uses the default names assigned by the kernel for network interfaces. Multicast TCP is fundamentally impossible, so you'll never be able to connect, but if it was possible, you'd be accessing the finger service of every host on your LAN simultaneously, including potentially that of any routers that might be able to access other internet hosts.
@Marcos Dione
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Marcos Dione
Marcos Dione
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yes, except `eth0` has been replaced by reproducible names like `enp2s0` or `wlp5s0`, but I was asking about the `[IPv6]%[eth_dev]` format.
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9pfs
9pfs
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@mdione That just defines what interface to use, it's necessary for link-local addresses, and maybe multicast ones (not sure if all multicast ones, but ones associated with a specific interface obviously would need to have one defined)
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Marcos Dione
Marcos Dione
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@9pfs it's the first time I see this format, thanks for clarifying!
@9pfs
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Marcos Dione
Marcos Dione
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@9pfs to be clear: ever since I saw a movie whose name includss "got fingered" I try to avoid the expression completely, even when it was supposed to be a shock humor comedy (which I didn't know).
@9pfs

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